GOV 120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Huey P. Newton, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
Jack Warner
Government 120 - American Government
Textbook
Fall 2017
GE
• Plessy v. Ferguson
De jure v. De facto segregation Major Supreme Court Action on Race
• Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)
• Sweatt vs. Painter (1950)
• Brown vs. Board of Education I (1954) and II (1955)
Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. .Virginia (1960) The
Movement
• Supreme Court decisions spring boarded a greater movement in the 1960s
• began with bus boycotts in the late 50s
• sit ins
• Martin Luther King Jr
• Marches- especially on Washington and Montgomery
• NAACP and SNCC
• Freedom Riders
• Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
• Huey Newton
Black Panthers The Legislation
• Civil Rights Act 1964
• Voting Rights Act 1965
• Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
Laws that treat people differently
• suspect classifications
• strict scrutiny
• test used when laws treat people differently because of race
• Quasi-suspect classifications
• intermediate standard of review
Document Summary
De jure v. de facto segregation major supreme court action on race: missouri ex rel. Gaines v. canada (1938: sweatt vs. painter (1950, brown vs. board of education i (1954) and ii (1955) Irene morgan v. commonwealth of virginia (1946) and boynton v. virginia (1960) the. Black panthers the legislation: civil rights act 1964, voting rights act 1965, shelby county v. holder (2013) Laws that treat people differently: suspect classi cations, strict scrutiny, test used when laws treat people differently because of race, quasi-suspect classi cations, intermediate standard of review. Nonsuspect classi cations minimum rationality test: used when laws treat people differently for any other reason (age, sexual orientation, disability status) Af rmative action: regents of the university of california v. bakke (1978, grutter v. bollinger (2003, af rmative action- policy and procedures that seek to remedy disadvantages experience by other groups.
