Civil Rights and Equal Protection Cases 1950-1960

Author(s)

• United States Supreme Court

Landmark United States Supreme Court decisions focusing on civil rights and equal protection between 1950 and 1960. (summary by Kelli Robinson)

1. Sweatt v. Painter (1950); Separate But Equal Law Schools
2. Terry v. Adams (1953); White Primary Case
3. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954); School Desegregation (Brow
4. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1955); School Desegregation (Brow
5. Trop v. Dulles (1958); Denationalization Case
6. Cooper v. Aaron (1958); Little Rock School Crisis
7. Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960); Tuskegee Gerrymander Case