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Civil Rights Movement
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13th amendment ratified
End of the institution of slavery -
14th Amendment
Granted all former slaves citizenship -
15th Amendment
Prohibits Federal and State Government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race -
Plessey v. Ferguson
Homer Plessey, a man from louisiana, was one eighth black, he was tired of the segregation and being mistreated, so to rebel he tested the seperate car act. When he rode the white only car he informed the driver of his race, He was arrested on the spot -
Mendez v. Westminster
The supreme court case that decided that in Southern California, the segregation of "Mexican" people was unconstitutuional -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
This caae was a landmark in the history of the united states, it led the decision to uncover that the segregation of schools because of race was unconstitutional -
24th ammendment
To make poll tax illegal