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The civil war was fought between the North and the South about slavery.
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Slavery was abolished by President Abraham Lincoln
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Women won the federal vote May 24, 1918
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Hiltler's attempt to create the perfect Arian race consisted of containing Jews and other non Arian people in concentration camps.
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Rosa parks refused to move from her seat when the Montgomery bus white section became over crowded. She was later arrested.
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After Rosa Parks was arrested, the black community decided to avoid using the Montgomery Bus system to prove a point.
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JFK first introducted Affirmative Action, a policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education.
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On Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism.
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Pierra Trudeau makes homosexuality legal in Canada
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Malcolm X was assaininated on February 21 1965.
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Rodney King was pulled over by LAPD and assualted due to racial profiling.
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Delwin Vriend was dismissed from his position as a lab coordinator at King's College, a private religious college in Edmonton, Alberta, because of his sexual orientation.
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Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage.
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Canada became the first country outside of Europe to make same sex marriage legal.
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Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman due to racial profiling.
