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Importation of slaves banned in the US
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Period: to
Civil Rights
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Civil War ends- abolishing slavery
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14th amendment created
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15th amendment created
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"seperate but equal" doctrine
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
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Rosa Parks starts bus boycott
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9 african american children sent to desegrate schools
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"sit in" college kids try to desegrate lunch counters
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Freedom rides
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Malcom X rejects non-violent civil rights movement
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March on Washington
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"I have a Dream Speech"
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Church bombing- killed 4 children
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President Johnson signs civil rights act
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Malcom X is killed
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MLK jr. is assassinated
