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It was a step towards racial equality and a major point in the Civil Rights Movement. Although it took the Voting Rights Act to finally enforce it, African Americans were supposed to be citizens with the right to vote since the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
Answer:
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African Americans challenged laws and customs that violated their constitutional rights.
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Explanation
The Constitution was significant in helping African Americans to gain civil rights because African Americans challenged laws and customs that violated their constitutional rights. For example, school segregation was challenged because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection of the law clause.
