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Civil Rights Act 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was primarily a voting rights bill, it was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts. -
13th Ammendment
The 13th Ammendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary solitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
14th Ammendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
15th Ammendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." -
Mendez V. Westminster
The Mendez V. Westminster was a 1947 federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools. -
Sweatt V. Painter
The Sweatt V. Painter was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Hernandez v.Texas
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that a Mexican Am -
Edgewood V. Kirby
The Edgewood V. Kirby was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Hernandez V. Texas
The Hernandez V. Texas was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown V. Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act 1957
The Civil Rights Act 1957primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts. -
24th Ammendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Delgado V. Bastrop ISD
Gustavo C. Garcia was a Mexican-American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas, arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas -
Voting Rights Act 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
