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The decision on this case was “Persons of African decent cannot and were never intended to be citizens under the us constitution.” -
In 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the 13th Amendment. This Amendment says “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” -
This amendment says “granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States-including former enslave people-and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the law.” -
This amendment says “granted African American men the right to vote.” -
A poll tax is levied on every adult, without references to income or resources. Many citizens in the U.S. did not like this tax because they had no say on the taxes. -
The court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality. In most areas though the facilities were not equal. -
White Primaries were primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate. -
This amendment granted the women right to vote. But African American women still struggled to vote even with this amendment. More women vote than men in recent elections. -
This court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. -
“right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President” -
This is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaw’s discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. -
This law requires all government contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to expand job opportunities for minorities. -
This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many Southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
This court case that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
This amendment guarantees equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. This amendment would end legal distinctions between men and women. -
This case discussed if preferential treatment for minorities can reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the constitution. -
Hardwick was caught engaging in the act of consensual homosexual sodomy with another adult. He was charged with sodomy. He tried to challenge them in court. The holding says that there was no constitutional protection for acts of sodomy. -
This act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to states and local government programs. -
Also known as the National Voter registration act, sets forth certain voter registration requirements with respect to elections for federal office. -
Police went into Lawrence’s house because a neighbor said there was a disturbance. They found him engaging in the act of consensual homosexual sodomy with another adult. They both were arrested for deviate sexual intercourse in violation of a Texas statute forbidding two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct. The holding was that they both violated the due process clause. -
Groups of same-sex couples sued their relevant state agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee to challenge the constitutionality of those states' bans on same-sex marriage or refusal to recognize legal same-sex marriages that occurred in jurisdictions that provided for such marriages. The holding was that same-sex couples did have the right to marry under the 14th amendment.