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abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except when applied as punishment for a crime—in the entire United States
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Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
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protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin. It also protected the voting rights of former slaves.
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founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 under a charter from the Alabama legislature for the purpose of training teachers in Alabama and African American education
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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
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secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons
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Women's voting rights. Gateway to women's suffrage and impacted voting right history.
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Amendment that gives equal protection under the law to women. Ratified in 35/50 states
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Union leader, AWOC, Latino american rights activist fighting for labor rights.
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Desegregated armed forces
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desegregation of schools
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Protest against segregation on public transits in Montgomery Alabama
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MLK Jr was leader of civil rights organization fighting for political rights for african americans.
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9 african american students were prevented from entering segregated little rock high school.
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federal act to attempt to remove all tests that prevented african americans to vote such as the literacy test. It had failed.
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African american students sit at a segregated lunch counter to protest
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Student committee for civil rights giving students a voice
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Mexican american rights movement, painting murals for mexican rights.
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Civil rights activists who rode public transits into segregated southern states to protest public transit segregation.
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Letter from MLK Jr to public defending the actions of non violent protestors. Promotes the duty to fight for justice. Important text for civil rights movement.
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MLK Jr speech to promote civil rights protesting and inspired millions.
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civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Removes any poll taxes for voting. Allows for poorer people to vote.
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three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
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prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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a revolutionary organization with an ideology of black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense
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President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark
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A.I.M. was initially formed in urban areas to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans.
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James Earl Ray Killed Martin Luther King with a firearm
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Senate confirmed the appointment on September 22, 1981, making O'Connor the first female Associate Justice in the history of the Court
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appointed by President Barack Obama she was the first Hispanic and Latina Justice.
