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First 20 African American slaves sold to Virginia
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The three fifths clause declares that African Americans count as 3/5ths of a person.
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Turner leads a controversial slave revolt in Virginia.
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Slaves were said to be property, not citizens, and "so far inferior...that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." by the Supreme Court.
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The North and South face off over the issue of slavery.
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Lincoln declares all of the slaves in the Confederacy free.
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Lincoln restores the Union, and is assassinated a few months later.
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African Americans are given, under the Constitution, full rights and privileges.
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While a person's race can no longer prevent them from having voting rights, Jim Crow laws allow for segregation and discrimination.
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Act passed that gave blacks equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, theaters and on juries.
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Between 1896 and 1900, 2,500 blacks are lynched
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School segregation is allowed constitutionally, creating the idea of "separate but equal".
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded by W.E.B Du Bois, Jane Addams, John Dewey and others.
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Plessy v Ferguson is overturned, and segregation of schools is ruled unconstitutional and illegal.
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14 year old Emmett Till is senselessly shot and lynched.
