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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Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Freedom Rides
In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
