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Sweatt v. Painter:
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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: Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Civil Rights Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
Voting Rights voting act
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs