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13th Amendment ratified
Abolishing slavery -
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Black Codes passed in the south
Restricted African American freedoms and compelled them to work for lower wages -
14th amendment ratified
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment ratified
Granted African American men the right to vote -
Compromise of 1877
Hayes wins the presidency and ends reconstruction -
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Jim Crow Law
Legalized racial segregation in public places -
Plessy V Ferguson
Supreme Court cases that upheld racial segregation by the “separate but equal” doctrine -
NAACP founded
National association for the advancement of Colored people founded by W.E.B Du Bios -
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Harlem Renaissance
Intellectual, social, and artist explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan... also known as The New Negro Movement -
President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order integrating the U.S. armed forces.
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Brown V. Board of Education
Supreme Court case that made segregating schools illegal -
MLK’s “I Have a Dream speech”
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Civil Rights Act signed
Signed by L.B. Johnson and prohibited discrimination in public places and put an end to black codes and Jim Crow laws