The Struggle for Civil Rights and Disparity of Segregation among African American in the South. ( Clove)

The Struggle for Civil Rights and Disparity of Segregation among African Americans.( Clove)

Dec 6, 1865

Segregation is the practice of keeping people of different races from engaging with other ethnic groups. African Americans were denied their rights to vote, higher education,and employment opportunities. The important events that occurred to form a movement of change among African Americans: The Thirteenth Amendment of 1865, Freedmen Bureau Act of 1867, Populist People 1892, Niagara Movement of 1905 and NAACP of 1909.
Kazin,Michael.1998 The Populist Persuasion.

Struggle

Jul 4, 1892

Populist 1892 common folk coming together to farm. St .Louis Missouri

Struggle

May 18, 1896

Plessy/Ferguson 1896. Upheld Racial Segregation in public facilities

Struggle

Jul 1, 1905

NIagara Movement of 1905. led by W.E.B Du Bois near Fort Erie,Ontario

Struggle

Feb 12, 1909

NAACP 1909. Mary White Ovington, W.E.B Du Bois and Ida B.Wells

Struggle

Mar 3, 1965

Freedmen Act 1865 was aid for the free slaves