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Journey Towards Equality
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14 th amendment
The 14th Amendment passed allowing for new freedoms for recently freed slaves. It in effect eliminated the 3/5ths compromise, as written. This action further drove a wedge between the north and the recently defeated south.
1.Corbett Text Chapter 16.2/16.3
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All states ratify 14th Amendment
Through the years after 1868's passing of the 14th Amendment, the union was still divided, by 1870 all states had ratified the amendment there in bring all remaining southern states back into the union. -
Atlanta Compromise
With the passage of the 14th amendment, not much had changed blacks were still subject to discrimination. The office of the White House was more progressive as President Roosevelt appoints Booker T. Washington to a consultant position. The Atlanta Compromise was given and remains a pivotal moment in the Progressive era.
1.Corbett Text Chapter 21.3 New voices for African Americans and Women.
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March on White House
As the progressive movement continued for black America, there was also the ongoing fight for women's rights as well. Woman such as Alice Paul organize the March on the White House. In 1913 Alice creates the NWP, and in 1917 pickets for 2 years in front of White House.
1.Corbett Textbook Chapter 21.3
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Set Backs Occur
As America moves forward there are still those who want to remain in the archaic past. D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation", reignites the anti-black movement with fear and irrationality. This new anti-black sentiment propels KKK back into the spotlight. The fight for equality starts again for Black America. A fight lasting for decades.
1. Corbetts Textbook Chapter 24.2/24.3
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First draft ERA
While the equality arguments battle on, for blacks and women a strong voice rings out. Alice Paul drafts the first ERA, but secondary to the times the amendment stalls. Alice Paul would live to see the vote, but alas the ERA wouldn't pass the state legislatures but was adopted by most state constitutions. Just shy of 100 years later the ERA fight continues
