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Wisconsin vs. Yoder was the case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unacceptable for children to be placed under mandatory education past 8th grade. The parents' right to freedom of religion overpowered the state's interest in educating its children.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1968 also known as the Fair Housing Act stopped discrimination based on the sale and financing of residences based on race, religion, sex, etc.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader who had a major impact on the segregation laws at the time. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

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Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. As an African American she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, which began a major bus boycott. This caused the city of Montgomery to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses.

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Emmet Till was an African American boy from Chicago. When in Mississippi he was brutally murdered for flirting with a caucasian girl. He was beaten so brutally, when his body was found he was to injured to be identified.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed for African Americans to have an easier time when trying to vote. It eliminated the different plans that were used to restrict black people from voting.

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The EEOC is also known as, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This civil rights act forbid discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing in the employment industry. The EEOC was formed to implement the law.

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Individuals used to have to pay a small fee in order to vote, which was called a poll tax. The 24th Amendment prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal office.

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The March on Washington was held in Washington, D.C. The civil rights leaders that held the march were protesting racial discrimination to show support for major civil rights changes.

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Birmingham, Alabama was a hard place for African Americans to live. The protests were held to bring attention to the integration efforts for African Americans.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in 1963 for protesting in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Freedom riders were civil rights activists that rode segregated buses into the Southern U.S.  This tested a decision made by the supreme court that stated that segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus terminals, was unconstitutional.

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Greensboro 4 is when four brave African American students took a seat at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C.

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Little Rock 9 was a group of nine African American students that were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They had a crisis where the students weren't allowed to enter the segregated school.

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Desegregation of the Armed Forces (July 1948) 

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Desegregation of the Armed Forces (July 1948) 

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Jackie Robinson was a professional Major League Baseball player, for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His determination and athleticism broke the color barrier as he became the first African American to play MLB.

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The 15th amendment gave African American men the right to vote. It was a step forward to race equality in America and obtained the vote of freed slaves.

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The 14th amendment was active in granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”. It was important because it freed former slaves.

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The 13th amendment, written by James Mitchell Ashley, was active in abolishing the act of slavery. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation at the beginning of 1863, and the law was passed by congress on January 31, 1865.