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A major event that happened, The U.S. Supreme Court denied citizenship and basic rights to blacks( slave or free)
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President Abraham Lincoln's " Emancipation Proclamation" takes effect, proclaiming freedom from slavery for all African Americans
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The 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution is passed abolishing slavery in the United States
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The 14th Amendment was made to guarantee equal protection of all rights to all citizens of the United States
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Speech in front of hundreds and thousands of people about the inequality in the U.S. between Blacks and Whites
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The proposed Equal Rights Amendment was explicitly guaranteed equality to all persons, regardless of gender