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Start of the Great Migration
Scholars mark 1915 as the start of the Great Migration. -
Period: to
Great Migration and beyond
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America enters WWI
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WWI ends
African Americans who fought in the war come home with new expectations of how they should be treated. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Great Depression would have harsh economic consequences for African Americans. -
Claude Neal lynching
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Ida Mae leaves Mississippi for Chicago
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Pearl Harbor Attacks
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George Starling leaves Florida for Harlem
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Robert Foster leaves Monroe for California
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Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is overtuned and racial segreation in schools is ruled unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This ends discrimination against blacks and women as well as racial segregation. -
MLK killed, riots break out in many US cities
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Crack epidemic begins
This drug epidemic lasts until 1994. It destroys black communities and families. -
Barack Obama assumes office