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full story >>On March 29, 1960, the New York Times carried a full-page advertisement titled "Heed Their Rising Voices",which solicited funds to defend Martin Luther King, Jr. against an Alabama perjury indictment.
Continue reading >>The plaintiffs in the case were Mildred Delores Loving, née Jeter (July 22, 1939 – May 2, 2008), a woman of African-American and Rappahannock Native American descent, and Richard Perry Loving (October 29, 1933 – June 1975),a white man.
Continue reading >>Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 13, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896 Full case name Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson Citations 163U.S.537( more ) 16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L. Ed. 256; 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390 Prior history Ex parte Ple
Continue reading >>Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War IIregardless of citizenship.
Continue reading >>Smith v. Allwright , 321 U.S. 649 (1944), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court with regard tovoting rights and, by extension, racial desegregation. It overturned the Democratic Party's use of all-white primaries in Texas, and other s
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