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Recent Event Highlights: Chickasaw Nation v. United States, Equal Rights Amendment, Civil rights act of 1968, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Hirabayashi v. United States, and 10 more...

Created by ajpfenning on Nov 16, 2010

Last updated: 11/22/10 at 03:29 PM

• Lawrence v Texas
  2003

  landmark United States Supreme Court case. In the 6-3 ruling, the justices struck down the sodomy law in Texas.

• Chickasaw Nation v. United States
  2001

  Gaming,

• Chickasaw Nation v. United States
  2001

  Was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Indian tribes were liable for taxes on gambling operations under U.S.C.

• Title IX
  Jul 1, 1972

  "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." -United States Congress

• Equal Rights Amendment
  1972

  Proposed Amendment to the United States Constitution. written by Alice Paul in 1972. It passed both the Houses Of Congress however failed to gain ratification before its June 30th deadline.

• Civil rights act of 1968
  1968

  Prohibited- -Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race, color, religion or national origin. -Discrimination against a person in the terms, conditions or privilege of the sale or rental of a dwelling. -Advertising the sale or rental of a dwelling indicating preference of discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin. -Coercing, threatening, intimidating or interfering with a persons enjoyment or exercise of housing rights based on discriminatory reasons or retailing against a person or organization that aids or encourages the exercise of enjoyment of fair housing rights.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
  Jul 1, 1964

  Outlawed major forms of discrimination against colored people. Allowed colored people to vote and go to schools with whites.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

• Hirabayashi v. United States
  1956

  Gordon Hirabayashi was convicted in terms of the violation of a curfew imposed at the time, which proclaimed that; “All persons of Japanese ancestry residing in such an area be within their place of residence daily between the hours of 8:00 p. m. and 6:00 a.m.”

• Brown v. Board Of Education
  Jul 1, 1952

  in 1951 a class action suit was filed against the board of education in the city of Topeka, Kansas. the plaintiffs were thirteen Topeka parents on behalf of their twenty children

• 19th amendment
  Aug 18, 1920

  Women's suffrage (the right to vote)

• Plessy v. Ferguson
  Jul 1, 1896

  Born a free man, Plessy boarded a whites only railroad car 1/8 Black and 7/8 White. a seven to one vote against him- "Separate but equal does not apply to color"

• 15th Amendment
  Jul 1, 1870

  Prohibits using the race, color of skin, or creed of a person to prevent them from voting.

• 14th Amendment
  Jul 1, 1868

  Prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities.

• 13th amendmant
  Jul 1, 1865

  The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery.

• Emancipation Proclamation
  Jan 1, 1863

  Freed African-Americans from slavery in areas controlled by the south.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

• Seneca Falls Convention
  Jul 1, 1848

  The Seneca falls Convention was an early and influential women's rights. A Speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lecture on law, humorous presentation and multiple discussions about the role women in society.