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laws that were passed to restrict African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves.
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Sharecropping: form of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land
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The right to vote shall not be determined by race, color or previous slavery.
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Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation.
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To kill someone for an alleged offense without a trial.
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When African-American Homer Plessy, was arrested for boarding a whites only car. Plessy claimed this went against the 13th and 14th amendment but lost the case to judge John Ferguson.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote by the 1920s.
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sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end. It also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies.
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It sets standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building.
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G.I Forum- Helped Hispanics in the US to be treated with equal rights. However, these rights were given to selected people.
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the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
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The ending of racial segregation.
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Case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Governor of Arkansas. Mostly recognized for his stand against desegregation.
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Alabama citizen who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus to a white person, as she was legally required to do. She was an activist in the desegregation movement.
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Political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama.
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U.S. first civil rights legislation that established the Civil Rights Commission to protect individual’s rights to equal protection and permitted courts to grant injunctions.
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Action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.
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Form of protest by people coming into a place and occupying space.
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Civil rights activist and co-founder of National Farm Workers Association of 1962.
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American activist and feminist. Author of the Feminine Mystique and leading figure in women's movement.
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The act of expressing disapproval through a statement or action without the use of violence.
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Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Had a speech in the Washington's March to progress the civil rights movement.
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Program for High School students. Helped them to receive a Bachelors Degree no matter their income.
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America abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. A poll tax was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote.Sep 15, 2015
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US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Program for low income families that benefited children. Meets child's emotional, social, health and nutritional needs.
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Governor of the sate of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
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1st African-American to serve in the Supreme court.
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Governor of Alabama in the late 60s.
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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
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No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
