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Civil War website
The civil war begins because of tensions in the South and the North. Slavery greatly affected these tensions. The civil war ended May 13th, 1865. -
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.
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Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She was born in Maryland in 1820, and successfully escaped in 1849.
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The United States government can not deny a citizen the right to vote due to race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1955 and 1968, particularly in the South.
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat, on a puplic bus, to a white man. This arrest triggered the start of the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King's Speech was an inspiration to all African American people. He spoke about being free and that justice will come to all the people who were mean to them.
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Richard Loving married a negro woman and caused an uproaring in Virginia. Loving won the case and was alloud to stay married to his negro wife.
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MLK Jr
A sniper shot Martin Luther King Jr through the check and neck to find its final resting place in his shoulder. A riot brokeout all across the US until the killer of Martin Luther King Jr was arrested and still many people thought that he was not the killer.