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The final decision was that black people were not considered American citizens regardless if they are free or not. The US Supreme court had a 7-2 decision on this case. This made it so that even though Dred was brought into a free state he was not considered a free man. -
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude unless it was a punishment for a crime -
All residents of the USA have equal protection. The government cannot deprive someones life, liberty or property without due process of law. -
You cannot be denied the right to vote based of of your Race, Color or Previous Condition of Servitude. -
In this case the court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation. In this case Mr Plessy refused to sit in a car that was strictly for black people. The thought was that it was okay as long as the quality of the other thing was similar which in this case was the car for a train. -
This amendment made it so that the USA could not discriminate against voter based off of their sex. -
Brown vs Board of Education was a land mark case involving Civil Rights. Previously the rules were if something were similar there could be discrimination over it. It was then ruled that this would be unconstitutional. Now this allowed all races to be in the same school. -
This act prohibits discrimination based off of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. All of this goes towards voting, schools and much more. -
This act prohibits racial discrimination against voters. -
This case made it so that there couldn't be discrimination over sexes when dealing with estates. -
Title IX makes sure schools that are funded by federal money cannot discriminate against someones sex. -
This was over a man who got rejected twice at the University of California. This ruled that race can be considered with colleges as long as it doesn't turn into a huge minority. -
This act helps make sure people with disabilities are not discriminated against. This act is considered to be apart of the Civil Rights Act. It did take 26 years after the Civil Rights Act occurred to finally have it passed. This took one step closer to ending discrimination. -
This case allowed same sex marriage to be legal. Many were upset it took this long but thankful it finally worked out.
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