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Abolished slavery in the United States of America
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Granted citizenship to "all persons born or natralized in the United States," which included former slaves recently freed.
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Granted African American men the right to vote
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Court ruled seperate-but-equal facilities on trains were constitutional
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Federal court case that challenged racial segregtion in Orange County, California Schools
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Made the segregation of children of Mexican Descent in Texas illegal
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Abloished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces
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Case that successfullly challenged the seperate-but-equal doctrine of racial segregation
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decided that mexican americans and all other racial groups in the united states had equal protection under the14th amemdment of the US constitution
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Court declared state laws establishing serperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
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First Civil rights legislation passed by congress in the United States since he 1866 and 1875 acts
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Prohibiting poll taxes in elections for federal officals
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Prohibited discrimination on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin
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Outlawed the discriminatorry voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War
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The Mexican American Legal Defense filed a law suit against the state commisioner of Education William Kirby on behalf of the edgewood indepentdent school district in San Antonio.
