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A year before the Mayflower, the first 20 African American slaves were sold as servants.
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Segregation and Diversity in American History
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Constitution is adopted and slaves are counted as 3/5 of a person.
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Nat Turner leads slave revold in Virgina.
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The Civil War begins.
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President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation and decalres that all persons held as slaves within the rebelious states shall be free.
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Women fight for better wages and better working conditions.
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During WWI women begin to work the mens jobs such as mining, manufacturing, and railway.
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President Roosevelt bans discrimination against minorities.
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Delivers "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
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Equal Rights Amendment is written into the Constitution for equal pay and equal work and a ban on sexual basis.
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The Freedme's Bureau is established to help former slaves and the 13th Amendment is ratified, stating that slavery shall not exist.
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Gay Marriage became legal in all 50 States.
