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Thirteenth Amendment
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
Declared that all persons born in the United States were not citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition -
The 14th Amendment is passed
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Civil Rights Act of 1871
Designed to protect southern blacks from the Ku Klux Klan by providing a civil remedy for abuses being comitted in the South -
Enforcement Act of 1871
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Amnesty Act
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Jim Crow Laws
Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans. -
Morril Land Grant Colleges Act
Required each state to show that race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land grant institution for persons of color. -
"Seperate but Equal" Doctrine
The Supreme Court ruled "Seperate but Equal" laws are legal in the Plessy vs. Ferguson Case -
Racial Integrity Act
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Executive Order 9981
President Truman signes Executive Order 9981 -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Segregation on inter-state railways was declared unconstitutional
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Brown v. Board aof Education
Topeka case where the Supreme Court bans Segregation in all public schools in the United States -
Emmett Till Murder
14-year-old black boy is brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man, causing a bus boycott by the Black Community -
The Montgomery Bus System Desegregates
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established by Martin Luther King, Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Charles K. Steele -
Little Rock High School
The Little Rock Central High school boeard votes on school integration -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Four black students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in North Carolina stage a sit-in at a lunch counter where they are refused service -
Freedom Riders
Student volunteers called "freedom riders" begin testing state laws prohibiting segregation on buses and railway stations -
James Meredith
James meredith enrolls at the University of Mississippi by using the integration laws. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" -
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Eugene "Bull" Connor
During protests in Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Eugene "Bull" Connor uses police dogs and fire hoses on black protestors -
NAACP Murder
The head of the Mississippi NAACP is murdered outside his house -
Governor Wallace
Governor Wallace stands in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama before being forced by Kennedy to allow black students to enroll -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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Civil Rights Act of 1982
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Civil Rights Act of 1991