<Li> Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960) Racial segregation in all forms of public transportation is illegal under the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 . </Li> <Li> Garner v. Louisiana, 368 U.S. 157 (1961) Peaceful sit - in demonstrators protesting segregationist policies cannot be arrested under a state's "disturbing the peace" laws . </Li> <Li> Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) Laws that prohibit interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws) are unconstitutional . </Li> <Li> Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968) The federal government may prohibit discrimination in housing by private parties under the Civil Rights Act of 1968 . </Li>

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