POLS 1100 1st Edition Lecture 5Civil Rights1. Government is to promote equal treatmenta. Protect individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment byi. Other individuals ii. Organizations iii. Government itself2. Rights evolvea. Minority rightsb. Women's rightsc. LGBT rightsCivil War Amendments1. Prohibit slavery (13th)a. Black codes as responsei. Basically don't acknowledge that blacks are citizensii. No serving on juryiii. No land owningb. Civil rights act of 1866 (citizenship guaranteed)2. Congress receives power to protect rights against violations by state governments (14th)a. Equal protection clausei. Everyone is protected under the constitution2. Provide for equal voting rights (15th)a. Race, not gender Early Legal Battles1. Jim Crow lawsa. Segregationb. Barred interracial marriage c. Voting2. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (law)a. Protects rights of all, regardless of raceb. Outlaws public and private segregation2. 1883 Civil Rights casesa. Civil rights act is unconstitutionalb. Grandfather clausei. If your grandfather was able to vote, you were able to vote2. Plessy v. Fergusion (1886)a. About segregationb. LA blacks could only sit on the back of the trainc. Plessy is 1/8 black and is arrested for sitting on front of traind. Went to supreme court and ruled as separate but equal These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Brown v. Board of Education1. Topeka, Kansas 19512. Called for ending school segregation3. Unanimous decision4. Overturned Plessya. Separate but equal unconstitutionalb. Separation is psychologically and socially