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Dred Scott Case
During the 1830s, the owner of a slave named Dred Scott had taken him from the slave state of Missouri to the Wisconsin territory and Illinois, where slavery was outlawed, according to the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Scott sued for his freedom. In the end the Supreme Court made a decision affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories.
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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws were a collection of state and local statures that legalised racial segregation. Black communities and individuals that attempted to defy these laws would be met with violence or death. This includes separate public transportation and schools between black and whites.
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NAACP Founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, or NAACP, was founded in response to lynchings and riots in 1909. Its goals were the abolition of all forced segregation, the enforcement of the 14th and 15th Amendments, and equal education.
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Brown V Board of Education
This was a landmark case brought to the Supreme Court in 1954. In the end the judges ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery bus and refused to give up her seat to a white person. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days. This shows that Africans are starting to rebel and stand up for there rights.
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"I Have a Dream" Speech
"I Have a Speech" is a speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in which he calls for an end to racism and civil and economic rights. This speech was delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC and was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
https://www.presentationmagazine.com/analysis-of-martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-speech-8059.htm
