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The compromise of 1850
In september of 1850 the compromise was made between the slave states and the northern states. This was a compromise which ment that both sides didnt get everything they wanted but it helped a whole lot! This compromise was over sectional conflict these bills passed were supposed to reduce that. -
Act prohibiting the return of slaves
This was a law passed in 1862 during the civil war that stated nobody can return an escaped slave back to his/her owner. -
Florida A&M University
The school opened its doors on october third 1887 it was moslty colored folks who attended and in 1905 it was described as a higher education! -
Niagra Movement
Founded in 1905, the Niagra Movement was formed of different men white and black to push civil rights for blacks. They are called the Niagra Movement becasue their first meeting was right next to Niagra falls. -
Rosewood massacre
This all started when a women climed she was "beaten" and "raped" by a black man. The people of her town wanted revenge and killed inoccent people! These men went to the town Rosewood and killed people, burned houses and destroyed families. Some people even had to hide in the nearby swamps to escape the wrath of these violent men. -
Sweatt v. Painter
This case challenged the "seperate but equal doctrine of racial segragation" and proved that it was unequal. -
Fund for segragation?
Virginia voters and representatives decide to fund private schools with state money to maintain segregation. -
close schools becuase integration?
Florida legislature votes to close any school if federal troops are sent to enforce integration. -
Woolworth
Four black students sit at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparking six months of the Greensboro Sit-Ins. -
Kennedy assasinated
President Kennedy is assassinated. The new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, decides that accomplishing Kennedy's legislative agenda is his best strategy, and he did. -
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm becomes the first major party african american candidate for the president of the united states. And the first woman to vote as democrate. -
Shirley Sherrod
Shirley Sherrod first is pressured to resign from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and immediately thereafter receives its apology after she is inaccurately accused of being racist towards white Americans.
