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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of male citizens of the United States to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
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United States Supreme Court strikes down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as unconstitutional.
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Norris Wright Cuney becomes the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, the most powerful role held by any African American in the South during the 19th century.
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Ida B. Wells publishes her pamphlet Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
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NAACP formed
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Woodrow Wilson orders physical re-segregation of federal workplaces and employment after nearly 50 years of integrated facilities.
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The Birth of a Nation is released to film theaters. The NAACP protests in cities across the country, convincing some not to show the film.
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The Harlem Renaissance is named after the anthology The New Negro, edited by Alain Locke
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Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
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Second Reconstruction/American Civil Rights Movement
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Eleven black students attend the first day of school at Claymont High School, Delaware, becoming the first black students in the 17 segregated states to integrate a white public school. The day occurs without incident or notice by the community.
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Established by legislation in 1983, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is first celebrated as a national holiday.
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