AP Gov Civil Rights

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Banned discrimination in public and required government to cut off funding to states that did not comply

Civil Rights Act, Title VIII (1968)

banned racial discrimination in housing

24th amendment

outlawed poll taxes

Civil rights act of 1991

Supreme Court made decisions that limited the ability of people to bring suit against employers with discriminatory hiring practices

Little Rock 9

nine African American kids who attempted to integrate in Little Rock, Arkansas, facing severe challenges from white mobs.

Due process clause

Denies the government the right without due process to deprive people of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

equal protection clause

all people treated equally under law; protects minorities

14th amendment

The 14th Amendment protects civil rights, stating all born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens

Equal pay act

illegal to base employer’s pay on gender, race, or religion

Title IX of higher education act

prohibits gender discrimination from high education institutions that receive federal funding

15th amendment

allowed african-american males the right to vote

brown v board of education

overturned plessy v. ferguson

plessy v. ferguson

established seperate but equal

what did the NAACP utilize to fight for civil rights?

litigation, took these problems to court