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Sexual Civil Rights

Sexual Civil Rights. From Miscegenation laws to Gay Marriage. Gay Marriage Cases Before SCOTUS. Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Windsor v. United States.

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Sexual Civil Rights

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  1. Sexual Civil Rights From Miscegenation laws to Gay Marriage

  2. Gay Marriage Cases Before SCOTUS Perry v. Schwarzenegger Windsor v. United States

  3. Pace v. Alabama, 1883: SCOTUS confirms that anti-miscegenation laws are Constitutional, and that they do not constitute discrimination against any race. • McLaughlin v. Florida, 1964: overturns Pace; sets the stage for Loving Richard and Mildred Loving

  4. Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution (July 1868) • Citizenship Clause:No state can abridge the rights of citizenship • Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses: states may not restrain the liberty of citizens unequally, and must provide equal access to the law to all citizens.

  5. Myth of the “tragic mullatto” Nella Larsen, Passing (1929)

  6. Pauli Murray, 1910-1985

  7. Psupreme Court of California: Perez v. Sharp

  8. Jeanne Crain and Ethel Waters in Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949)

  9. Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore in Imitation of LIfe(Douglas Sirk, 1959)

  10. Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier and Katherine Houghton in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (Stanley Kramer, 1967

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