Politics of oppression time line By Glascelles Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri comprises Jan 29, 1850 1850 compromise May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska act Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation proclamation Mar 16, 1873 Colfax massacre Mar 27, 1876 Cruikshank case 1920 KKK re-emerge Aug 8, 1925 The KKK march on Washington