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Plessy v. Ferguson
The supreme court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requring racial segegration in public facility -
Mendez v. Westminister
Federal court case that challenged racial segregation in orange county, California schools -
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
The texas attorney general decided that the segregation of Mexican American children was illegal -
Desegregation of the armed forces
President Truman issued executive order 9981 to abolish segregation of the Armed Forces and ordering full intergration -
Sweatt v. Painter
Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the " seperate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
First and only Mexican American civil rights case; convicted and found guilty of murder -
Brown v. Board of Education
Centarl to success of the Civil Rights Movement, its segregation of schools -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Inacted a greater federal role in protecting the rights of African Americans but did not create new rights -
Civil rights act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination in public places provided for intergrational schools -
Voting rights Act of 1965
Aim to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from their right to vote -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Determine whether a schools disciplinary actions violate students first amendment rights -
Wisconsin v. Yoder
U.S Supreme Court ruled struck down a Wisconsin state law that required amish children to attend school beyond 8th grade -
White v. Regester
Supreme Court declared the 1970 reapportionement plan was unconstitutional for discrimination against racial and ethnic groups -
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
Concerned public school finance Mexican Americans legal defense and education fund filed a law suit against commissioner William Kirby
