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ranaway slave from Maryland. In ten years she saved 100's of people from slavery using the underground railroad.
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The Civil War was fought between the northern and southern states. The war started because of Federal government, industrialization, trade, and especially slavery.
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this amendent abolishes slavery and they are treated as normal people. Not as works with no life.
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Let african men vote. was ratified on february 3rd 1870. It wouldn't be fully realiized intill another century.
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founded in 1909 the NAACP was the oldest and largest most known civil rights organization.
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Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Won the world series in 1955 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie retired in 1957.
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Emmet Till was murdered in August 1955 for flurting with a white female at a store. The murderers were J.W. Millam and Ray Bryant. They were both sentanced to death.
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Rosa refused to give up her spot on the bus. She was a member of the NAACP at the time. She was arrested and convicted of violation of segregation law. This event sparked an intire boycott event.
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This speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC.
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Late afternoon on April 4th 1968 Martin was shot in the neck and killed. This happened 5 years after giving his nation changing speech.
