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Congress establsihed the Freedmens Bureau, to protect the rights of African Americans
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Are passes by Southern States. drastically restricting the rights of newly freed slaves.
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carving the former Confederacy into five military districts and guaranteeing the civil rights of freed slaves.
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Howards University school becomes the country's first black law school.
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It gave African Americans the right to vote
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This landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segregation is constitutional, paving the way for the repressive Jim Crow laws in the South.
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defining citizenship. Individuals born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens, including those born as slaves.
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Jackie Robinson is the first AFrican AMerican baseball player in the major leagues
