Since ratification of the U.S. Constitution many groups of people have struggle to achieve equality under the law. Even after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights many people received little to no rights. In particular women could not vote Native Americans had limited protections and almost all African Americans suffered the yoke of slavery.
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It took sixty years after the passage of the U.S. Constitution for this country to address the societal notion of equality. As per the Fourteenth Amendment ratified in 1868 No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The Fourteenth Nineteenth and Twenty sixth Constitutional Amendments coupled with legislation passed during the 1960s Civil Rights era greatly enhanced minority rights. In addition Supreme Court cases such asDred ScottPlessy v. FergusonBrown v. Board of EducationCraig v. BorenRegents of the University of California v. Bakke andRomer v. Evanshave narrowed or expanded equality.
Civil Rights
Directions: Select a group of people that you believe to have struggled or are still struggling for full legal equality under the law.