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One of the earliest and most influenced people to advocate for the abolishment of slavery.
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Blacks fought alongside the British and the americans during the revolutionary war. They picked sides by fighting for whoever would give them freedom from slavery.
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Captain Paul Cuffe and six other black massachusetts residents asked the state for the right to vote. They suceeded, and these seven were given full civil rights.
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Carles Deslondes and his makeshift army of about 200 enslaved men battled with farm tools for freedom
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The 13th amendment added to the US constitution abolished slavery.
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After the civil war was won by northern USA . All states in the US became non slave free states. The civil rights act granted all black citizens all rights -
The 14th amendment gave liberties and rights granted by the bill of rights to slaves -
Gave African American Men the fight to vote and at a similar time Jim crow laws or segregation laws were implemented that separated African Americans and White people. -
Jesse Owens an African american wins his first of 4 gold medals at the Olympics games. Quote: “I wasn't running against Hitler. I was running against the world.”
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Jackie Robinson was the first to play american baseball, breaking the color line for the first time in American sports. -
Civil rights act was approved that prohibited discrimination of any group because of race, color, religion, and sex.
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He was assassinated during a rally when he was speaking about African american unity in NYC
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The act denied states the ability to include literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
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A march that started March of 1965 had more than 600 marchers gathered by the SNCC and the SCLC trying to advocate for african american voting rights. -
First black appointed to the supreme court. Which gave African American representation in the supreme court.
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Martin Luther King was assassinated outside of his hotel room in Memphis. As a result a riot started at a rally in over 100 cities. 25000 people were arrested. -
The first African American Miss America was crowned.
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Challenger space shuttle took off from Kennedy space center in Florida with 42 year old Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. Quote: "Never let anyone define your limits. You have the power to surpass them all."
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BLM was founded in 2013 in response to Trayvon Martin's murder not being found guilty. As you can see on the chart that public support flip in mid 2018 -
George Floyd was suffocated to death by white male police officer who wrongly detained him.