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struggle for equality
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Black codes are passed by Southern states
These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. -
14th amendment to constitution is ratified,defining citizenship
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Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote.
prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
reconstruction ends in south
o the period in United States history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union. -
Supreme Court nullifies Civil Rights Act
legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court validates the principle of "separate but equal" -
niagara movement
was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls. -
he National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded
It serves as the country's most influential African-American civil rights organization, dedicated to political equality and social justice -
Harlem Renisance Flourishes
This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity. -
Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier
He is signed to the Brooklyn dodgers