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Slavery and involuntary servitude was abolished in the U.S. Very important part of Civil Rights Movement.
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The right to vote,no matter race or previously a slave.
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Homer Plessy challenged segregation in Louisiana by not moving from a whites only railcar.
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In Orange county Mexican student was denied enrollment because of segregation. This court case held itself that this school violated the 14th Amendment.
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Segregation of schools was ruled unconstitutional in Topeka, Kansas because of Brown's court case.
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Rosa Parks was jailed because she would not move to the back of the bus in Montgomery,AL.
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In Greensboro,NC, 4 black students sat in a restaurant where blacks were not served.
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In Washington D.C, Freedom Rides from Washington D.C into Southern states to test new laws of segregation.
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President Kennedy sends in troops to University of Mississippi to end rioting, so the school's first black student can attend.
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Dr. Martin Luther King delivers a speech on his dreams for the nation, in regards to racism, in Washington D.C.
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4 black girls were left dead in bombing in Birmingham,AL.
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Martin Luther King received a Nobel Prize for his role in the Civil Rights Act.
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Voting for everyone, including blacks was now made legal. Very important because now blacks can have a say in who will be their leader,without taking the Literacy Test.
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black person to be named to the Supreme Court.
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In the U.S, citizenship was granted to slaves as well as equal protection of laws to all citizens of the U.S.
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Martin Luther King's assassination, in Memphis, TN left many people very disappointed because of the many great things he has done.