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The Fight for Civil Rights
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13th Amendment Ratified
Declared Slavery illegal in the United States -
14th Amendment Ratified
Granted civil rights to African Americans, granted citizenship to people enslaved and protected civil liberties. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Significant supreme court decision whether white people should be separated from black people in public facilities. Court struck down racial segregation. -
Mendez v Westminster 1947
Civil Rghts Case to outlaw racial segregation in California, federal case. Dealt with separation of mexican american and mexican students. Ruled unconstitutional. -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
Charged the school district with segregation and racial discrimination against mexican students. Separation cessated by Sept. 1949 -
Sweatt V. Painter
Supreme court case sucessfully challlenged the 'Separate but Equal' doctrine.
Heman Marion Sweatt was refused admission to the school of law by UT because he was black.
Federal Supreme Court decreed that the separate school was not equal. -
Hernandez v. Texas
Pedro Hernandez was accused of murdering Joe Espinoza, Hernandez's lawyers demonstrated the jury could not be impartial unless it was mixed-race. Thus, they added mexican-american jurors, affecting social stigmas greatly. -
Brown V Board of Educaton 1954
Supreme Court case, declared separate schools for white and black students unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act 1957
Ensured all Americans had the civil right to vote, including African Americans. Was severely neutered and inadequate. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Federal decision that outlawed discrimination in voting based on racial orientation. -
Edgewood V. Kirby
Demetrio Rodriguez, and other parents of Mexican Students in the Edgewood ISD of San Antonio, Texas filed a class action lawsuit due to the finance system.
Shot down by the US District Court, as it was determined education is not a civil right.
