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1492
Discovery of America by Christopher Colombus
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The first slaves in America
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Abraham Lincoln
He is the first Republican President in the country's history. He led the United States through the worst constitutional, military and moral crisis in its history, the Civil War, and succeeded in preserving the Union. -
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The civil war in America
the Northern states lead by Abraham Lincoln for the abolition of slavery versus the Southern states who want to continue slavery. -
Slavery is abolished
The salvery is abolished thanks to Abraham Lincoln -
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JIM CROW LAWS
Jim Crow separate Whites and Blacks, Whites and Blacks are separated but equal. Generally active in the southern states of the United States -
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Mohammed Ali is subject to racism
Muhammad Ali was, incredibly, turned away from a restaurant in his hometown that didn't serve African Americans. -
Revolt of Rosa Park
Rosa Park refuses to give up her seat to a white man. -
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Montgomery bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is a political and social campaign that began in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, to oppose the municipal policy of racial segregation in public transportation. -
The first Black girl who enters a school of Whites
Ruby Bridges is an African-American woman known to be the first black child to attend a school for white children during the segregation against blacks -
"I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King's
"I have a dream" is the name given to the speech delivered on August 28, 1963 by American pastor and activist Martin Luther King. -
A table "The Problen we all live with"
the painting "The Problem We All Live With" painted by Norman Rockwell -
In Mississippi, the murder of three anti-racist activists
In Mississippi, 3 civils were killed because they are anti-racist activists -
The right of Blacks to vote
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, which permanently prohibits direct barriers to the political participation of racial and ethnic minorities -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
The assassination of Pastor Martin Luther King Jr., one of the leading leaders of the U.S. civil rights movement and Nobel Peace Prize winner, took place at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in the city, where he was pronounced dead. -
The first black president
Barack Obama is the first black president elected in america in 2008
