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Narrowed the 14th Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause.
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Limited federal ability to prosecute individuals for violating civil rights.
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Struck down parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, allowing private segregation.
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Upheld “separate but equal” racial segregation.
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Struck down “grandfather clauses” that stopped Black people from voting.
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Required states to provide equal higher education opportunities for Black students.
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Outlawed whites-only primary elections.
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Courts cannot enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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Ended legalized school segregation, overturning Plessy.
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Struck down laws banning interracial marriage.