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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

freeing the slaves in the confederate states

took place during the second year of the American Civil War

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3 Amendments were passed

13th Amendment abolished slavery, 14th guaranteed all African Americans were given full rights as US citizens

15th gave the right for anyone of any race to vote

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The Supreme Court rules that segregation is legal

Using the Separate but not equal

A 7-1 Decision

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President Harry Truman ends segregation in the armed forces

which means he abolished discrimination

on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin

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Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus

Starts the Montgomery Bus boycott

Ends segregation on buses

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The March on Washington starts

Martin Luther King gives his "I Have Dream" speech

The march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans

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The Civil Rights Act is signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

gets rid of discrimination of race

outlaws segregation and the Jim Crow Laws

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Jim Crow Laws are gone, they were used in the south as a segregation tool to separate the blacks and white from bathrooms, schools, and buses (etc). They were abolished in 1964 during the Civil Rights Act.

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Marchers in Selma are sprayed with tear gas

Since some were injured now called "bloody sunday"

The voting rights act is signed into law

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Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated

Died in Memphis Tennessee

He was shot