The document summarizes key events and figures of the American civil rights movement. It discusses how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments aimed to guarantee rights for African Americans after the Civil War. However, racial segregation persisted due to rulings like Plessy v. Ferguson that enabled "separate but equal" policies. Brown v. Board of Education overturned this in 1954. The document also profiles civil rights leaders like Ella Baker, James Meredith, and Kenneth Clark who fought against segregation and discrimination.

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