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Scott v. Sanford
This court case decided that if you were black, you were not a citizen and if you were a former slave that lived in a free state, you were still a slave. -
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Reconstruction
A period of time where the North forced the South to follow the amendments allowing colored people to hold public office, vote, and be equal. This included amendments such as the 14th amendment, making the South unable to discriminate against colored people voting. -
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Jim Crow Era
A long era of time where laws were passed in the South to discriminate against colored people and keep them from voting. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case that established the doctrine of "separate but equal" allowing for segregation in the Jim Crow Era South. -
19th Amendment
The right to vote could now not be denied based on gender/sex. -
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Scottsboro Boys
A series of cases where several colored males were accused of raping white women. These cases brought the issue of discrimination in the South to the public eye in the North. -
George Stinney case
A young colored boy was executed for murdering another person in his town. The trial was utter bogus, with his attorney being incompetent, and the only evidence being word of mouth. -
Brown v. Board
This case refuted the "separate but equal" doctrine in the case of public education, allowing for colored students and white students to go to the same schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act made it unlawful to segregate in public places and made it unlawful to discriminate by hiring someone based on sex or race. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act outlawed the discrimination based on race for voting used in the South. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This act made it unlawful to refuse to sell a home to a person based on their race. -
California v. Bakke
This case upheld that universities were allowed to have race play a factor in admitting a person to college. -
Gratz v. Bollinger
This case made it so that race couldn't be a sole factor in admitting students. It also stated that a quota-based system would also not be allowed. -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board
This case further supported the case in Gratz v. Bollinger by stating that using a program that admits based on race in order to create racial diversity and only racial diversity is unlawful. -
Shelby County v. Holder
This case ruled that section 4b and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were unconstitutional. This allowed states to begin making their own voting laws again.