Civil Rights Court Cases

This court case involved 1st Amendment Right to freedom of speech. Students were wearing armbands protesting the Vietnam War.

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Hernandez v Texas

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Sweatt v Painter

Plessy v Ferguson

• Separate but equal

• Integrated public schools

• Allowed Amish children to not go to school.

• Protected religious freedom

This case integrated public schools for the first time.

• Brown v Board of Education

• Sweatt v Painter

• Hernandez v Texas

• Plessy v Ferguson

Sweatt v Painter

• Ruled that "separate but equal" was not actually equal. Texas Law School.

• Overturned Plessy v Ferguson

• Gave religious freedom to Amish children

• Ruled that a jury must reflect a diverse group of people

Ruled that a jury should not be impartial and that all racial groups should be allowed to participate in a jury.

• Hernandez v Texas

• White v Register

• Mendez v Westminster

• Delgado v Bastrop ISD

Ruled that states must allow older Amish the right to establish their own schools or withdrawal from public schools after the 8th grade.

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• Delgado v Bastrop ISD

• Mendez v Westminster

• Plessy v Ferguson

Texas school districts could no longer offer segregated schools with minimal facilities for Mexican American students.

• Delgado v Bastrop ISD

• Teachers v Texas

• Westminster v Yoder

• Propst v Canyon ISD