Below is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving race discrimination.

• Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)
  The Court upheld the conviction of an American of Japanese descent who had been prosecuted for remaining in California after a 1942 presidential order designating much of the west coast a "military area", and requiring relocation of most Japanese-Americans from California.
  

• Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
  The United States Supreme Court ruled property deeds which had language about race were not constitutional. Prior to this case, especially in southern states, there was language about whites only owning the property and many minorities including blacks where prohibited from owning property.
  

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
  The United States Supreme Court said public schools must be free from racial discrimination.
  

• Brown v. Board of Education II (1955)
  This case implemented the Court's ruling in the previous Brown case and allowed for the government to quickly implement desegregation."

• Bailey v. Patterson (1962)
  The Court rules that hotels, restaurants on the interstate and intrastate highway systems and other transportation facilities were prohibited from discriminating against minorities. 
  

• Loving v. Virginia (1967)
  The United States Supreme Court invalidated any state law which banned inter-racial marriage.

• Lau v. Nichols (1973)
  The Court held that a city school system's failure to provide English language instruction to students of Chinese ancestry amounted to unlawful discrimination.

• University of California Regents v. Bakke (1978)
  The Court held that a public university may take race into account as one factor in admissions decisions. 
  

• Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
  The Court holds that a state denies an African-American defendant equal protection when it puts him on trial before a jury from which members of his race have been purposefully excluded. 
  

• Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
  A law school's limited "affirmative action" use of race in admissions is constitutional.

In Illinois under the Illinois Human Rights Act ("Act"), race can only be White, Black and Asian.  Those are the only three races that are recognized under the Act.  So that means people who consider themselves Hispanic can't file a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights ("IDHR") under racial discrimination, they have to file under Ancestry.  These types of nuances are important and one reason why you should call my office for a free consultation.