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This was the amendment that abolished slavery. It was originally written to guarantee slavery, but the Civil War began before it could be ratified.
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A racist group committed to extreme violence toward African Americans. It remains one of the largest organizations in the country.
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This amendment was designed to grant citizenship to African Americans. It stated that someone could not deprive any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
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This Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. It was the last of the “Reconstruction Amendments” to be adopted.
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These laws established racial segregation in all public facilities. This was the main start of segregation.
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It separated blacks and white, holding whites to a higher standard. Segregation was started mainly by the Jim Crow Laws.
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The Separate but Equal Doctrine was a legal doctrine that justified segregation. Public services were separated by race, but were not actually created equally. It was derived from Plessy vs. Ferguson.
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The NAACP was established. Their main purpose was to end racial segregation.
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Herbert Hoover, President from 1929-1933. He did not mention Civil Rights very often. He believed that African Americans could better themselves with education, and thought they should be treated equally.
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Nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama. Three of them served time in prison. One was killed, and two escaped but were caught and sent back to prison.
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President from 19331945. He issued the Executive oOder 8802. This created the Fair Employment Practices Committee. It was the most important federal move in support of the rights of African-Americans between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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President from 1945-1949. He was known to have prejudices toward African Americans. He used Racial slurs and told racist jokes.
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The Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. It was a major event in ending segregation.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. This action led to a bus boycott that lasted more than a year.
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A book that became instantly famous, winning the Pulitzer Prize. It is the most widely read book dealing with race in America.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. led a march on Washington of more than 200,000 people. When the march led the Lincoln Memorial, he delivered his famous, "I Have a Dream" speech.
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He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was nicknamed the “101st Senator.”
