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American Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
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15 amendment established
the 15 amendment was adopted on march 30 1870. This amendment lets males vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude. -
African Americans Included in Juries
In the court case Strauder v West Virginia, the supreme court ruled that African Americans could not be excluded from juries. This court case was about a black man that was convicted of murder under an all white jury. He later appealed to the supreme court and the court reversed the result, ruling that no black shall be excluded from a jury. -
Blacks Excluded from Voting
Mississippi passes a constitution that effectively excludes blacks from voting. This is done through poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency tests. This excluded blacks not only form voting, but from the entire political system in general. -
majority of blacks became literate
Since the civil war, more than 30,000 African American teachers were trained and put to work in the south. Due to this, most blacks were literate. -
NAACP is formed
The national negro committee chooses "National Association For The Advancement of Colored People" as its official organization name. -
Negro National League is Formed
The Negro National League (NNL) was a baseball league that included blacks. -
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The Great Depression
The great depression was a time period of roughly a decade where the economy in many countries crashed. -
pledge against lynching
Jessie Daniel Arms gets forty thousand women to sign a pledge against lynching. She also formed the Association of Southern Women Against Lynching. -
NAACP legal defense and education fund is formed
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is a leading United States civil rights organization. -
Supreme court abolishes segregation in railroad dining cars.
Henderson vs United States was a landmark court case in which a black passenger was not served dinner ina railroad dining car. This court case abolished segregation in dining cars. -
To kill a mockingbird published
To kill a mockingbird is a revolutionary novel written by Harper Lee that shows the cold hard truth about segregation. The novel was an immediate success but brought controversy along with it. -
Civil rights act
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Voting rights
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Marin county courthouse incident
The Marin County courthouse incident was when 17 year old Jonathan Jackson attempted to negotiate the freedom of the Soledad Brothers by kidnapping Superior Court judge Harold Haley from the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California -
First African American Governor
Douglas Wilder was the frist elected african american governor. He held office in Virginia from 1990 to 1994.
