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This event marks the moment when the civil's wars were stopped and when Abraham Lincoln abolish slavery.
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Creation of the KKK (KU KLUX KLAN) in Tennessee, a ruthless organization, and a secret society, terrorizing black communities.
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The Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation (until 1965)in the USA. They were based on white supremacy. [NB : Remember Jim Crow was an imaginary and stereotypical character
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His general ideology was non –violence.
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The American Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in Public Schools. A little girl was enrolled in a white school in Kansas
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The 1st december 1955, Rosa Parks refuse to lay her place to a white people in Alabama. Thanks to this act she contribute to change the visage of USA.
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In 1956 buses were boycotting after the event of Rosa Parks.
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Eisenhower sign a law about the "civil rights", the first since the emancipation law signed by Abraham Lincoln.
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On the 28th of august 1963 MLK organized Washington March for Jobs and Freedom, and then prononce his famous speech "I have a dream"
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The 22th of November 1963, president Kennedy became assassinated.
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Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.(it put an end to all forms of segregation and discrimination.)
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