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The southern United States seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America because they felt that the North was trying abolish slavery.

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Freedmen’s Bureau is established, where newly freed African Americans can be provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land. This is a a success because former enslaved people were provided with the necessary tools to incorporate into society.

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The ratification of the 13th amendment abolishes slavery. This is a success because for the first time, it is written by the gov't that there shall not be slavery in the US.

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Klu Klux Klan, a violent and racist organization was created in TN. This shows that reconstruction was a failure because it spread hatred for former enslaved people all across the Southern US.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all males allowed to become American Citizens without distinction of race, color or previous condition of slavery. This is a success because it helped former enslaved people gain rights.

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The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the the United States, included formerly enslaved people. This is a success because enslaved people were now considered citizens of the US.

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Georgia was admitted into the Union, after being the last confederate state. This is a success because this was the last former confederate state.

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Joseph Rainey is elected as the first African American to serve in Congress. This is a success because a person of color was elected into government for the first time.

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The 15th amendment granted African American citizens the right to vote. This is a success because former enslaved people were allowed the opportunity to vote.

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After the end of Reconstruction, segregations becomes legal in the southern US through something called Jim Crow Laws

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Rutherford B. Hayes is elected as 19th president of the US and fought to reconcile divisions & preserve African American rights. This is a success because Hayes fought to protect African American voters in the south.

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Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the "White" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Plessy was considered black despite his light complexion and therefore required to sit in the "Colored" car. Plessy was arrested and the case went to the United States Supreme Court. Plessy's lawyer argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court disagreed. The Plessy decision set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal." This was failure because there was still racial segregation and injustice.

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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is established which was a civil rights organization in the US. This is a success because this is an organization fighting for the justice of African Americans.

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14-year-old Emmett Till is brutally murdered by a woman's husband and brother for allegedly flirting with a white woman a few days earlier. This is a failure because it means that there is still racial segregation and prejudice.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B Johnson. In subsequent years, Congress expanded the act and passed additional civil rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Black Lives Matter Movement was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Their mission is to eradicate white supremacy and counter acts of violence to create space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy. This is a success because it is bringing awareness to the inequality that people of color face in society today.