Chapter 9: The unfinished work to ensure liberty and rights for everyone.

Chapter 9

The unfinished work to ensure liberty and rights for everyone

How has the 14th Amendment motivated social movements and legislation, and how has the Court balanced rights of the minority with the majority?

Year
Facts of the case
Constitutional question
Summary of the arguments
Decision
Significance

civil rights vs civil liberties

African American Civil Rights Movement

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Women’s rights movement

NOW

ERA

Title IX (9)

Civil Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

LGBTQ+ rights movement