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~Martin Luther King led the protests
~ In 1969 about 60% of African Americans were registered to vote

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“African-Americans in the South Face New Barriers to Vote.” Voting Wars: Rights | Power | Privilege, 20 Aug. 2016, votingwars.news21.com/african-americans-in-the-south-face-new-barriers-to-vote/.
“Voting Rights for African Americans.” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-african-americans.html.

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~ After Civil War, congress acted to prevent from establishing white supremacy again
~ In 1867 former confederate states were readmitted in the Union, but ratifying the 14th amendment.
~ In 1870, the 15th amendment was ratified.
~ In the 1870's more than half a million black men became voters, voting for the republicans.
~ When Mississippi joined the Union in 1870, more than half the states population were slaves.
~ During the next decade Mississippi sent two black senators to Washington, and elected a number of black state officials.