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President lincoln Emancipation Proclamation takes efect, proclaming freedom from slavery for African Americans
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The 13th amendment to the U.S Constitution has passed, abolishing slavery in the United States
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitusion has passed, garanteeing due process and equal protection rights to all citizens
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The 15th Amendment has passed the U.S Constitusion, garanteeing the right to vote for all citizens
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Colorado become the first state to grant women the right to vote
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The U.S Supreme Court 'Separate but equal' decision in Plessy v. Furguson approved laws requring racial segregation
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The Association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP)
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Granting women the right to vote
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Franklin D Roosevelt issued an executive order designating much of the west coast a "military area"
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The U.S Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas ended legal racial segregation in public schools
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African American woman Rosa Park's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus (as required under city law in Montgomery,Alabama) trigers a citywide boycott of the bus system
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In protest of local restaurants that refuse to serve African-American customers. A series of sit-ins is staged at lunch counters in Greensboro,North Carolina
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The U.S Supreme court declares that segregation in transportation facilities is unconstitutional
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Rev Martin Kuther King Jr. delivers the historic "I Have a Dream" speech in front of hunderds of thousands of participants in the "March on Washington"
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The Civil Rights passes congress,prohibiting dicrimination in a number of settings