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People were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work as indentured servants and labor in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton.
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First document to insist equal rights for all.
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Tubman managed to escaped slavery and helped many slaves with the „Underground Railroad“ to escape to Canada.
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Abraham Lincoln declared end of slavery.
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The 14th Amendemt to the Constitution gave black peoples equal protection under the Law.
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The 15th Amendment gave black people the right to vote.
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Terrell was one of the first African-American woman to earn a university degree and became civil rights activist.
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She was an educator and civil rights activist who founded a private school for African-American students.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued ExecutiveOrder 8802 which opened national defense and other government jobs to all American.
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President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 to end discrimination in the military.
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Parks became the „mother o the modern day civil rights movement“ because she refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man.
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The Supreme Court ruled segregated seating was unconstitutional.
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NIne black students should attend the Central High School to begin classes.
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President Eisenhower signed the civil Rights Act of 1957 into law which allowed federal prosecution of anyone who tried to prevent someone from voting.
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This civil rights movement was organized and attended by more than 200,000 people of all races including Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King Jr.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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The Organization of Afro-American Unity founder was assassinated at a rally.
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The civil rights movement in Alabama became violent and dozen of protesters were hospitalised.
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President Johnson signed the voting Rights Act into law and took so the Civil Rights Act of 1964 several steps further.
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The civil rights and NObel Peace price recipient was assassinated on his hotel room´s balcony.
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The Fair Housing Act prevented housing discrimination based on race, sex, national origin and religion.
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Jackson is a preacher and civil rights activist.
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She is n important media mogul and one of the most influential Talkshow hosts in the USA.
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Obama became the first African American to hold the post of the President of the USA