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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the President the South had known that he was agaisnt slavery. They decided to secede from the Union shortly after this because they relied on slavery for daily life.
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AIn the third year of the civil war President Lincoln ordered that all slaves are now free
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slavery Abolishment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." said Abraham Lincoln on this day. -
On this day President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth when he walked into the movie theater and shot him from behind. President Lincoln fought to end slavery.
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On this day in 1865 the last Confederate troops surrender because they lost the battle. At this time the war officially ends.
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The 15th ammendemt gave black men the right to vote, as long as they were literate. Though many people did not recognize this right for almost a century.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is formed. They are a civil rights movement group.
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Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month." What you might not know is that black history had barely begun to be studied-or even documented-when the tradition originated. (COPIED AND PASTED FROM ATTACHED LINK)
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Martin Luther King Jr. He was a leader of a civil rights group and made the famous " I Have A Dream" speach than everyone learns about in school. He was assasinated shortly after though.
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Rosa Parks / Black People FactsOn December 5, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to white male. At this time this was a very bad decision to make.
She was beaten and arrested.
