African American Supreme Court Cases

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Separate but equal
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
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Discriminatory voter registration laws not unconstitutional – no specific mention of race in voting qualifications
Mississipi v Williams 1898
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The company’s employment requirements did not pertain to the applicants’ ability to perform the job, and so were discriminating against black employees
Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971
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Clarified the distinction between de jure and de facto segregation
Miliken v Bradley 1974
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Declared racial segregation in transport illegal (interstate)
Boynton v Virginia 1960
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A private school which practiced racial discrimination could not be eligible for a tax exemption
Coit v Green 1971
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Invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage
Loving v Virginia 1967
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Busing was an appropriate remedy for the problem of racial imbalance in schools
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971
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States that provided a school to white students had to provide in-state education to blacks as well
Gaines v Canada 1938
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Outlawed the use of white primaries
Smith v Allwright 1944
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State laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students declared unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education 1954
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Bus segregation declared unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment
Browder v Gayle 1956
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A prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenge in a criminal case may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race
Batson v Kentucky 1986
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Discriminatory voter registration laws not unconstitutional – no specific mention of race in voting qualifications

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Mississipi v Williams 1898

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The company’s employment requirements did not pertain to the applicants’ ability to perform the job, and so were discriminating against black employees

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Card 4

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Clarified the distinction between de jure and de facto segregation

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Card 5

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Declared racial segregation in transport illegal (interstate)

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