Here are just a few landmark cases involving civil rights:
Dred Scott v. Sandford, (1857) Blacks not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) allowed 'separate but equal' facilities, including education
Brown vs. Board of Education, (1954) overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson, ordered school integration
Gideon Vs. Wainwright, (1963) required that attorneys be provided for indigent defendants
Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. The Board of Education.
(Possibly Dred Scott vs. Sandford as well)
The civil rights organization won a number of important cases against segregation in the 1950s was the NAACP. The acronym stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Civil liberties and civil rights
Bill of Rights and The Fourteenth Amendment.
Georgia's Supreme Court is the state's highest appellatecourt for both civil and criminal cases.
As early as 1868 Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, a leading Radical during the reconstruction, made many decisions with the Supreme Court that weakened African Americans' civil rights. He continued to segregate them and deny them rights as voters.
brown v. board of education
the civil rights movement.
Chief justice Earl Warren had seen a number of cases during his time in the supreme court. His most notable though was his ruling on civil rights cases, which ended segregation in the school systems.
The Civil Rights Movement
The NAACP!
The Supreme Court rulings said civil rights were decided by state and local law.
important figure from civil rights era
The Supreme Court rulings said civil rights were decided by state and local law.
The Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court have not always recognized that all Americans have civil rights.
The civil rights organization won a number of important cases against segregation in the 1950s was the NAACP. The acronym stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Yes. Texas has two "supreme courts," although only one carries that name. The Supreme Court of Texas is the highest appellate court for civil and juvenile cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court for criminal cases.
Federal courts can take cases of offenders who cross state lines while committing crimes, civil suites against states, civil suites between states, violations of civil rights cases, cases where the outcome is appealed by the defendant or any case that really catches their interest (for the Supreme Court)