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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in the United States of America -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to "all persons born or natralized in the United States," which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th Amedment
Granted African American men the right to vote -
Plessey Vs. Ferguson
Court ruled seperate-but-equal facilities on trains were constitutional -
Mendez VS. Westminster
Federal court case that challenged racial segregtion in Orange County, California Schools -
Delgado VS. Bastrop ISD
Made the segregation of children of Mexican Descent in Texas illegal -
Executive Order 9981
Abloished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces
- Led to the end of segregation -
Sweatt VS. Painter
Case that successfullly challenged the seperate-but-equal doctrine of racial segregation -
Hernandez VS. Texas
decided that mexican americans and all other racial groups in the united states had equal protection under the14th amemdment of the US constitution -
Brown VS. Board of Education
Court declared state laws establishing serperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Civil Rights Act 1957
First Civil rights legislation passed by congress in the United States since he 1866 and 1875 acts -
24th Amendment
Prohibiting poll taxes in elections for federal officals -
Civil Rights act 1964
Prohibited discrimination on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Outlawed the discriminatorry voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War -
Edgewood VS. Kirby
The Mexican American Legal Defense filed a law suit against the state commisioner of Education William Kirby on behalf of the edgewood indepentdent school district in San Antonio.
