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end of the civil war
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the span from 1865 to 1965
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give minority males the right to vote
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south states reject African Americans
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supreme court rules literacy tests constitutional
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the supreme court declares grandfather clause unconstitutional
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grants the right to vote for women
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supreme court rules the poll taxes constitutional
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outlaws poll taxes
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freedom summer is an attempt to register Africans to vote in Mississippi
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bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections