Civil Rights in the United States

constitutional amendment ratified in 1920 granting all women the right to vote

policies implemented to redress past discrimination and inequality by giving opportunities to members of unfairly treated minorities

law that prohibits discrimination against a person with disabilities in employment, public accommodation, and government services

1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that determined separate but equal public schools actually were not equal and that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

labor leader and a founder of the United Farm Workers, which campaigned for Latino migrant farmworkers

effort that stressed cultural pride and fought discrimination against Mexicans and other Latinos

law that banned any new immigration of Chinese workers into the United States

federal law that banned racial segregation in voting, public facilities, public schools, federally assisted programs, and employment and strengthened federal authority to enforce its provisions

effort by many different groups to achieve equal political and social rights for African Americans

segregation that results from social norms or traditions

racial segregation established by law and government policy

law that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman

forced return to one's home country

policy under which military personnel could neither ask another member of the military about their sexual orientation nor reveal their own sexual orientation

law that prohibits wage discrimination based on a worker's sex

proposed constitutional amendment stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"

1942 presidential order issued by President Roosevelt giving the U.S. military authority to designate "areas … from which any or all persons may be excluded." The order was used to force Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast into detention camps.

law that extended U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans

law establishing that many of the protections in the U.S. Bill of Rights apply to tribal governments

confinement of a person who is considered to be a security threat

legislation passed in the 1890s and later that imposed racial segregation and deprived African Americans of civil rights

1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared Japanese internment justified by World War II and thus constitutional

organization dedicated to fighting discrimination against persons of Latin American ancestry

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people

1896 U.S. Supreme Court case that determined segregation laws for public facilities were legal as long as white people and black people were provided facilities of equal value

policy under which a certain number of slots for members of a particular group

section of the Education Amendments of 1972 that banned discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs that receive federal funds

person from another country who has entered and is living in the country illegally

federal law that outlawed using literacy tests as a qualification for voting and provided federal oversight of elections in states with a history of racial discrimination in elections and voter registration

movement for women's voting rights that began in the mid-19th century