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14th amendment made citicens equal under law and entitled to due process.
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made laws that african americans had to obey and live by for more then a hundred of years
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president harry truman desegregated the arm forces through and excutive order after WWII
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little rock central high school was a desegregated school but two days before that national guard forces came. the next day 9 black students were not allowed to enter the school and were force to leave. few days later president eisenhower sent 10,000 national gurads to walk the 9 students to the high school
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in 1960 joseph mcneil was refused to be serve at a lunch counter because of being black. he began doing sit downs with other students until they were serve or the cafe closed.
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a huge march to supprt the civil rights movement was made to washington were Martin Luther King jr. mmade his famouse "i have a dream" speech
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college students went around states protesting against discriminations and th elwas of jim crow
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the 26 amendment made voting age 18 due to the protest of kids agianst vietnam saying "were old enought to shoot a gu n but not enough to vote"
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congress passed another voting act. this time for immigrants. this made state and communities to make ballots in different languages for non-speaking engilsh people
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prohibited discriminations against people with physical or mental disabilites in these areas. employment, transportations, telephone services, public buildings
