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Abolished slavery in all US states and territories. (African American) -
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. (Minorities) -
Allowed African American men, including slave owners, to vote. (African American) -
training young black students in agriculture and the trades to help them achieve economic independence. (African American) -
U.S. Supreme Court case concerning whether racial segregation laws were constitutional. (African American) -
a foundation made to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice. (Minorities) -
Granted women the right to vote. (Women) -
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. (African American) -
a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. (African American) -
established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. (Minorities) -
a group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas. (African American)
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local protest in the south was created after the Montgomery Bus Boycott through non-violent resistance. (African American) -
Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. (Chicano) -
Groups of white and African American civil rights activists participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. (African American) -
outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections. (Minorities) -
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. (Minorities) -
a political organization founded to challenge police brutality against the African American community. (African American)
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MLK was fatally shot at a hotel in Tennessee. (African American) -
first sought to improve conditions for recently urbanized Native Americans. (Native American)
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appointed the first-ever woman to the highest position in court. (Women)
