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Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) (USSC+)
Upholding the institution of slavery
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) (USSC+)
Jim Crow laws – Separate but equal
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917) (USSC+)
Establishing equal access to housing
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948) (USSC+)
Equal access to housing
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (USSC+)
Equal access to education – separate but equal does not work
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1955) (USSC+)
Brown v. Board of Education upheld for all states
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964) (USSC+)
Equal access to accommodation
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964) (USSC+)
Service in a public establishment must not discriminate
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) (USSC+)
Affirmative Action in education
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Weber, 443 U.S. 193 (1979)
Affirmative Action in hiring
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Bob Jones Univ. v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983) (USSC+)
US government support prohibited from universities that discriminate
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995) (USSC+)
Federal contracting for minority and Women-owned small businesses
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
Gays and lesbians can not be denied full protection
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

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