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Declared Slavery illegal in the United States
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Granted civil rights to African Americans, granted citizenship to people enslaved and protected civil liberties.
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Significant supreme court decision whether white people should be separated from black people in public facilities. Court struck down racial segregation.
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Civil Rghts Case to outlaw racial segregation in California, federal case. Dealt with separation of mexican american and mexican students. Ruled unconstitutional.
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Charged the school district with segregation and racial discrimination against mexican students. Separation cessated by Sept. 1949
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Supreme court case sucessfully challlenged the 'Separate but Equal' doctrine.
Heman Marion Sweatt was refused admission to the school of law by UT because he was black.
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Pedro Hernandez was accused of murdering Joe Espinoza, Hernandez's lawyers demonstrated the jury could not be impartial unless it was mixed-race. Thus, they added mexican-american jurors, affecting social stigmas greatly.
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Supreme Court case, declared separate schools for white and black students unconstitutional.
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Ensured all Americans had the civil right to vote, including African Americans. Was severely neutered and inadequate.
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Outlawed discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
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Federal decision that outlawed discrimination in voting based on racial orientation.
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Demetrio Rodriguez, and other parents of Mexican Students in the Edgewood ISD of San Antonio, Texas filed a class action lawsuit due to the finance system.
Shot down by the US District Court, as it was determined education is not a civil right.
