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plessy V. Ferguson
was a land mark U.S supreme court desision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segrigation in public facility under the docturine of "separate but equal" laws -
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Major Civil Rights Events
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Mendez V. Westminer(1947)
Segregation of mexican-american children without specfic state law is unconstitutional -
Delgado V. Bastrop I.S.D (1948)
segrigation of mexican american children in schoools in texasis illegal -
Sweatt V. Painter (1950)
14th amendments equal protection cause allowed herman sweatt to attend VT law school -
Brown V. Borard of education (1954)
Court system declared state laws established sepearate public schools for balck and white students to be unconstitutional -
Hernandez V. Texas
court systems agreed that mexican americans and all other racial or national groups in the U.S had "equal protection " under the 14th amendment of the constitution -
Civil rights act of 1957
voting rights bill is passed by congress in the U.S to allow african americans to vote -
civil rights act of 1964
outlawed segrigation in buisnesses such as theaters, resturants, and hotels banned discrimination practices in employment ended segrgation in librarie public schools -
voting act of 1965
signed into law by president johnson on August 6,1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers of the statue and local levels that prevented african american from their right to vote under the 15th amendment -
tinker V. Des monies
was a decision by the U.S supreme court that defined the constitution rights of students in U.S public schools -
wisonsin V. yoder
Found the amisn child could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade -
white V. regester
reapportionment plan was unconstitutional for discrimination against racial and ethic groups -
edgewood I.S.D. V. Kirby
stataes must revise their school funding system to be aquitable iun some cases taken from the welthly districts and giving property to the poor districts