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Civil Rights
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Brown V. Board of Education I
Segregation of children in the public schools solely on the basis of race denies to black children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, even though the physical facilities and other may be equal. Education in public schools is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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Brown v. Board of Education in PBS' The Supreme Court(VIDEO)
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Brown V. Board of Education II
After its decision in Brown I which declared racial discrimination in public education unconstitutional, the Court convened to issue the directives which would help to implement its newly announced Constitutional principle. Given the embedded nature of racial discrimination in public schools and the diverse circumstances under which it had been practiced, the Court requested further argument on the issue of relief
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Bailey V. Patterson
Bailey V. Patterson
The Court in this case prohibited racial segregation of interstate and intrastate transportation facilities -
Gideon V. Wainwright
Gideon V. Wainwright
In this case, the Court found that criminal defense attorneys must be provided for indigent criminal defendants. In other words courts are required to provide legal counsel to those who can not afford it or do not have the abillity to obtain one themselves. Expansion of ammendment fourteen with the right to counsel. -
March on Washington
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Loving V. Virginia
Loving V. Virginia
This decision holds that state laws prohibiting inter-racial marriage are unconstitutional -
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Jones V. Mayer Co.
Jones V. Mayer Co.
The Court held in this case that federal law bars all racial discrimination , in sale or rental of property -
Griggs V. Duke Power Co.
Griggs V. Duke Power Co.
In this case, the Court decided that certain education requirements and intelligence tests used as conditions of employment acted to exclude African-American job applicants, did not relate to job performance, and were prohibited. -
Roe V. Wade
Roe V. Wade
In this landmark case, the Court decided that a woman's right to abortion is part of the constitutional right to privacy. -
Lau V. Nichols
Lau V. Nichols
The Court found that a city school system's failure to provide English language instruction to students of Chinese ancestry amounted to unlawful discrimination. -
SFUSD Bilingual Education Lau vs Nichols SFGTV San Francisco
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Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. Lafleur
Cleveland Bd of Ed. V. Lafluer
Found that Ohio public school mandatory maternity leave rules for pregnant teachers violate constitutional guarantees of due process. -
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
In this case, the Court declared that proof of a racially discriminatory intent is required in claim that race was a motivating factor in a land zoning decision -
University of California Regents v. Bakke
University of Cali V. Regents University of California Regents V. Bakke was a desision by the supreme court that colleges are allowed to take race into account while accepting students into schools, because the court had no single majority position. Although Bakke (A student that applied to a disadvantaged applicants medical program was denied then filled a lawsuit against the university.) was accepted immediately into the school after the hearing.
