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The 13th Amendment
An amendment that made it illegal to own slaves -
The 14th Amendment
Anyone born or naturalized in the US is a citizen, and are not to be denied any rights -
The 15th Amendment
A law that outlawed not being able to vote based on race -
Plessy v Ferguson
A court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in a way that made races "separate but equal" -
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Mendez V Westminster School District of Orange County
A court case that made it illegal in California to segregate school attendees based on race -
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Brown V The Board of Education of Topeka
A court case that outlawed racial segregation in public schools -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
following the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans in Montgomery refused to use public buses for over a year -
Little Rock Nine
9 High school girls who were accepted into a previously all-white school, and showed that the US Government would uphold the supreme court ruling to desegregate schools -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
A law that made it illegal to prevent anyone from voting -
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Greensboro Sit-ins
A movement in which black customers refused to leave all-white dining establishments without being served -
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Freedom Riders
During a timespan, civil rights activists took buses into segregated parts of the US to challenge non-enforcement of the US Supreme Court -
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Birmingham Campaign
A series of peaceful demonstrations that were broken up by brutal methods. The televised coverage of the brutality earned the Civil Rights Movement much more support -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
A public demonstration that advocated for the civil and economic rights of African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law that guaranteed equal employment for all regardless of race, and limited the use of voter literacy tests that made it difficult for African Americans to vote -
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Selma to Montgomery Marches
A demonstration held in march for the voter registration of African Americans -
Fair Housing Act
A law that prevented discrimination on house owning and buying based on anything