People
Was used in a "set up" to challenge the Louisiana state Separate Car Act.
Homer Plessy
To force or require
Mandate
Segregation by law
De Jure Segregation
8-1 Ruling, in favor of segregation
Plessy
This Act ended discrimination in voting and outlawed poll taxes
Voting Rights Act 1965
Chief Justice that issued the Brown Decision
Earl Warren
The right to vote
Suffrage
Laws passed by southern states that made segregation mandatory
Jim Crow Laws
9-0 Ruling, against segregation
Brown v Board of Education
14th amendment
NAACP Lawyer that argued the Brown case and won
Thurgood Marshall
Segregation by fact or choice
De Facto Segrgation
A test used to determine if someone can read and/or write
Literacy Test
Made segregation legal and mandatory
Plessy
Abolished poll taxes
24th Amendments
A fictional character that was created to make fun of African Americans
Jim Crow
To separate or isolate an individual based on a specific characteristic (Such as race or skin color)
Segregation
Legal precedent established by the Plessy case that allowed segregation as long as equal facilities were provided.
Separate but Equal Doctrine
Ended School Segregation and lead to the desegregation of the South
Brown
This act ended segregation and discrimination; helped African Americans achieve equality
Civil Rights Act 1964
First African American to serve on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Money Charged for voting
poll tax
A feeling of being “less than” or not the same as
Inferiority Complex
Overturned the Plessy case
Brown v Board
Granted voting rights to ALL MALE citizens of the US (regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude)
15th Amendment