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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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...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Selma to Montgomery March
Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
