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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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Congressed passed the 15th Amendment, giving African American men the right to vote. "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."
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"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” -Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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"We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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"I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen." -James Meredith
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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
