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extrajudicial punishment by an informal group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob, often by hanging, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate a minority group.
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abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "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
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system 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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These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
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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 following the American Civil War.
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prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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this amendment gave women the right to vote
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Founder of the american G.I. Forum
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This is when people would show their disagreement with the law by breaking it peacefully
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When he started being a politician
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Day she didnt give her seat to a white man
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Start of the montgomery bus boycott. ended december 20, 1956
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Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States.
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the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.
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four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.
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This is when people protest things they dont like peacefully
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Wasa civil rights activist who co-founded the national farm workers association
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When george wallace took his oath into office.
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March On washignton
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the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Was an american politician from 1967-1971
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Start of his associate justice reign
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The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.