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Passdcd by the House of Representatives on April 8, 1865
First of three reconstruction admendements
Used to abolish slavery -
response to the issue of related former slaves following civil war
citizen rights and equal protection of the law
Apart of the reconstruction plan -
ratified on feb. 3, 1870 as the 3rd and last reconstruction amendments
right to vote for citizens -
allowed states to determine qualification
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Made to investigate status of movements in U.S. and propose solutions to help them
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First permanent federal Civil Rights force in the Department of Justice
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Jackie Robinson debuts as first black professional baseball player in the MLB
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Beatnik, media stereotype supporting the Beat Generation
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Supreme Court declared state laws segregating schools unconstitutional. Voided decision from Plessy v Ferguson
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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama
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made sure blacks had and used the right to vote, sent troops to the south to protect black children in newly integrated schools
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Greensboro Sit-ins, series of sit ins to protest segregation, caused growing awareness for Civil Rights Movement
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allowed inspectors to observe votings in the South and ensure noone is treated unfairly
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group of northern students came together to sit in and stop violence in the south
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Court Case that decided that illegal searches and seizures were not applicable as evidence in state court cases.
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riots over the acceptance of black student James Meredith into Ole Miss. Meredith backed up by Department of Justice
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riots over the acceptance of black student James Meredith into Ole Miss. Meredith backed up by Department of Justice
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proposed by congress august 27, 1962
ratified by the stated January 23, 1964
right to vote it in federal elections on payment or poll or other types of tax -
200,000 to 300,000 civil rights advocates march through D.C. protesting racism. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I Have a Dream speech.
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MLK and other civil rights leaders lead nonviolent protests in Birmingham, attacked by fire hoses and police dogs.
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Court case that forced state court cases to provide attorneys for criminals who could not pay for them