Civil Rights Movement

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This Amendment outlawed slavery

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13th

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This Amendment made African Americans citizens guaranteed equal protection under the law -

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14th

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This Amendment guaranteed African Americans the right to vote -

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15th

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Laws created after Reconstruction to enforce segregation in public places -

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Jim Crow Laws

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U.S. Supreme Court case that made segregation legal in the U.S. - created the "separate but equal" principle.

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Plessy V. Ferguson

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A case in which the Court held that the 14th Amendment prohibited the University of Texas from rejecting applicants solely on the basis of race -

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Sweatt V. Painter

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Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

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Brown V. Board of Education

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Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -

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Brown V. Board of Education

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Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the 14th Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination -

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Hernandez V. Texas

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revolutionary party, founded by Huey P. Newton -

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Black Panthers