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Grants black men the right to vote.
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Declared unconstitutional by the supreme court.
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"To furnish evidence of the moral, mental and material progress made by people of color through the efforts of our women."
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Established "sparate but equal"
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Ended 1918
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40 African Americans, and 8 whites were killed. Tied the African Americans working during wartime.
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Began in about 1917, and lasted until about 1935 (the mid-1900s). It was a cultural, social, and artistic movement. And explosion of creativity.
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Grants women the right to vote.
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Lasted ten years. It was a difficult time for everyone, but especially African Americans.
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A group of black women who's aim is to fight against discrimination, racism, and sexism.
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Ended in 1945
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"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."
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Segregation in schools is declared unconstitutional. Zora was actually against desegregation, and believed that separate could really be equal. She grew up in an all black community, and felt that by integrating white and black students, African Americans would lose their traditions.
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He is accused of whistling at a white women. Two white men murder him, and dump him in the Tallahatchie River. The men are aquited by an all white jury.
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Rosa Parks refuses to move from her seat. Her resistance sparks a year long boycott of the Montgomery bus system.
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Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits major forms of discrimination of any kind.
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Memphis, Tennessee