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| generally, all rights rooted in the 14th Amend.'s guarantee of equal protection under the law |
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| seperate-but-equal doctrine |
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| the doctrine holding that segregation in schools and public accommodations does not imply that one race is superior to another; and that seperate-but-equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause |
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| a state primary election that restricts voting to whites only; outlawed by the Supreme Court in 1944 |
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| a special tax that must be paid as a qualification for voting |
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| a test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote |
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| racial segregation that occurs because of past social and economic conditions and residential patterns |
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| racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies |
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| the transportation of public school students from areas where they live to schools in other areas to eliminate school segregation based on residential patterns |
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| in the senate, unlimited debate to halt action on a particular bill |
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| a method invoked to close off debate and to bring the matter under consideration to a vote in the Senate |
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| a legal writ requiring a person's appearance in court to give testimony |
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| the right to vote; the franchise |
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| the movement that supports political, economic, and social equality for women |
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| any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or to a group because of gender |
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| unwanted physical or verbal conduct or abuse of a sexual nature that interfere's with a recipient's job performance, creates a hostile environment, or carries with it an implicit or explicit threat of adverse employment consequences |
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