same as black people but blacks were alound to stay in the united states but they were slaves and mexicons had dare own they ust had two stay in Mexico
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When the Constitution was created, African Americans had no rights, even though the constitution said that all men were equal. They had no right to vote, to speak freely, and had educational rights taken from them. It wasn't until the 13th admendment, when Abraham Lincoln set his Emancipation Proclamation, that blacks started to gain their rights in the Consitution. The 14th admendment was first indended to secure the rights of former slaves. The original Constitution did not follow for African Americans, it was later that it was changed to include them.
The Civil Rights Movement describes the struggle to gain equal protection for all people from both State and Federal Government. The Civil Rights Movement let to major legislation passed by Congress in 1965.
The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed by Alice Paul in 1923, when it was first introduced to Congress. Since then it has failed to gain momentum in the US Legislature, gaining the most probable chance of passing in 1972 before spending a decade in deliberation before its eventual failure in 1982.
Utah became a territory in 1850 folloewing the Mexican-American War
No Bull Coner did not help blacks get, civil rights.