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13th Amendment Passed
Civil War ends, reuniting America. 13th amendment passed providing freedom to slaves throughout the nation -
15th Amendment
15th amendment to the constitution bans the denial of suffrage. Still, blacks discouraged from voting via violence. -
Supreme Court: Plessy V Ferguson
Supreme court upholds segregation in private spaces via Plessy V Ferguson case. -
NAACP Formed
NAACP formed by black and white activists. Aims were racial integration and challenging Jim Crow laws -
NAACP focuses of lynchings
NAACP focus on vigilante lynchings. -
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Rise of Black Power movement & Malcolm X
Best shown by Black Panther Party, who were a violent response to KKK and also ran education and charity programs in black neighbourhoods -
Brown v Board Of Education Topeka, Kansas
Supreme court, in a case championed by the NAACP, ban segregation of schools -
First Integrated school opens
America's first integrated school opens following Supreme Court Case -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In support of Rosa Parks, the bus boycott is organized -
Little Rock Crisis
High school accepts, to the distaste of white students, the governor and the Arkansas national guard, to accept 9 black students. Eisenhower intervenes, taking the guard under federal control and sending army in. -
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Rise of black power
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Universities began integrating
American universities began integrating students. Black students still faced abuse. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King organizes march of Washington, playing a key role in the Civil Rights Act. -
Civil Rights Act Proposed
Civil Rights Act proposed by JFK, passed into law with help of LBJ after Kennedy's death. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
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Voting Rights Act introduced
Stopped prejudice in voting system. -
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Watts Riots
National Guard called in to calm unrest -
Martin Luther King
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Robert Kennedy assassinated
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Barack Obama inaugurated
First African-American president of the USA.