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Lincoln recognized the ex-slave countries
In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln recognized the ex-slave countries of Haiti and Liberia, hoping to open up channels for colonization -
Black code
These were laws passed throughout the South starting around 1865, that dictated most aspects of black peoples’ lives, -
jim crow law
legislators segregated everything from schools to residential areas to public parks to theaters to pools to cemeteries, asylums, jails and residential homes. -
Virginia’s Hampton Institute
a school for black youth, but with white instructors teaching skills to relegate blacks in service positions to whites. -
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the Great Migration,
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End of property zoning laws
The Supreme Court ruled that zoning laws that prohibit black families from settling in white-dominated neighbourhoods were unconstitutional because they infringed the property rights of property owners. -
Begining of Red-lining
Red-lining is a discriminatory practice of refusing or limiting loans to populations located in specific geographical areas. -
The Negro Motorist Green Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book,
The Green Book, first published in 1936, was the brainchild of a Harlem-based postal carrier named Victor Hugo Green who, like most Africans Americans in the mid-20th century, had grown weary of the discrimination blacks faced whenever they ventured outside their neighborhoods. This guide helped black Americans indulge in travel without fear. -
The Housing Act
The act subsidized housing for whites only, even stipulating that black families could not purchase the houses even on resale. The program effectively resulted in the government funding white flight from cities. -
The end of school segregation
Segregation of children in public schools was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in 1954 with Brown v. Board of Education -
Rosa park
When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, the Civil Rights Movement began in earnest. Through the efforts of organizers like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr -
Boston Busing Crisis
One of the worst incidents of anti-integration happened in 1974. Violence broke out in Boston when, in order to solve the city’s school segregation problems, courts mandated a busing system that carried black students from predominantly Roxbury to South Boston schools, and vice versa. White crowds greeted the buses with insults, and further violence erupted between Southie residents and retaliating Roxbury crowds. State troopers were called in until the violence subsided after a few weeks.
