The document summarizes key events and figures in the American civil rights movement. It discusses the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that ended slavery and guaranteed citizenship and voting rights. It outlines the Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson, which established the "separate but equal" doctrine, and Brown v. Board of Education, which overturned it and mandated desegregation. It profiles civil rights leaders including Ella Baker, James Meredith, and Kenneth Clark who fought against racial segregation and discrimination.

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