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Slavery
People were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work as indentured servants and labor in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton -
Declaration of Independence
The document was one of the first to insist equal rights for everyone. -
14th Amendment
It gave black people equal protection under the law -
15th Amendment
It granted black Americans the right to vote. -
U.S Supreme Court
U.S Supreme Court declared that facilities for black & white people could be "separate but equal". -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He issued Executive Order 8802 which opened national defense jobs and other government jobs to all Americans regardless of race, creed, color or national origin. -
Harry Truman
He issued Executive Order 9981 to end discrimination. in the military. -
Rosa Parks
"Mother of the modern day civil rights movement". -
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Montgomery bus boycott
Lasted 381 days. -
Supreme Court
Supreme Court ruled segregated seating was unconditional. -
Little Rock Nine
The 9 black students arrived at central High School to start classes but were met by the Arkansas National Guard and a screaming, threatening mob. -
President Eisenhower
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law. -
College Students
Four college students took a stand against segregation on Greensboro. -
Freedom Riders
The 13 activists mounted a Greyhound bus in Washington D.C. -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 people of all races congregated there. The highlight was King's speech which quickly became a slogan. -
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Freedom Summer
The Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined African Americans in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He signed the Civil Rights act of 1964. -
Malcom X
He was assassinated at a rally. -
Bloody Sunday
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President Johnson
He signed the Voting Rights Act into law. -
Strokely Carmichael
He became the chair of the SNCC. -
The Fair House Act became law
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Martin Luther King Jr.
he was assassinated on his hotel room's balcony.
