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Harriet Tubman was a former slave who escaped and helped free other slaves. In 1863 Harriet lead an armed expedition in the war, liberating many slaves. After this she supported the woman's suffrage movement and the minorities -
Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 who was a leader of the Woman's Suffrage movement. She was arrested in 1872 when caught voting, bringing people's attention towards the movement. She spent her life working for women's rights. -
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The Fire was a deadly workplace disaster which was deadly from terrible working conditions and little to no emergency precautions. This lead to a union, causing a march protesting about the conditions that lead to the fire. This caused the passing to new factory safety laws -
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On this date, he Supreme Court ruled the segregation of children in schools was unconstitutional. This was brought by Kansas state-sanctioned segregation of public schools and unanimous in court. This brought joy with the minorities but brought backlash with weak evidence against it. -
A civil rights activist who helped with the initiation of the Montgomery bus boycott. She refused to sit in a segregated bus and give her seat to a white man. This inspired leaders to start the boycott and lead to the ruling of the unconstitutional segregation on buses -
Little Rock Nine was an event where 9 African-American teens enrolled in a previously segregated high school called Little Rock. The governor blocked the entry of these 9 teens on the first day of school. Angry mobs and white students started harassing them and they were sent to another school, but harassment still followed them. -
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On August 28 1963, a quarter of a million people rallied in Washington for civils rights in their jobs, education, votes, protection, and freedom. People all over the country came over to join with labor and religious organizations in the march. Powerful music played during this protest, becoming some the most iconic performances in its era. Civil rights leaders such as Bayard Rustin, A. Phillip Randolph, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -
The march was for blacks to regain their right to vote 100 years after the 15th amendment. States had narrowed the scope of the 15th amendment a few years after it's publication, and thus, narrowed the rights for blacks to vote. There were a total of 3 marches, from Brown Chapel AME to Montgomery, and people would protest peacefully as they reach their destination. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader for many protests. He was involved with protests such as the Montgomery bus boycott and the Washington march. His most influential part of the civil rights movement was when he gave a speech called "I Have a Dream". He was assassinated 5 years later before a protest standing on the balcony of a motel room -
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president South Africa. In 1962, Mandela left the country without a permit and incited workers to strike, later charged against this. He was jailed for five years but despite this, Mandela's devotion to democracy never wavered and was elected president in 1994, working to fix the racially divided country. -
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