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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was passed to abolish slavery in the United States. This amendment says "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime". -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment was passed to grant all persons born in the United States equal rights and protection of laws. The law and amendment was brought up due to former slaves and the unequality along with them. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment was passed to grant all African American men the right to vote. The federal and state governments cannot deny an African American citizen to vote because of the passisng of the 15th Amendment. -
Jim Crow
Jim Crow was actually not a person. "Jim Crow" came to the system of government of racial segregation in the United States. It gave the idea of a "separate but equal" name for African Americans. -
Literacy Tests
The literacy tests were meant to disenfranchise African Americans. The state government made these to distinguish between those who could vote and those who could not. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was an important landmark in the United States Supreme Court Case. It dealt with racial segregation in public areas discrimating under the saying "separate but equal". The court voted 7 to 1, making it a big deal. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was passed to prohibit any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on the idea of sex. This allows the states to pick who can vote and set limitations. -
Korematsu v. United States
This case ordered Japanese Americans into interment camps during World War ll. Even if these citizens actually had citizenship rights within the United States. -
Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark in the United States Supreme Court Case challenging the saying "Separate but equal" by Plessy. The situation was based on an African American man who was refused admission to School of Law at the University of Texas. The school failed to qualify him, causing this to become a case. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a United States Supreme Court Case dissapproving and getting rid of states discriminating separation of public schools between the blacks and whites. This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political protest campaign against racial segregation in Montogomerty, Alabama. All based on the situation when Rosa Parks, African American woman, refused to give up her seat to a white man in the front of a bus, causing a riot. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action is sometimes also known as positive discrimination, meaning employment is equal throughout different countries. Members in other countries, as well as the United States, are given equal and fair chances in the selection process of employment in the workforce. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment was passed to prohibit any poll tax for voters in elections for federal officials. No one is denied by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay poll tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark within the means of the Civil Rights legislation within the United States. This outlawed discrimination for race, color, and religion. It ended a lot of unequal rights happening in the US. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is known as a landmark of the legislation in the United States. It happened around the time of the American Civil Rights Movement and was put into place to enforce the voting rights within the racial population. -
Robert Kennedy Speech in Indy upon death of MLK
Kennedy, the United States senator at the time gave this speech after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kenendy spoke about peace to the audience and wanted it to be known that he was not just going to talk about MLK's death. This became one of the greates public speeches of that modern era. -
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed was a case dealing with equal and fair protection. Estate holders cannot be discriminated between sexes. The case was based on a little boy who died and between their parents living in Idaho deciding important issues. -
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment said to the United States had to guarantee all equal and fair rights to women. There are three sections to this amendment act: rights under the law shall not be declined, congress has power to enforce, and it takes two years for the act to become effective within the situation. -
Regents of the University og California v. Blake
The Board has 26 members voting. Most of the members are amde up of people nominated by the governor of California. This case allowed race to be one of the several factors in college applications and acceptance rates. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
This case was overturned in 2003 dealing with a voting of 5-4. Putting down the idea that a Georgia law was criminalizing acts of sexual intercourse between homosexual adults together. -
Poll Taxes
The poll taxes started in the southern states. Tax payments were required to vote, therefore African Americans and poor whites were left without poll tax. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act put a stop to discrimination against those with disabilities in the workforce, jobs, communications, transportation, and more. This includes any person that has mental and physical conditions, all granted the same law under this act. -
Lawrence v. Texas
The Lawrence v. Texas case was a 6-3 ruling saying that same-sex sexual activity is legal in the everyday life of homosexuals in the United States. This case overturned the Bowers v. Hardwick Case. -
Fisher v. Texas
Fisher v. Texas is a case dealing with the issues of "affirmative actions" admission policy at the University of Texas at Austin. The Supreme court got rid of all ruling in favor of the University, therefore keeping the law in stand. -
Indiana's Gay Rights Court Battle
Same sex marraige was legalized in Indiana ever since the situation in October of 2014. Legislation was passed in 1997 not allowing same sex couples to get married within the state. In 2014, decisions were made to overturn this law and make it to where same sex couples could get married within the state.
