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Civil War ended / Black Codes passed by interim governments in the South
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Civil Rights Act
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Congressional Reconstruction
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Hayes-Tilden Compromise
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Period: to
Increase in Jim Crow laws
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Plessy v. Ferguson: Supreme Court accepted 'separate but equal'
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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) founded
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New Deal
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
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Desegregation of the armed forces
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Civil Rights Act
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Black Panthers formed
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Jesse Jackson stood as Democratic presidential candidate
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Jackson's second campaign as Democratic presidential candidate