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Abolished slavery
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Gave african americans citezenship; equal protection clause
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gave african american men the right to vote
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railroads segregated for passengers, plessy disobeyed and got arrested
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Mexican american, school segregation
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Could not be a lawyer because he was african american.
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A Kansas law permitted cities with populations of more than 15,000 to maintain separate public schools for African American and white students. linda brown was al ittle girl that had to walk a long wasy to get to school even though the whites school was closer to her house.
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Equal trial with equal jury. (ex. no biased jury)
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established a federal Civil Rights Commission with authority to investigate discriminatory conditions and recommend corrective measures.
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abolished poll tax
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The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing.
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No literacy tests to vote
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Demetrio Rodriguez and other parents of Mexican American students in the Edgewood Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, filed a class action suit in U.S. District Court challenging Texas’ public school finance system. Under the Texas system, the state appropriated funds to provide each child with a minimum education.
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Mexican american, school segregation