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Emancipation Proclamation
freed slave -
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14th Amendment
equal protection under the law to african americans -
15th amendment
blacks the right to vote including former slves -
Plessy v. Ferguson
white and colored people treated the same but seperate -
Brown v. Board of education of Topeka KS
seperate educational facilities were unequal -
Chicagoan Emmett Till
kidnapped, brutally beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for whistling at a white women two men were arrested for his death by an all white jury -
Rossa Parks
refused to give up her seat for a white person -
Little Rock Nine
all white Central High School woundn't let nine black boys go to their school these boys were called the Little Rock Nine -
Executive Order 10925
equal employment opportunity -
James Meredith
first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi -
24th amendment
poll tax made it diffucult for blacks to vote -
Civil Rights Act
equal rights to all race,color,and religion
