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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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Birmingham Campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
