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The first civil rights act was the first federal law to say that all citizens have equal protection under the law.
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The 14th amendment gave citizenship to african-americans who had been emancipated following the American Civil War.
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The 15th amendment granted african-americans the right to vote.
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The first amendment proposing to given women the right to vote was brought up in 1878, but was promptly shot down in the first official senate vote.
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This landmark supreme court case established the doctrine of separate but equal for the first time.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is very prominent throughout the various civil rights movements of the 20th century.
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The 19th amendment states that the right to vote is not contingent to sex.
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This supreme court case made it so that racial housing covenants are illegal.
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This supreme court case declared that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
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In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of her bus when asked by a bus driver. Her refusal led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was one of the largest victories for the civil rights movement.
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The civil rights act banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or national origin.
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This supreme court case allowed for freedom of choice forms to become available to african-american students.
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This supreme court case made it illegal to segregate school buses.
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This proposition banned government institutions from considering race sex or ethnicity.