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The 13th Amendment is ratified which bans slavery in the United States.
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The 14th Amendment is ratified granting equal protection to ALL citizens.
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The 15th Amendment is added to the Constitution which granted voting rights to all African American men.
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The Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Case declares that "separate but equal" is not against the law
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Executive Order 9981 issued by President Harry Truman abolishes racial discrimination in the United States Military
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The Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court case overturns the decision pf Plessy v Ferguson and determines that separate but equal is not fair in public education.
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In Little Rock, Arkansas 9 African American teenagers are selected to integrate their town High School. They are met with heavy resistance until President Eisenhower sends in the military. Little Rock 9
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African Americans march on Washington D.C. where MLK delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech"
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Law passed that banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
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MLK leads a Civil Rights march in Selma Alabama to protest the treatment and inequality of African Americans in the US
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Barack Obama is Inaugurated as the first African American president of the United States
Obama Inauguration
