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Oct 12, 1492
Indeginous Holocaust
The massacre and dehumanization of the natives of the Americas by European settlers since the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival. -
African Slavery in the Americas
The Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, therefore planting the seeds of a slavery system and trade. -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement. -
"The War on Drugs"
A disguised "War on drugs" was started by President Nixon to target and criminalize those against the Vietnam War (hippies) and blacks in general through marijuana and cocaine initially. -
Rodney King Police Beating
African-American man who got beat up by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase.
