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Lesson 26: How Does the Constitution Safeguard the Right to Equal Protection of the Law?
Lesson Purpose
In this lesson you will be introduced to one of the most important parts of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution-the equal protection clause.
Lesson Objectives
When you finish this lesson, you should be able to explain the purpose of the equal protection clause, and describe some of the steps that Congress, the executive branch, the U.S. Supreme Court, and citizens have taken to end unfair discrimination in our nation.
Lesson Terms
boycott
To refuse to buy from or deal with a store or company as an act of protest.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
equal protection clause
Jim Crow laws
segregation
separate but equal
