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1526
African slaves - 16th/17th/18th centuries
European slave traders (white people) imported black people from Africa to the American continent and to other European colonies -
Slave trade became illegal
but slavery didn’t stop. -
Slavery abolished in the British Empire
but it continued in the USA -
American Civil War
the SOUTHERN STATES wanted to continue slavery because farmers needed workers on their plantations while the NORTHERN STATES wanted to stop it. -
Slavery was abolished
NORTHERN STATES won the civil war -
Protest against RACIAL SEGREGATION
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Civil Right Movement started
The leader was MARTIN LUTHER KING, a black man from Alabama -
March in Washington DC - Speech I have a dream
250.000 people, black and white, marched to protest against discrimination. On that day King gave one of the most famous speeches in history: “I HAVE A DREAM” -
MLK - Nobel Prize for Peace
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Racial Discrimination Law were abolished
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Black obtained voting rights
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Martin Luther King was assassinated