Early African American struggle for equality

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  • The first African slaves arrived in America

  • Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory.

    The U.S Constitution states that Congress may not ban the slave trade until 1808.

  • Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.

  • Began of Civil War

    The Confederacy is founded when the deep South secedes, and the Civil War begins.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson: This landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South.

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.

  • The Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin.