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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Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
