Fernando and Josh

  • 13h amendment

    13h amendment

    Abolished slavery
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the U.S"
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    Granted African Americans the right to vote
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    Homer ferguson jailed for sitting in the car for whites only in 1892.He took this to the supreme court. The outcome was that the court decided to uphold racial segregation in public facilitiea.
  • Mendez v Westiminster

    Mendez v Westiminster

    Case that opposed racial segregation in Orange county, California. This was to end racial segregation of Mexican and Mexican Americans
  • Delgado v Bastrop ISD

    Delgado v Bastrop ISD

    Prohibited segregation of Mexican Americans in Texas illegal
  • executive order 9981

    prohibited racialbdiscrimination in the armed dorces
  • Executive order 9981

    Prohibited racial discrimination in the armed forces
  • Sweatt v painter

    Sweatt v painter

    Case that challenged seperate but equal doctrine of racial segregation established by the Plessy v ferguson case
  • Hernandez v Texas

    Hernandez v Texas

    Case that stated the Mexican Americans and other racial groups in the U.S had equal protection under the 14th amendment
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education

    Declared state laws establishing seprate public schools to African American and white students to be unconstitutional
  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Civil rights act of 1957

    Voting right bill
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    The right to vote in any primary election
  • Civil rights act of 1965

    Civil rights act of 1965

    prohibited racial discrimination in voting
  • Edgewood v Kirby

    Edgewood v Kirby

    Case that opposed discrimination againts Mexican Americans in poor disctricts
  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964

    Outlawed discrimination on race, sex, religion, national origin