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civil war
The civil war lasted 4 years that cost thousands of lives over the end of slavery -
civil war
Bloodiest day of the civil war, this battle gave Abraham Lincoln the perceived victory he desired to release the emancipation proclamation. The costly battle also ended Robert e. lee advance into Maryland -
Plessey vs. Fergunson
Plessy v. Fergunson is an extremely important court case in that it gave legal standing to the idea of separate but equal. this doctrine required that any seperate facilities had to be of equal quality. -
Founding of NAACP
The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of Abraham Lincoln. Appalled at the violence that was committed against blacks, a group of white libreals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard, both the descendants of abolitionist, William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to dicuss racial justice -
Escape Of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland known as the "moses of her people." Over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the underground railroad ,a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. She later became a leader in the abolitionst movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse -
brown vs. board of education
The story of brown vs. board of education, which ended legal segregation in public schools, is one of the hope and courage. When the people agreed to be plaintiffs in the case, they never knew they would change history. The people who make up this story were ordinary people. They were teachers, secretaries, welders, ministers and students who simply wanted to be treated equally. -
rosa park's bus boycott
Rosa Park's a african american woman forbid to give her seat up on a cleveland bus to a white guy and was arrest for so. 24 hours after her arrest rosa parks was baild out by Edgar Nixion president of the NAACP and her friend Clifford Durr. -
Little Rock 9
Nine students unanimous in proclaiming the true heroes of the crisis at central high school were their parents, who supported them and kept the faith that the process was right and that what they endured would give them opportunities they deserved. -
Loving vs. Virginia
in 1958, two residents of virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black women, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the district of columbia. The lovings returned to Virginia shortly thereafter. The couple was then charged with violating the state's antimiscegenation statute. which banned inter-racial marriages.The Lovings were found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail. -
I have a dream speech
On Augest 28, 1968 Martian Luther king Jr. gave a speech to millions about a dream that whites and blacks get together. -
Martian Luther King Jr. death
In the early evening of April 4, 1968 Martin Luther king Jr. was killed by a single shot which struck his face and neck he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennessee where he had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers about an hour later he was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm at St. Joseph hospital
