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It was stated by the U.S. Supreme Court declared it said that the people who were enslaved were not considered to be citizens, this caused them not to get and protection from the government, they ruled that they have no power to abolish slavery in Missouri because they exceeded their power there. -
The 13th Amendment was passed by Congress to try and help the high rise of slavery, segregation, and numerous accounts of discrimination. -
The 14th Amendment was used to provide all humans that were born in the United States, which included people who were enslaved protection under the government -
The Supreme Court held that a university's use of racial quotas in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of affirmative action to admit more minority candidates were acceptable in specific instances. -
The 15th Amendment was passed to provide African American Men with the right to vote. -
The Supreme Court affirmed a Louisiana state statute that provided equal but separate accommodations for white and colored people. -
The 19th Amendment provided women the right to vote. -
This was a time when most southern states dominated what the African American population would do, which included their voting rights, their civil rights, economic rights and even the right to basic social rights. -
The Supreme Court found that segregating pupils based on race in public schools was unconstitutional. It signified the end of official racial segregation in American schools, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
This act helps forbid discrimination on the color of skin, sex, religion, race, and national origin. This helped people get hired and go places that they were not allowed to go to. -
This was signed by President L.B. Johnson, to prevent the local laws from preventing African Americans from voting -
The Court had struck down a state law on the ground that it discriminated against women in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. -
It aims to abolish legal disparities between men and women in areas such as divorce, property, work, and other areas. -
The Supreme Court found that the freedom of homosexual people to engage in private, consensual sodomy is not protected by the Constitution. -
This Act directly outlaws disability discrimination in a variety of settings, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, and access to state and local government programs and services. -
Congress approved a measure in 1963 to make it easier for Americans to register to vote. States are required by law to offer voter registration by mail, when applying for a driver's license, and in state agencies that help the disabled or the impoverished. -
Homosexual acts law was declared unconstitutional throughout the United States, making same-sex sexual conduct lawful in every state and territory.