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Abolish Slavery -
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the Law. -
Granted African-American men the Right to Vote -
Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation laws did not Violate U.S. Constitution if both were ruled separate but equal -
Granted women's right to vote -
Abolished Discrimination of race and color in the United States Armed Forces -
The court Stripped away constitutional sanctions, Separate but Equal found unconstitutional -
segregation on public buses unconstitutional -
nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up for the battle of Civil Rights. -
Civil Rights Section of the Justice of Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote -
Student Political organization civil rights movement group, used non-violent tactics. -
People of Mexican descent inspired social and political movements in the United States due to their resistance to racial inequality. -
Its use of non-violence inspired freedom riders and many other groups to follow in their steps and participate in non-violent protests. -
White and African American civil rights activists participated in freedom rides which are bus trips through America to protest segregated bus terminals. -
Committed to tactics of nonviolence resistance, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association. -
While imprisoned with his fellow activist, King penned an open letter now known as his "Letter FromBirminghamJail". It is now regarded as one of the greatest texts from the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" is regarded as the turning point in the civil rights movement. -
Prohibited the use of a poll-tax in all states. -
Was a Political organization founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality and racial inequality targeted at the African American community. -
King's assassination meant the end of the nonviolence strategy for some, for others, it reaffirmed their ideals and pushed them onwards.