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13th amendment
-abolished slavery -
14th amendment
-granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th amendment
-allowed African Americans to vote -
Plessy vs Ferguson
-New Orleans
-It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
-ended Mexican/white school segregation in Orange County
-started the end of segregation in California then the whole country -
Brown vs. Board of Education
-Topeka, Kansas
-ended school segregation