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Approved by Congress in 1866, the amendment forbade states from creating laws that infringed upon the rights of U.S. citizens or denied citizens equal protection under the law.
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blacks could be segregated from whites as long as the services they received were equal to those of whites.
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When a Kansas school girl who wanted to go to a white public school she was declined. because of this court ruled that discrimination is a key aspect of racial segregation.
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prohibited defense companies with federal contracts from using discriminatory practices in hiring and training
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John Kennedy sighed an executive order that had the first reference to "Affirmative action" the order ended race-based discrimination.
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A RECENT lawsuit filed alleging racial discrimination at Harvard against Asian-Americans, attempt of white conservatives to repeal affirmative action programs to deny black students access to higher education.
