> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://america-250.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Civil Rights & Reform

> Documents and laws that expanded freedom, equality, and the right to vote.

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    Civil Rights & Reform · 1787–1965
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  <h2 className="hf-display mt-5 text-3xl font-bold leading-[1.05] tracking-tight text-[#15140f] sm:text-4xl dark:text-[#f7f6f1]">Extending the promise that all are created equal.</h2>
  <p className="mt-4 max-w-2xl text-base leading-relaxed text-[#15140f]/70 dark:text-[#f7f6f1]/70">The long struggle to extend the promise of equality across territory, gender, and race.</p>
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  <Card title="Northwest Ordinance" icon="map-location-dot" href="/civil-rights/northwest-ordinance">
    1787 · Statehood, civil liberties, and the first federal limit on slavery.
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  <Card title="Declaration of Sentiments" icon="venus" href="/civil-rights/seneca-falls-declaration">
    1848 · The founding document of the women's rights movement.
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  <Card title="Civil Rights Act of 1964" icon="scale-balanced" href="/civil-rights/civil-rights-act-1964">
    Banned discrimination by race, color, religion, sex, or origin.
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  <Card title="Voting Rights Act of 1965" icon="check-to-slot" href="/civil-rights/voting-rights-act-1965">
    Federal protection of the right to vote.
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## Related

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  <Card title="Reconstruction Amendments" icon="unlock" href="/amendments/amendment-xiii">
    The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
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  <Card title="Brown v. Board of Education" icon="building-columns" href="/supreme-court/brown-v-board">
    The end of "separate but equal" in public schools.
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