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Civil War Starts
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Reconstruction Era Starts
After the Civil War started to come to an end , many people from the north decided to coome down and started to try and rebuild a lot of the cities that were destroyed -
Civil War
The Confederate States loses the Civil War and then it leads into the Reconstruction Period which everyone goes to help out southern states after applying and agreeing to every law and amendment passed at the time -
Ku Klux Klan
The clan was composed of mainly Confederate Leaders, and those who did support the South beliefs at the time
This clan was a terrorist group that targetted Jews, Catholics, Immigrants, and mainly African Americans. Their beliefs were to have a country that only has White Protestant People that were born in the US only. -
Reconstruction Era Ends
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Jim Crow Laws Issued
The Jim Crow laws were issued late 1877 after the Reconstruction Period, after the Civil War. These laws were proclaimed to be as bad slavery, but had more hatred and racism into the mix. The reason for this was because since they were no longer allowed to have anymore slaves and also that the south lost the war, many Southern States allowed the Jim Crow Laws. This was one of the Starting major Event that will lead into the Civil Rights Movement -
"Seperate but Equal"
On May 18, a Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson was a test for African-Americans to test out the 14th amendment of full equal treatment they were promised. They ruled that as long as both races have the same treatment it was fair, which coined the term, "Seperate but Equal" -
NAACP
This group was formed by W.E.B Dubois and was meant as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The group was made in 1905 (But became more noticable in 1909, when they founded an actual group and released out of planning). They wanted 14th and the 15th amendment forced, and equal education for all. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a Movement in which focused on African American Literature, Music, Art, and Politics. Many people were famed from here such as Loius Armstrong and Duke Ellington, as well as the Genre of Blues popularized. -
WWII Begins
Over 3 Million African Americans enlist themselves in the army for WWII. Franklin D. Roosevelt said that they were mainly fighting for the Four Freedoms, Speech, Worship, Want, and Fear. -
WWII Calls
Harry S Truman made a law that enforced equal treatment for all with no discrimination of race, religion, color, or origin. -
WWII Ends
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Brown vs The Board of Education
Supreme Court was brought another case of Segregation, but unlike Plessy vs Ferguson, the Court all ruled that segregation in public was clearly violating the 14th Amendment. Cheif Justice Earl famous words were, "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was Born on February 4, 1913, and she was famously known for refusing her seat to a white man on a bus, in Montgomery, Alabama. She was soon Arrested after refusal, and many Civil Rights Leaders, Such as Martin Luther King Jr. decided to do a Bus Boycott for 381 days, she is known to be the Queen of the Civil Rights Movements. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Park's arrest, MLK Jr. planned a Boycott on the bus stations, for an entire year, which almost led the company onto the verge of Bankruptcy. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is a group where students come together and do peaceful protests, against segregation in public places, Libraries, Lunch Counters, Beaches, Hotels, and many other places. Most of the members were aressted for tresspassing, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace. Famous events they are known for is the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King has also done his Speech. -
March on Washington
A massive protest led into a March to Washington, to convince the president to make a new law as well as to listen to what did other Activists have to say on this. 250,000 people attended the March. On this day, a Civil Rights Activist, Martin Luther King Junior, stated a speech for 16 minutes long. He talked about voting rights, equal employment, and an end to racial segregation. It was listened by all on Television and all of those who actually stayed with him at Washington. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Kennedy was already deciding of making this bill, but was assassinated before he can actually have a word on it. His Vice President, Lyndon Johnson, took over and actually proceeded the act. This made sure so no one can discriminate on race, religion, gender, or origin -
Voting Rigths Act of 1965
After the Selma to Montgomery march, which was to show the voting restrictions in Alabama, Lyndon Johnson proceeded to make the same conditions follow in Voting Rights for all. -
URLS
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[http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-historyI]
[http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones]
[http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott]
[http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington]
