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13th amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th amendment
Gave african americans citezenship; equal protection clause -
15th amendment
gave african american men the right to vote -
plessy vs fergeson
railroads segregated for passengers, plessy disobeyed and got arrested -
Mendez vs Westminster
Mexican american, school segregation -
sweatt vs painter
Could not be a lawyer because he was african american. -
Brown vs board of education
A Kansas law permitted cities with populations of more than 15,000 to maintain separate public schools for African American and white students. linda brown was al ittle girl that had to walk a long wasy to get to school even though the whites school was closer to her house. -
Hernandez vs Texas
Equal trial with equal jury. (ex. no biased jury) -
civil rights
established a federal Civil Rights Commission with authority to investigate discriminatory conditions and recommend corrective measures. -
24th amendment
abolished poll tax -
civil rights
The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Voting rights
No literacy tests to vote -
edewood isd vs kirby
Demetrio Rodriguez and other parents of Mexican American students in the Edgewood Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, filed a class action suit in U.S. District Court challenging Texas’ public school finance system. Under the Texas system, the state appropriated funds to provide each child with a minimum education. -
Delgado vs Bastrop
Mexican american, school segregation