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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Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
