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An landmark 1857 Supreme Court decision that ruled current slaves, descendants of slaves, and Scott were not citizens of the United States of America. The decision further split the public on slavery, and accelerated the social split that define the Civil War.

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The first of the three Reconstruction Amendments passed by the Radical Republicans following the Civil War. The amendment outlawed slavery.

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The second of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment introduced the due process clause used to selectively incorporate parts of the Bill of Rights at the state level. It also introduced the equal protection clause which guaranteed equal protection under the law to all individuals.

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The final of the Reconstruction Amendments, guaranteed voting rights to African-Americans. This was accomplished by outlawing discriminating against one's right to vote based on race or color.

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An series of laws passed throughout the South that aimed to counteract provisions introduced in the Reconstruction Amendments. These laws included poll taxes, literacy tests, and the segregation of public facilities.

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Landmark Supreme Court Case that legitimized segregation through the "Separate But Equal" doctrine. This doctrine ruled that segregated facilities were not contrary to the Equal Protection's Clause if the separate building's were "equal".

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Ratified in 1920 after decades of women's suffrage movements, the amendment guaranteed women the right to vote in elections.

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Landmark Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in school was unconstitutional even if the faculties may of been equal in their quality. The court case was culmination of legal efforts by civil rights lawyers aligned with the NAACP.

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The Little Rock Nine were a group of black high school students who were prevented from entering Central High-school in Arkansas by the Governor. President Eisenhower sent a brigade of federal troops to escort the students to school through a white mob.

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Formal legislation outlawing discrimination in public schools, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law also included provisions allowing the attorney general to sue districts who did not comply with the law.

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Law that outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests and other Jim Crow Era segregation measures. It also allowed the federal government to send officials to help register voters in cities, states, or counties that refused to cooperate with the law.

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An measure intended to counteract decades of segregation by offering "special consideration" to individuals who are members of groups that were previously discriminated against. This includes groups like African-Americans or other ethnic groups.

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Landmark Supreme Court Case that effectively protected the right to abortion through a "right of privacy" derived from the 14th amendment. This case was recently overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022.

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Bakke v. University of California (1978)

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Bakke v. University of California (1978)

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Landmark Supreme Court Case that ruled using race as an admission criteria violated the Equal Protections Clause of the 14th Amendment.