Having read the chapter, students should be able to:
Describe the rights granted in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments and understand how those rights were limited by the doctrine of "separate but equal" and other barriers such as poll taxes.
Summarize the efforts of the NAACP to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and explain the Court's reasoning in Brown v. Board of Education.
Explain the three judicial tests used by the Supreme Court in equal protection cases.
Understand both sides of the affirmative action debate and current Supreme Court jurisprudence on the matter.
Describe the impact on African Americans' struggle for civil rights on other minority groups.
Discuss the three high points of activity in the women's civil rights movement and discuss the issues that are pertinent to the movement today.
