Held that private discrimination didn't fall under federal jurisdictions
Wilkins v Mississippi 1898
Declared that discriminatory voter registration laws weren't unconstitutional, as there was no specific mention of race in voting qualifications- obvious intention of the court trying to disenfranchise AA
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
'Separate but equal' was enshrined in a legal ruling
1890- Louisiana passed Jim Crow Law segregating railway transport
Established legal basis for segregation laws
Smith v Allwright 1944
Seen as a small step in the right direction
Ruling that was unconstitutional for black voters to be excluded from party primary voting
Brown v Topeka Board of Eduction 1954
Group of parents with NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ) sued the Board of Education for not providing appropriate education
Thurgood Marshall
Ended legal basis for segregation by an unanimous court decision
Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971
Court protected AA from implicit discrimination by firms who insisted on high school diploma qualifications for jobs which didn't really need them
