PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Question
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Schools in California were not allowed to segregate based on race anymore.
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The 14th Amendment, and right to a fair trial were extended to Latino Americans
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Segregation was allowed, but equal facilities became mandatory.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination, effectively broadening civil rights laws to include Hispanics and all other non-whites.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a case called Hernandez v. Texas, the Court recognized that Latinos were subject to discrimination based on their ethnicity. The Court concluded that, although Latinos were considered “white” under Jim Crow regimes, they were covered by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Detailed explanation-3: -13. What arguments did the state of Texas use in its response? The state argued there was no attempt to discriminate and that it was just a coincidence that no Hispanics had served on a jury in Jackson County.