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Rights
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13th Amendment
The civil war ends with slavery being illegal throughout the US -
15th amendment
Minority men are allowed to vote -
Laws discriminating minority votes
The south makes laws making voting harder for minorities -
Supreme Court takes action
The Supreme Court rules that literacy test are constitutional -
"Grandfather Clause" deemed unconstitutional
The Supreme Court rules the Grandfather Clause unconstitutional letting minority men to vote regardless of their heritage -
Amendment 11
It is no longer illegal for woman to vote -
Poll taxes are constitutional
The Supreme Court rules that poll taxes are constitutional and people in some states must pay in order to vote -
Amendment 24
Poll taxes are now unconstitutional and states can no longer charge people for voting -
Freedom Summer
To encourage voting registration in Mississippi, Freedom Summer was enacted with members from the community and Ku Klux Klan began to attack activist -
Voting Act Right
A Bill is passed making it illegal to discriminate people from voting
