Hopkins V. Price Waterhouse

Many have praised the name of this court decision because it created equal rights for all children and ended segregation, but in reality that is the furthest thing from the truth. When the finalization of segregation being ended became world-renowned it then put more pressure on the African-American women

The Illinois trial court denied motion to suppress, finding the gun was recovered during a lawful stop and frisk. The Illinois Appellate Court reversed Wardlow 's conviction, concluding that the gun should have been suppressed because Officer Nolan did not have reasonable suspicion sufficient to justify an investigative stop pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U. S. 1 (1968). 287 Ill. App. 3d 367, 678 N. E. 2d 65 (1997). The Illinois Supreme Court agreed. 183 Ill. 2d 306, 701 N. E. 2d 484 (1998). While rejecting the Appellate Court 's conclusion

Ferguson case of 1896 in which the Supreme Court upheld the legality of racial segregation. At the time of the case, segregation between blacks and whites already existed in most schools, restaurants and other public facilities. In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court that such of a segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The 14th Amendment provided equal protection of law to all U.S. citizens regardless of the citizens race. The court ruled that the Plessy v. Ferguson case was legal as long as black and whites were equal. After this law came to be, public schools, public transportation and other public facilities were made separate; but they never had made these places equal. Equality represents what the United States stands for. We the people work together in marches, protests to oppose discrimination on the basis of race and gender. The Sacco and Vanzetti case showed the world that the how justice system in the United States really was. Sacco and Vanzetti received an unfair trial and were sentenced to death, not due to the evidence being presented, but due to their political beliefs and ethnic backgrounds. As Americans, we tend to be afraid of what happens and due to these fears we forget about what it truly means to be an American. This is the world we live in and quite some times, things are unfair; it’s the way the world

Cynthia has always performed well in her job, and has received good performance appraisals. She has been denied a promotion to a more lucrative sales position because she was told she “is not attractive enough” for the position. Cynthia is likely a victim of

Plessey vs Ferguson- Decision by the US Supreme Court that confirmed the principle of “separate but equal” and minority segregation.

of separate of equal being done away with by the Supreme Court. The first case was heavily

The landmark Supreme Court cases of Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas have had a tremendous effect on the struggle for equal rights in America. These marker cases have set the precedent for cases dealing with the issue of civil equality for the last 150 years.

Citation: Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366; 124 S. Ct. 795; 157 L. Ed. 2d 769; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 9198

On January, 23 1906 a white woman named Nevada Taylor was dropped off the bus station in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. only two and half blocks from her home. Little did she know she was being followed? A man grabbed her by the neck and drug her ten feet before throwing her over a fence. She screamed and struggled as he put a leather strap around her neck and threatened to cut her throat. Taylor accounts waking up about ten minutes later in torn and dirty clothes covered in bruises. Her doctor later confirmed she had been raped. She claimed to have never of saw the face of the attacker but he had a soft voice of a black man. During this time of prejudice, segregation and hatred towards Negros was just a way of life for the

was the first of many cases to alter the Court’s ideas on gender discrimination (Cushman,

It was a landmark case that is historic till this day. A black man was imprisoned for not leaving a "white" only area. This case helped with the "seperate but equal" law. Although we have this law, not everybody treats other people as equal.

Constitutional Question: Does the Constitution protect thSe right of marital privacy against state restrictions on a couple's ability to be counseled in the use of contraceptives? This questions Due Process of Law.

Brown vs Board of Edu. states that it is illegal to have racial segregation in school. The argument was very strong because the constitution does not state anything about education. Because the constitution did not state anything about education there was not a whole lot that government could do to stop these actions from happening.

In the case of Dred Scott vs. Sandford, Dred Scott sued Sanford for freedom on the fact that Sandford took them into a state where slavery was forbidden for military assignments. This case lasted approximately 11 years until the court ruled that Scott was not free. It was ruled that black men have no opportunity for equal rights especially for a slave. This made black folk and some white folk very disappointed. This decision had great impact though because it gave some people the courage to stand up for equal rights. This eventually caused violent protest because of the court's decision around the nation.

Reed- The landmark case of 197 in which the Supreme Court for the first time upheld a claim of gender discrimination.