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ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government.
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members, it has since 1965 been headquartered in Vienna, Austria, although Austria is not an OPEC member state.
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César Estrada Chávez was an American labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and Latino American civil rights activist.
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
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Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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The Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.
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Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice.
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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Abolishes the poll tax
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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marks the end of the Vietnam War
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The Community Reinvestment Act is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
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Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired attorney, politician, and the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position she held from 1981 until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman nominated and confirmed.
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HIV/AIDS, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is considered by some authors a global pandemic. However, the WHO currently uses the term 'global epidemic' to describe HIV.
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