Famous Law Cases
This Court case declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, effectively overturning "separate but equal"
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
HBCU stands for...
What is Historically Black College and University?
In 1968 she became the first African American woman elected to Congress:
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This landmark civil rights decision ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What is Loving v. Virginia (1967)?
UNCF stand for what?
What is the United Negro College Fund?
Barack Obama served as what before he became President.
What is a U.S. Senator?
This Court case ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.
What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
Which HBCU stopped accepting men and became an all-female institution?
What is Bennett College?
This person wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
Who is Maya Angelou?
In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that under the Fourth Amendment, a police officer may stop a suspect on the street and frisk him or her without probable cause to arrest, if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion .
This university is ranked publicly as the #1 historically black university in the nation, as well as the nation's largest HBCU.
What is North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University ?
Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:
What is the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.?
This landmark case strengthened the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, making it illegal for evidence obtained without a warrant to be used in a criminal trial in state court.
What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)?
This state has the largest number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What is Alabama?
This influential author became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?