Civil Rights pivotal moments and terminology practice

Racism

The belief in racial superiority

Brown vs board of education of Topeka, Kansas.

Ruled that public schools must be desegregated with “all deliberate speed”

Civil rights act of 1964

Forbade discrimination in public facilities, such as restaurants and parks, and in the use of federal funds.

Emancipation proclamation

Freed slaves in all territories held by states in rebellion with the union during civil war

24th amenment

outlawed the poor tax

Plessy v furguson

1896 supreme court case that established the “separate but equal” Clause, allowing for state governments to create segregationist laws and policies, also known as “Jim crow”.

voting rights act of 1965

allowed federal officials to register voters in states where local officials practiced discrimination.

de facto segregation

separation of groups that occurs by choice and\or tradition

de jure segregation

separation of groups by law or institusion

15th Amenment

declared that no person shall have the right to vote decided on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of being a slave.

14th Amenment

Prohibits the states from denying rights and privileges of citizenship to any citation, extended citizenship to blacks

Prejudice

to judge beforehand

discrimination

to notice and difference and treat differently

13th Amenment

announced that there would be no slavery in any state in the US

Civil rights act of 1968

forbade discrimination in housing based on race