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  2. Equal Protection Clause - Wikipedia

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    We do not believe the Fourteenth Amendment was ever intended to prohibit this. ... Its aim was against discrimination because of race or color." [38] The Court that decided Plessy. The next important postwar case was the Civil Rights Cases (1883), in which the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was at issue.

  3. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.

  4. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [ a ] and national origin. [ 4 ] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements ...

  5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed December 5, 1933, via the 21st Amendment) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days 19th: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. June 4, 1919 August 18, 1920 1 year, 75 days 20th

  6. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Fifteenth Amendment in the National Archives. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2.

  7. Equality Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.

  8. Reconstruction Amendments - Wikipedia

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    The Fourteenth Amendment (proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868) addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws for all persons. The Fifteenth Amendment (proposed in 1869 and ratified in 1870) prohibits discrimination in voting rights of citizens on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." [3]

  9. Title IX - Wikipedia

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    Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government .