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Period: to
Jim Crow
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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln let the slaves free. -
MLK's Speech.
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13th Amendment
Admendment that abolished slavery. Ratified December 6th, 1865. -
!4th Amendment
Passed in 1866 but adopted by the constitution on July 9th, 1868. Gave blacks American Citizenship. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Lawfully gave Blacks equal treatment in public. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
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NAACP founded
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Gaines vs Canada
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Seperated schools, between whites and blacks was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Congress Passing The Civil Rights Act
Johnson signed the bill after going through all the trouble of the past bills. -
Voting Rights Act passed
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Thurgood Marshall sworn into Supreme Court
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MLK's Assination
