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Missouri Compromise
In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed.The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
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naacp was founded
February 12, 1909, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.Its mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all people and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.It has its headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. -
African American Civil Rights Movement
African-American Civil Rights Movement refers to the social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against black Americans.Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.Forms of protest and civil disobedience included boycotts such as the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama. -
I have a dream speech
On August 28, 1963 Martian Luther King Jr. gave his I have a dream speech.A march drew more than a quarter million people lobbying for congressional passage of a civil rights bill. -
16th street Batist Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of racially motivated terrorism. It kills 7 children and has 17 injures.The church is still in operation and is a central landmark.The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized as the First Colored Baptist Church.
