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15th Amendment
15th 15th amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology. Though it was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, many French-speaking black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the Harlem Renaissance. -
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During World War 1 many afircan americans moved from the south to New York for paying jobs and to get away from the racism of the south. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league baseball. Throughout his decade-long career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he made advancements in the cause of civil rights for black athletes. -
Brown v. Board of Education
the U.S. Supreme Court had on its docket cases from Kansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, South Carolina, and Virginia, all of which challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools -
Emmett till murder
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago went to see his uncle but one night was snatch and then beaten had one of his eyes taken out then shot in the head and thrown in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks’s bus boycott
Rosa Parks was sitting on a bus when the bus driver said she needed to move but quickly refused. -
Little Rock 9
the little rock crisis was when African students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus -
I have a dream speech
"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The speech, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
The bells of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., tolled Monday in remembrance of the four girls who were killed when a bomb exploded at the church on this day 40 years ago. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed by a single shot which struck his face and neck. He was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. About an hour later, he was pronounced dead at 7:05 PM at St. Joseph Hospital.
