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The court ruled that if you were from African descent either weather free or slave you weren’t considered as American.
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The time period after the civil war. When we put America back again.
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Released slaves from slavery.
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Establish citizenship and due process clause
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US citizens have the right to vote, black people could not vote.
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Jim crow laws were made to keep segregation
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Decided the Jim Crow laws legal, the court ruled “separate but equal”.
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Women can vote now.
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9 black boys are accused of raping 2 white girls. They didn't do it but at the time period, it didn't matter because if it was between a black man and a white man the white man always won.
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A 14-year-old black boy was accused of killing 2 white girls. He was tried and found guilty and they struggled to strap him in the electric chair because he was so small.
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Brown challenged the school system that segregating a child would hurt the mind of the children.
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Banned poll taxes
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Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states
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Prohibited refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his/her race, color, religion or origin.
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Made being a different race than white you have a better chance of getting into college
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The question was were the high schools using race as the sole reason to assign high school students to public schools. They said no.
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Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional