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Plessy v. Ferguson
"This 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. Rejecting Plessy’s argument that his constitutional rights were violated, the Court ruled that a state law that “implies merely a legal distinction” between whites and blacks did not conflict with the 13th and14th Amendments" -
Thurgood Marshall
"Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served on the court from 1967 until he retired in 1991. Earlier in his career, Marshall worked as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped win the 1954 landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Throughout his life, Marshall used the law to promote civil rights and social justice." -
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, never backed down in his stand against racism. He dedicated his life to achieving equality and justice for all Americans of all colors. King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the best way to bring about social change." -
Brown v. Ferguson
"On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed for “separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. Declaring that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” the Brown v. Board decision helped break the back of state-sponsored segregation" -
Upward Bound
National program that more than doubles the chances of low-income, first generation students graduation from colleges so they can escape poverty and enter the middle class. Helped kids back in the day with their education. -
Head Start
Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprenhensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvemnt services to low-income children and families. Back in the day when parents didn't have enough money for their kids to go to school they would take them to the "Head Start Program" -
Affirmative action
Policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer from discrimination within a culture. They help with people who need education and employment that have been historically excluded groups in America.
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Lester Maddox
Governor of Georgia. Former resturant owner who refused to serve Blacks. Segregationist- however he oversaw many improvements to Black employment rights as governor. -
26th Amendment
Changed the portion of the 14th amendment section 1. 18 and older are given the right to vote -
Title IX
"Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activites that recieve federal financial assistance in athletics and sports."
