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Around 300 slaves revolt and capture a fort Blount. All slaves were captured and killed. Fort was burned to the ground
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Denmark Vesey had a plan to lead the largest slave revolt, but his news quickly got spread, leading him to be arrested and hung.
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Nat Turner gained a small army of slaves, killing 51 white peoples and evading capture for 3 weeks.
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Series of violent protests in Kansas on the issue of Kansas becoming a free or slave state
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anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Depicted the harshness of slavery
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John Brown wanted to take over a U.S arsenal and start a slave revolt. His army was defeated by U.S marines.
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Beginning of th civil war. Fight for freedom, end slavery, and make the nation whole again.
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Proclamation made by Lincoln to free all slaves.
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State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to pursue the educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons
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The Congress of Racial Equality is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Jackie Robinson breakers barriers and becomes the first African American to play in the MLB.
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Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that separate public schools for black and white students are unconstitutional.
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Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, causing her to be arrested. This started a series of protests including bus boycotts.
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African American citizens refused to ride the busses in Montgomery, Alabama in order to protest against racial segregation.
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President Eisenhower signed the bill which gave better voting protection rights to African Americans.
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SNCC goal was to increase students participation on protests.
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Four African American students refused to give up their seats at a lunch counter and were refused to be seved. Coming back everday with more protesters.
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2 buses set to travel from Washington DC to Lousiana to protest unjust laws. One bus is attacked by a white mob while the other was fire bombed
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Protest walk from Washington Monumenr of the Lincoln memorial. Purpose was to bring equality to African Americans. MLK delivers I have a dream speech.
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Selma to Montgomery. Marchers fought for the right to carry out their protest, President Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress, calling for federal voting rights legislation to protect African Americans from barriers that prevented them from voting.
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Goal was to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that would prevent African Americans from voting
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Barack Obama’s becomes the first African American President
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Kaepernick quotes "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,"
