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U.S. Constitution
- limitation of rights of the african Americans by U.S. Constitution
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Period: to
Civil War
-Civil War -
Killed Teen
- afro American teen killed while visiting Mississippi
- two white men acquitted by an all white jury
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Rosa Parks
- Rosa Parks gets arrested
- Bus boycott starts
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Martin Luther King
- different civil rights organizations protest for african American rights
- atteckes by Law enforcement officials and angry whites
- many activists killed
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Desegregation of Schools
- desegregation of schools (test)
- nine afro Americans attend all white classes
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The early Sixties
- sit in in segregated restaurant by afro American Teens
- weak attemt from Eisenhower to deal with the voting issue
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I Have a Dream
- march in Washington
- 250 000 activists protest for jobs and freedom
- Luther's speach: I Have a Dream
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Kennedy's Assasiantion
- Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
- fair employment, public accomodation
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Civivl Rights act of 1965
end of discrimination by law
- more violent groups demand "black power"
