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The Civil War was a war between the North And South, there was more than one reason for the war the most prominent being Economic and Social differences between the North and South. Civil War Video
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The Act was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting court proceedings for confiscation of any of property being used to support the Confederate independence effort, including slaves.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was put in to place by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves from the 11 states still in rebellion. Video of Emancipation Proclamation
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A Biracial populists coalition gains power in Virginia.
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Ida B. Wells VideoIda B. Wells sues chesapeake Ohio and Southern western railroad company for it's use of segregated "Jim Crow" cars.
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W.E.B. Du Bois was the first African American to get a Ph.d from Harvard.
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Video on case and LawsPlessy v.s. Ferguson was a supreme court case that disscussed the rights of the races and that we are seperate but equal.
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Since the Civil Wr, 30,000 African American teachers had been trained and put to work in south the majority of blacks became literate.
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The Niagara was an interracial group working for Civil Rights.
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great depression videoThe Great Depression was a nationwide economic low before World War 2. The Great depression ended in the late 1930's for some areas and til 1940 for others.
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Strange FruitBillie Holliday first performs "Strange Fruit" in NYC
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During the Second Great Migration over five million African Americans moved to different cities in states.
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The Twenty-Fourth Amendement abolished poll tax for federal elections.
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Civil Rights Act videoThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed, banning discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex or national origin" in employment practices and public accommodations.
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This act abolished any African American voting criteria.
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James Byrd VideoJames Byrd Jr. was brutally murdered by by white supremacies in Jasper,Texas.
