Civil Rights COURT CASES

Which court case created the constitutionality of "Separate but Equal"?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Marbury v Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

1896- established “separate but equal” by which segregation became legal as long as the facilities for each race w

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education 

Ruled segregation of Mexican-American children illegal in California unless a special state law requires it 

• Mendez v. Westminster (1947)
• San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973)
• Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D. (1948)
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

In both the Delgado v. Bastrop ISD and Mendez v. Westminster U.S. Supreme Court cases, the court ruled that —

• students have a right to free speech at schools
• racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
• girls and boys can have separate but equal facilities
• schools must offer athletics to Mexican American students

Mendez v. Westminster, Delgado v. Bastrop & Hernandez v. Texas all paved the way for what case?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Wabash v. Illinois
• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case determined that segregation of Mexican American students in TEXAS was illegal?

• Mendez v. Westminster

• Delgado v. Bastrop

• Edgewood v. Kirby

• White v. Regester

-Supreme Court case in which justices agreed that a Negro must be admitted at the University of Texas School of Law

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Sherman Antitrust Act

When Linda Brown was barred from going to the school closest to her home, this led to what legal case in 1954?

• Beacon vs Board of Education of New York City, New York
• Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
• Brown vs Board of Education of Chicago, Illinois
• Brown vs Board of Marchers, Topeka, Kansas

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• African-Americas could play sports
• Segregation of public schools became legal
• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• MLK led the March on Washington

Hernandez v. Texas determined that...

• Mexican Americans had equal protection under the law

• Mexican Americans could have a jury of their peers

• Schools had to change financing policies.

• Segregation was illegal.