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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation -
the battle of Fort Pillow
massacre of surrendered African-American troops -
abolition of slavery
slavery is abolished after the war ends -
the 13th admendment to the united states
the united states congress passes the thirteen admendment to the united states constitution -
the Klu Klux Klan is formed
it becomes a paramilitary insurgent group to enforce white supremacy -
the fifteenth Amendment to the united states constitution
guarantees the right of male citizens of the US to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. -
US civil rights passed
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civil rights act of 1875 signed
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the national association of colored women is formed
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coup d'état in Wilmington
resulting in considerable loss of life and property in the Afrcan American community -
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the great migration
one and a half million African Americans move from the southern United States to the north and Midwest -
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second great migration
more than 5 millions Africans Americans leave the violence and segregation of the south -
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the civil rights movement
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the universal declaration of human rights bans slavery globally
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Montgomery bus boycott
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rosa parks refuse to give her seat on a bus
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Martin luther king is sentenced to jail for instigating Montgomery bus boycott
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Ruby bridges becomes the first African American child to attend an all white school
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Kennedy makes his civil rights address
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Malcolm X delivers "message to the grass roots" speech
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president kennedy is assassinated
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organisation of afro american unity is founted by Malcolm X
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Martin luther king is awared the nobel price
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malcolm X is assassinated in manhattan
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assassination of Martin Luther king in memphis
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Barack obama becomes the first African American president of the united states
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Barack obama is awared the nobel peace price
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shooting of michael brown by a police officer
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Murder of George Floyd
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Black lives matter