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14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves who was just freed from the civil war and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” This was a very important movement of the goverment in 1868. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWG8AcCty_I References
Editors, H. (2009, November 09). 14th Amendment. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fourteenth-amendment -
Brown vs. Board of Education
In May of 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. When Oliver Brown filed this action it was because his daughter was denied education from a all white school. After doing much research Brown proved that the segregated schools were not the same. The court ruled that the child was deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act addresses the inequality of educational opportunity for underprivileged children. With this act it provided resources to help ensure that disadvantaged students had access to quality education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4okt6u6OEkg Refences:
The History of Special Education Law. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm -
Immigration and Naturalization Act
also known as the Hart-Celler Act, Changed the flow of people coming into America. It got rid of a quota system that the government was running on. This act established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States. References:
Editors, H. (2010, March 05). U.S. Immigration Since 1965. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/us-immigration-since-1965 -
Title IX
In 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments was passed which meant "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" (Banks, 2016). This created a process where woman saw a significant progress toward gaining access to educational programs but not equally (Banks, 2016). -
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act
In November of 1915 the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed. This stated that all children with disabilities would “have a right to education, and to establish a process by which State and local educational agencies may be held accountable for providing educational services for all handicapped children.” References:
The History of Special Education Law. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm
