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...
James Meredith and Ole Miss
James Meredith was born in Mississippi on June 23, 1933. He served in the Air Force from...
Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
