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Passed by States in the south; restricted African Americans RIgts. Some included that they couldn't bear arms, learn to read or write, or testify against white people in court.
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Howard University, the first black law school, opens in 1869
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The Supreme Court decided that segregation is legal/ constitutional, because veryone was seperate but "equal."
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The Universal Negro improvment Association is established; they promoted "the spirit of race pride." It created a felling of world wide unity.
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Jackie Robinson breaks the barrier of color by becoming a member of the Dodgers; he is the forst African American to be on a sports team.
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Harriet Tubman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, and she was arrested. This sparked the year long bus boycott from African Americans.