Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham Lincoln caused southern states to separate from the Union and form the Confederate States of America. Reconstruction 1866-1877...
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Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Freedom Rides
In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
