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The 13th amendment, passed by congress, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
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The 14th amendment gave citizens rights and equal protection of the laws
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The 15th amendment prohibits federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race,color, or provisions
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The state of Louisiana upheld racial segregation under "separate but equal".
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A case in California that said Mexican remedial schools were unlawful and unconstitutional
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The Supreme Court in Kansas declared state laws establishing separate public schools for blacks was unlawful and unconstitutional, overturning Plessy V Ferguson
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Rosa Parks sparked the boycott by not giving up her seat. This then lead to 381 days of African Americans not using the buses to eventually change the laws on the buses.
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Nine students were set to be the. First nine black children to integrate Little Rock High but were not let in due to the national guard and a white mob. They were eventually lit in and finished their semester there.
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Martin Luther King was arrested after peacfulign demonstrating without a permit. He wrote to 8 white ministers who told him to wait and trust that the system will overturn segregation.
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250,00 people marched on Washington with King for jobs and the end of segregation.
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The day of the March on Washington Dr. King delivered a speech that spoke of his dreams for his children's future and for americas future.
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The act banded discrimination in employment and in public places
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L.B.J. Banded discriminating voting rights like literacy tests
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Supreme Court ruled laws against interracial merriages as unconstitutional
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