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It determined who was a citizen of the United states of America.
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Laws created to limit blacks rights.
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In 1892 an African American named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a segregated car on a train breaking the law. Plessy argued that it was a violation of the 13 amendment. Plessy lost 7-1 with the court saying that a state law implies legal distinction and does not violate the 13 amendment.
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Ideas created to treat blacks badly and not equal.
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to kill someone for an offense with out legal trial
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African american civil rights organization. (congress of racial equality).
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Hector worked to bring rights to Mexicans and helped veterans get better treatment
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The case ended with the court saying "separate but equal" is unconstitutional. The court decided that segregation in public place such as schools should not be allowed.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a public bus and was arrested. Her action led to many bus boycotts which led to the ending of segregation on buses.
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Nine black students that entered a white school. Not allowed to enter at first because of their color.
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a protest group that protested for african american rights.
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When the federal court forced Little Rock to allow blacks to enter the school governor Orval defied the court and had Arkansas nation guard stop 9 black children from entering the school. That is when president Eisenhower sent in the 101st Airborne Division to protect the children when the go to and from school.
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Protest in which the protesters do not use violence to get what they want.
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A form of protest in which people just sat at diners and did not move.
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He was the governor of Alabama in 1962. He didn't want Alabama to be racially integrated.
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2 black students were not allowed to enter the university. So John F. Kennedy sent the nation guard to force desegregation.
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Martin Luther was a leading factor in the ending of segregation. He lead many protest and speeches to end segregation/
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It was a march that protested segregation of blacks.
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Maddox owned a dinner called the Pickrick Cafeteria in which he denied blacks service even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He tried arguing that his restaurant was private property thus he has the right to deny anybody he wants. The court said that restaurants are not private property and thus he can't deny blacks from entering his restaurant.
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The act of ending segregation.
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Chavez Helped boycotts to improve farmer workers work conditions. He helped form the UFW.
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She was a leading force in the feminist movement and co founded the Nation Organization for Women(NOW).
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Man who coined the term "black power." became chairmen of SNCC.
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Thurgood Marshall was a supreme court justice and legal council member the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People.He helped lead to the end of segregation.
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African americans refused to ride the bus as a protest. It is a large scale protest against segregation.
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Assisting people that have been denied opportunities historically. such as scholarships to indians.