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An amendment that made it illegal to own slaves
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Anyone born or naturalized in the US is a citizen, and are not to be denied any rights
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A law that outlawed not being able to vote based on race
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A court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in a way that made races "separate but equal"
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A court case that made it illegal in California to segregate school attendees based on race
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A court case that outlawed racial segregation in public schools
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following the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans in Montgomery refused to use public buses for over a year
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9 High school girls who were accepted into a previously all-white school, and showed that the US Government would uphold the supreme court ruling to desegregate schools
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A law that made it illegal to prevent anyone from voting
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A movement in which black customers refused to leave all-white dining establishments without being served
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During a timespan, civil rights activists took buses into segregated parts of the US to challenge non-enforcement of the US Supreme Court
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A series of peaceful demonstrations that were broken up by brutal methods. The televised coverage of the brutality earned the Civil Rights Movement much more support
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A public demonstration that advocated for the civil and economic rights of African Americans
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A law that guaranteed equal employment for all regardless of race, and limited the use of voter literacy tests that made it difficult for African Americans to vote
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A demonstration held in march for the voter registration of African Americans
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A law that prevented discrimination on house owning and buying based on anything