Separate but equal

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Bethany Davis
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A local pastor and teacher at Liberty Hill Elementary School. He asked for a bus for the students but was refused and he made a court case for it an even when he was offered a bus he knew that it was more than a school bus thing. Reverend J. A. Delaine
He attends the Elementary School Harry Briggs Jr.
the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his activity in the Little Rock 9 and his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education Thurgood Marshall
A lawyer who takes the opposite side John W. Davis
New Chief Justice Earl Warren
One of the Civil War Amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees "equal protection under the laws". 14th Amendment
Segregation established by law. For example Jim Crow and the Supreme Court decision. De jure segregation
Latin phrase meaning "by fact" De facto segregation
segregation laws in the south Jim Crow Laws
Authority of a court to hear a case for the first time. Original Jurisdiction
The authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower. Appellate Juristiction
A written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case. Legal Brief
A statement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case. Majority Opinion
A statement that written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion Dissenting Opinion
Principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court "stare Decisis"
A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case Precedent
Means fair and equal treatment in a court of law. Due process of laws
Case of a slave named Dred Scott. The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans were property, not citizens, and had no rights under the Constitution. Dred scott v. Sanford
Case about Plessy, a black man, who purchased a ticket to ride the white's railroad car in Louisianan. Case established "separate but equal" doctrine. Plessy v. Ferguson
Banned segregation in public schools. Brown v. Board of education of Topeka, Kansas
Cases that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, SC. Briggs v. Elliot
During WWII Japanese American citizens living on the West Coast were moved into internment camps Korematsu v. United States
Supreme Court case on affirmative action. it bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional University of California v. Bakke
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