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Civil Rights
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Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown and sons kill slave masters -
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Civil War
battle between north and south based on the premise of slavery and civil rights -
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Reconstruction
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Jim Crow laws
laws that enforced racial segregation -
NAACP founded
founded by WEB DuBois, Thurgood Marshall lawyer guy -
Tuskeegee Airmen
Distinguished 332nd fighter group that opened the door for an unsegregated military -
Segregation ruled illegal
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Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall, my boy, wins case ending segregation in schools. -
montgomery bus boycott
rosaparks Alabama
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Emmett Till murdered
14 year old kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride busses until segregation removed; Rosa Parks -
Little Rock Nine
The nine students involved in the desegregation of the little rock central high school -
James Meredith at Ole Miss
first black student at University of Mississippi; a lot of riots; JFK president who sends 5000 troops -
I have a dream speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I have a dream speech in Washington D.C. -
Civil Rights march in Washington
Civil rights march in Washington where Bob Dylan played; Sarah is a hippie -
24th amendment
Abolished the poll tax which was instituted to make sure that poor blacks could not afford to vote -
Shirley Chisoslm elected to congress
first African American woman elected to congress -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
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Berlin Wall torn down
ended segregation between east and west Berlin -
Rosa Parks dies
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Same sex marriage
same sex marriages legalized