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13th ammendment
The 13th ammendment abolished slavery in america. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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14th Ammendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. -
15th Ammendment
Granted African American men the right to vote -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
"seperate but not equal" was challenged by a young lawyer -
Integration of the Armed Forces
African Americans were finally allowed to join and fight alongside the army service men. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The fight for integration of schools went to the courthouses where the desegration of schools won over. -
Murder of Emmett Till
A local black man was beaten to death for whistling at a white woman. Sparked outrage in nearby cities -
SCLC founded
the Souther Christian Leadership Conference was formed by martin luther king in an effort to join together christians for desegragation. -
Greensboro Sit-In
A group of college students decide to sit at a "white only" barstool at a nearby diner in protest to segregation
