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Plessy v. Ferguson
case in 1896 that upheld the rights of states to pass laws, allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions -
Mendez v. Westminster
Mendez v. Westminster was a federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California Schools -
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D.
Made the segregation of children of Mexican decent in TX illegal Garcia servedas legal advisor -
Desegregation of armed forces
Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26 1948 by President Harry S. Truman it abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services. -
Sweatt v. Painter
"Seperate but equal" doctorine of racial segregation estabalished by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson -
Hernandez v. Texas
Ruled thast Mexican Americans were due equal protection under the fourteenth amendment to the unoted states constitution -
Br own v. Board of Education
Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Civil Rights acts of 1957
enacted Spwtember 9, 1957,primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passesd by congress -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
law passed at the time of the civil rights movement eliminated varius devices, literacy tests traditionally used to restrict voting -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Independent community school direct was a decision by the US Constitutuon that defined the constitutional rights -
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Found that amish kids could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade -
Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby
MACD & Educational built filed againest state commissor of education william kirby on behalf of the edgewood independent shool district in SA -
Civil Righst acts of 1964
a federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accomodations, public facilities and employment
