2. The case of Brown v. Board of Education declared that state laws consisting of separate white
and black schools, to be deemed unconstitutional. At that time, black children were denied
admission to any school that white children where attending. Black children where not equal.
The passing of this court case has forever altered the schooling system today, and has influenced
equality and change for black people and white people. This is a case that will forever be
remembered in Americas history as one of the most significant accomplishments in the fight for
equality.
3. The court case of Mapp v. Ohio declared that "all evidence obtained by searches and
seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible
in a state court." This became a very controversial case in which weather or not
someone's right to privacy was more important than withholding evidence involving
a criminal case. This case became a precedent for similar cases in the future In
which the court would have to determine “ how and when to apply the exclusionary
rule.”
4. The 19th Amendment granted all American women the right to vote. Women from all
over the nation would rally together and petition their right to vote as American
citizens. Their efforts finally paid off after decades of protest. Due to the strong will
of the women population for equality “almost all of the major suffrage organizations
were united behind the goal of a constitutional amendment. ”The addition of the 19th
Amendment places a historic event in the equality of men and women today.
5. The 14th Amendment abolished slavery and granted citizenship to all people
regardless of race. No state was allowed to go against this, and no person was to be
deprived of “life” and” liberty”. Equal protection of the laws was granted to all
citizens. The 14th Amendment was passed to ensure that the Civil Rights Act would
remain valid. This ultimately created a chain of events in the equality of race, and
led to many more Civil Rights movements in the future.
