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3 days ago · Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The 1954 decision declared that separate educational facilities for white and African American students were inherently unequal.
3 days ago · Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (August 6, 1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.
4 days ago · The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved ...
3 days ago · The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [a] and national origin. [4] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and ...
4 days ago · The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, [1] [2] was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. [3] . The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
2 days ago · Constitutional Convention. U.S. Constitution. The signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787; painting by Howard Chandler Christy. (more)
4 days ago · : a theory or doctrine of constitutional law that those rights guaranteed by the first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution that are fundamental to and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty are incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause compare total incorporation. Dictionary Entries Near selective incorporation.
