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Civil War/ Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves held under rebellious states were free. -
13th Amendment
The Senate passed the 13th Amendment, which formally abolished slavery. -
14th Amendment
The Senate and House of Representatives passed the 14th Amendment, which gave African Americans citizenship. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
After Homer Plessy, a man of mixed race, entered a train car that was "whites only", he began a discussion about state-sponsored segregation and whether African Americans should be allowed to sit in any train car. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This was a supreme court case in which the Court declared segregation between schools to be unconstitutional. This paved the way for future integration of Central High School. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a fourteen-year-old boy who was viciously lynched after flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a peaceful boycott of the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama that lasted for slightly over a year. -
Integration of Central High School
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was the first high school to integrate African Americans. The first students, nicknamed "The Little Rock Nine" caused a huge reaction throughout Arkansas and the entire country.