1800's
This case affirmed the equality of all persons in the enjoyment of transportation, facilities, and public places.
What is the Civil Rights Cases?
State school restricted attendance to only whites. The school tried to provide a "separate but equal" education facility for black students. But the faculty was ruled unequal.
In this case, urban votes count less than rural votes.m
What is Baker v Carr
This is the case of two students who were denied admissions to a university based on race. The University was "holding seats" for minorities that the students who were white could not get in.
What is Gratz V Bollinger?
This case was a issue of a black man who sat in the "white only car" of a train and was asked to evacuate and refused.
What is Plessy V Ferguson?
This case was comprised of five separate cases, which were all heard by the supreme court. These cases all concerned the issue of segregation in public schools.
What is Brown V Board of Education?
Minorities with low test scores and GPAs were admitted under the specialty admissions program.
What is Regents of University of California v Bakke?
This case dealt with a person who was denied admissions to a university based on race, for the university used race as a deciding factor in admissions.
What is Grutter V Bollinger?
What is the ruling of Plessy V Ferguson?
Given five years of probation and sent to an Assembly Center in San Bruno, CA
What is the ruling of Korematsu V. United States?
The ruling of this case established affirmative action.
What is Regents of University of California v Bakke?
The ruling of this case established that race could not be a predominant reason for redrawing district lines.
What is Shaw V Reno?
The concept that was legalized from these cases of Jim crow laws, where racially segregated but did ensure equal opportunities to all races.
What is "Separate but Equal"?
Two laws that give protection rights from state infringement
What is Equal Protection Law and Due Process Law?
These two cases where challenges under the equal protection clause.
What is Baker v Carr and Regents of University of California v Bakke?
The constitutional amendment that was challenged in all cases. This amendment forbids the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The cases of the 1800s defined Jim Crow Laws in the common place.
What is the significance of the rulings?
The significance of this case signaled the start of the Civil Rights Movement and the fall of segregation.
What Brown vs The Board of education?
This case established the right of federal courts to review redistricting issues.
What is Baker v Carr?
What is Gratz / Grutter V. Bollinger?