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Jim Crow law
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Americans and members of other non-white racial groups. -
Bessie's
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women's suffrage
The movement so women can have the rigth to vote and the pain they had to go threw. -
Atlanta Compromise
On September 18, 1895, African-American spokesman and leader Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. -
Spanish American war
The Spanish%u2013American War was an armed military conflict between Spain and the United States that took place between April and August 1898, over the issues of the liberation of Cuba. -
The Blues
Blues emerged at the end of the 19th century as an accessible form of self-expression in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influences. -
Rosa Parks
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MLK Jr.-I have a dream
"I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites, among others, would coexist harmoniously as equals. -
The Civil Rigths Act
The civil Rigth Act of 1964 was the landmark for legisation in the united States that outlaw racial segregation in schools and in public places -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 %u2013 August 28, 1955) was an African American boy from Chicago, Illinois who was murdered at the age of 14 in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region -
Bessie death
She died when she was 104 years oldin mount vernon, New York
