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Slavery in the U.S ended when 250,000 slaves recieved the news in Texas
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1865-1866 Black codes were passed in the Southern states which restricted the rights of freed slaves
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Reconstruction acts are passed, divides south into five military districts
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It's constitued that people born in the United States are American citizens
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It was the first black law school in 1869 in the country.
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gave the blacks the right to vote
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The Reconstruction ends in the South.
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He breaks the MLB color barrier when he signs off to the Brookyln Dodgers.
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He becomes a minister of Nation of Islam.
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In 1955 a young black boy was murdered because he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.
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He becomes the 1st black student to attend at the University of Mississippi.
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He is arrested & jailed during anti-segreation protest in Birlhingham, Alabama
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He signs the Civil Rights Act
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He was assisanted in Memphis, Tennesse. James Earl Ray killed him.