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Slavery Comes to North America
Spread of disease through the columbian exchange resulted in the need of workers. Through the atlantic slave trade, slaves were eventually brought to North America. -
Rise of the Cotton Indiustry
Cash crop became the center of the American economy, and most plantations converted to it. Cotton became one of those cash crops and the slaves were forced to farm them. -
Nat Turner's Revolt, August 1831
the only effective slave rebellion in U.S history huge comparisons to religion made by her -
Abolitionism and the Underground Railround
In reaction of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
Antislavery northerners helped enslaved people escape from southern plantations : historical context -> buildup to the civil war, before America stretched from the pacific to the atlantic.
Harriet Tubman is an example -
Dred Scott Case
Scott v, Sanford case was a victory for the supporters of slavery momentary victory that led to the eventual chain reaction of the greater abolitionist movement -
John Brown's Raid
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Civil War and Emancipation
Emancipation Proclamation, officially -
The Post-Slavery South
The white protective societies that arose during this period—the largest of which was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)—sought to disenfranchise Black voters by using voter suppression and intimidation as well as more extreme violence. Black Americans won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress -
'Separate But Equal,'
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Washington, Carver & Du Bois
Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and W.E.B Du Bois rose to prominence in both society, inspiring blacks and whites alike. -
NAACP Founded
NAACP is an organization that works to dismantle racism and facilitate change -
Marcus Garvey and the UNIA
Marcus Garvey founds the UNIA and brought it to the US in 1916 He attempts to bring African Americans back to Africa but fails -
Harlem Renaissance
Birth of Jazz,
when southern slaves came to the north for less anti-black sentiment new explosion of culture -
African Americans in WWII
“Four Freedoms” The US enlisted Black and white people were organized into separate units -
Jackie Robinson
First African American Player to play on a Major League Team -
Brown v. Board of Education
racial segregation in public schools outlawed -
Emmett Till
The approved killing of Emmett Till by an all white jury in a Jim Crow south -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Central High School Integrated
Little Rock Nine -
Loving v. Virginia Ruling
First interracial couple married -
Sit-In Movement and Founding of SNCC
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Rise Of Black Power Movement
formation of the black panthers, a marxist group -
CORE and Freedom Rides
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Integration of Ole Miss
Continued Integration of schools -
Birmingham Church Bombed
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I have a dream speech
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JFK Assasinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Freedom Summer and the 'Mississippi Burning' Murders
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Selma to Montgomery March
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Malcolm X Shot to Death
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Fair Housing Act
the last great legislative achievement of the civil rights era -
MLK Assassinated
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Moon landing
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Shirley Chisholm Runs for President
Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York became a national symbol of both movements as the first major party African American candidate and the first female candidate for president of the United States. -
Watergate scandal
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The Bakke Decision and Affirmative Action
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Jesse Jackson Galvanizes Black Voters
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Oprah Winfrey Launches Syndicated Talk Show
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Los Angeles Riots
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Million Man March
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Colin Powell Becomes Secretary of State
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Barack Obama Becomes 44th US President
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The Black Lives Matter Movement starts
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George Floyd Protests
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Kamala Harris Becomes the First Woman and First Black US Vice President
