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Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
slavery
Slavery went on for many years. It started with the Atlantic slave trade and eneded with the civil war and the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Missouri Compromise
This was the law saying some states could have slaves and some states could not. this was the time period where segragation was a big factor. -
Escape of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was tired of the way she was living and being treated so she escaped this lifestyle. After she died she was barried in at church in Washigton D.C -
Emancipatipn Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a law stating that there would not be anymore slavery. This law was passed by Aabraham
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African American Civil Rights Movement
This civil rights movement was 1954-68. People who had a amin part in this is Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. -
'Emmett Till murder
Emmett Till was 14 when he was kiddnaped and shot in the head for continuously flirting with a white casiher. The men who killed him were not sent to jail for the murder.They were white men. -
Rosa Park's bus boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. She was sent to jail for this and she reacted by not using the bus system and had a group of people following her decision. -
Barack Obama
This was the first black man or woman to become president of the united states. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
Martin Luther King was killed for his belief that everyone should be equal no matter the skin color or race. This started the civil war movement.
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Black lives Matter Movement
This movement was created after Trayvon Martin was murderd. This movement got very popular vary quickly but people still have a way to make it into a bad thing by trying to change it into all lives matter. -
Trayvon Martin
This young black teenager was killed by a police oficer when he had no reason to die. This sparked a big movment callled Black lives matter after the police oficer did not get charged for the murder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin
