Laws adopted by Southern states creating a legal form of segregation

When people are separated (by race)

1st a theater character, later used as an insult towards blacks. The term was also used to describe any racist law that restricted the rights and opportunities of black people

Public schools for black children were not as nice as schools provided for white children

Kept blacks and whites separate in public spaces: restaurants, libraries, drinking fountains, pools, theaters, etc.

State laws banned interracial adoptions and marriages & relationships between black and whites

Almost all Southern states created restrictive laws preventing blacks from voting. These laws lasted from the 1870’s until the 1960’s.

Blacks were required to sit in the back of public buses and train cars, or in a separate car altogether.

When one group is treated differently from another

Intolerance

Peaceful

Bring the races together (opposite of segregate)

Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin in the workplace, public places, schools, and voting.

Prohibits any restriction on the right to vote, including poll tests and voter intimidation. Reinforced the promise of the 15th Amendment.

Established that it was okay to create ‘separate but equal’ public settings. 1896 case set the stage for numerous local laws requiring black and whites to stay segregated in society.

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.

In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that is was unconstitutional for transportation facilities like bus and trains stations to be racially segregated.

In 1967, the Supreme Court decided that any state law that prohibits interracial marriage is unconstitutional.

Passed in 1870, five years after the end of the Civil War. Said ‘voting shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude’. Many state and local laws were passed to undermine this Amendment.

Passed in 1920. Said ‘voting shall not be denied on account of sex or gender’. Women could vote in Wyoming by 1869, but it took the work of Susan B. Anthony and many others to get the amendment passed to extend this right nationwide.

Passed in 1924, it gave native peoples the rights and privileges of American citizenship, including voting. Previously, Native Americans were not considered Americans, but rather members of their own tribal governments.

Passed in 1961, it allowed DC residents to vote for the President. Before the 23rd Amendment, citizens of DC could not vote for the President!

Passed in 1964, it banned the use of poll taxes in elections. The poll tax was one of many restrictions placed on African Americans’ voting rights in the Jim Crow South.

Passed in 1971, it said ‘citizens who are 18 years age or older cannot be denied the right vote on account of age’. In the 1960’s and ‘70s thousands of young men were drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Many were too young to vote. Supporters of this amendment chanted, “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote!”