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Missouri Compromise
The US senate and the House of Representatives in 1820 wanted to a balance of power between the slave states and the Free states. The slave states were afraid they would lose their power of trade and trade.
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet was a slave that ran away, and was soon named “the Moses of her people”. She led many slaves to the Underground Railroad, a secret place with safe houses for runaway slaves to stay while on their journey. She helped over 300 slaves get free. She soon became a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina, and was also a nurse.
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13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery in all the United States. Punishment would only happen if there was a crime.
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15th Amendment
The 15th amendment protects Americans rights to vote in elections for their leader. It lists conditions that are illegal to deny another person the right to vote. Americans cannot be denied the right to vote, based on their color, their race, or if they were a former slave.
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Harlem Renaissance
The renaissance was after World War 1. African Americans centered in Harlem, New York around the year of 1918. They got full strength in the 1920’s, and then they faded in the early 1930’s. We celebrate blacks for literature, art and music. This is celebrated through all of the United States, and world.
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie was born January 31, 1919. Jackie was the first African American to participate in major league baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years and helped them win the World Series in 1955. He also made advancements in the civil rights for black athletes.
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Little Rock 9
The little rock 9 was made for the ideals of justice and equality for all. The foundation is dedicated for the proposition that racist ideology will not dictate educational policies.
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I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King gave this speech to have equal rights between the whites and the blacks and end discrimination. This speech was one of the top American speeches in the 20th century.
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Martin Luther King assassination
April 4th 1968, at 6:01 p.m. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing outside on the balcony of his room in Memphis, Tennessee when he was shot with no warning. At 7:05 p.m. King was announced dead. The .30-caliber bullet went through his right cheek, into his neck and stopped at his shoulder.
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Rosa Parks's Bus Boycott
In 1995, December 1st, a 42 year old African American woman, Rosa Parks boarded a bus after work. The black people on the bus were told to give their seats up to a white man, but Rosa refused. She was then arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation. Local civil right activists had initiated a boycott. This boycott went on for 391 days into December of 1956.
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