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US history 1865-1968
Years and dates for events related to african american rights
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Civil war ended(slavery abolished)Lincoln was assasinated |
| 1868 | 14th amendment-citizenship to african americans |
| 1870 | 15th amendment-voting rights to African American MEN |
| 1887 | Plessy v. Ferguson-"separate but equal" (supreme court) |
| 1914-1918 | World war I- segregated units |
| 1930's | Great depression |
| 1942-1945 | World war II- still segregated units |
| 1950-1953 | Korean war- desegregated units by executive order of Truman |
| 1954 | Brown v. Board of Education- separate not equal. desegregate public places (supreme court decision) |
| 1955-1968 | Civil rights Era- movement to change racial views/practices. Leaders (Martin Luther king Jr. Rosa Park, etc.)used nonviolent methods. |
| 1968 | congress passed last of many civil rights acts making discrimination illegal |