Civil Rights Flashcards
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Civil Rights
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Rights that guarantee individuals freedom from discrimination. These rights are generally grounded in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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Separate but Equal Laws
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Rooted in the 1896 SCOTUS case Plessy v. Ferguson and is the idea that racial segregation was acceptable as long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
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Jim Crow Laws
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Local and state laws created to enforce racism and ensure that the whites remained in power (established after segregation officially ended w/ Civil Rights Act of 1964)
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Brown v Board
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1954
Ruled that “Separate but Equal” was “inherently unequal” and began the process of desegregation in the south.
Ended the precedent of Plessy v. Ferguson
