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American Civil War
Fight aganist the North and the South for slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves in the rebellious states shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. -
The 13th Amendment
"Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Those using facilities not designated for their race were criminally liable under the statute. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have A Dream Speech -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act ended segeration in public places. -
Voting Rights Act
Prohibits racial discrimination -
Vermont Prison
Man accuses prison of them violating his 13th amendment, by making him work hard in unsafe conditions -
Mississippi
After 148 years they finally ratify the 13th amendment. -
Fergusion
African Americans were protesting that an African American got shot by a police officer.
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