The Civil Rights Act was a milestone in the government's attempts to improve the quality of life of minority groups. “Although the Civil Rights Act did not solve all problems of discrimination, it opened the door to further progress by lessening racial restrictions on the use of public facilities, providing more job opportunities, strengthening voting laws, and limiting federal funding of discriminatory aid programs. ” (Congressional link). Some important events that helped the process of obtaining rights more quickly and effectively were landmark court cases. Landmark court cases in which events in US history led to a democratic turning point. The five court cases that will be discussed are Brown Board of Education V. Topeka Kansas in 1954, where blacks get an equal education as whites in school, Boynton V. Virginia 1960, which bans discrimination in facilities associated with interstate travel , Garner V. Louisiana 1961, allowing peaceful sit-ins, Heart of Atlanta Motel VUS 1964, gave federal law enforcement power to prevent racial discrimination, South Carolina v. Katzenbach 1966, discrimination in voting facilities, and Loving V. Virginia in 1967, the supreme court rules that the ban on interracial marriage is unconstitutional. These five cases have brought drastic changes in the lives of minorities, all in different ways. The fact that minorities won these cases encouraged them to fight harder for their equal rights in America. Landmark cases contributed to the development of civil rights by providing the legal basis to help minorities fight for social, political, and economic rights in the United States.II. Background Information Simultaneously with the liberation of blacks, amendments were formulated in support of African Americans... middle of paper... there would also be a sense that whites are more improved than us because of integrated schools, and many places would still integrated and treated like someone's pet. These cases have meant that our generations do not have to suffer as much as our ancestors did in the past. Minorities no longer feel superior to whites in having to chart a path for them, but are finally able to chart a path for themselves. Now we have a black president, there's not a job in the United States that we know of that a black man can't have, there's not a place a black man can't go with the consequences of being arrested. These landmark court cases have opened many doors for African Americans and all other minorities, allowing us to reveal that there is no difference between us beyond our characteristics. Through landmark cases, African Americans were able to obtain the same legal rights as whites