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Civil War
The Civil War happened between the southern and the northern US. During the Civil War 140,414 people die during the battle. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was passed by congress on January 31, 1865 and ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment granted African American men the right the vote. -
Harlem Renaissance
During the early 1900's the middle class african americans were pushing new political agenda that advocated racial equality. The movement was in New York where three of the largest civil rights groups established their headquarters. -
Founding of NAACP
NAACP was the oldest, largest grassroots-based civil rights organization. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett was 14 years old when he wasbeaten and shot in the head visting his relative in Mississippi. The police found his body three days later. -
Rosa Parks's bus boycott
Rosa Parks got arrested for not getting up from a white man's set on a bus. -
Greensboro, NC sit in
Four afican american students sat at a white-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina at Woolworth's store. -
I Have a Dream speech
Martin Luther King speechAmericans began to protest for dignity and equality. The king said lassons of the Civil War proved that the grovernment can be a force for racial equality. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Martin Luther King was shot by a snippers, bullet on his balcony in Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN without a warning.
