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13th Amendment
It forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment -
14th Amendment
the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality. -
Wilmington Coup
What traditionally has been termed a “race riot” has also been called a massacre, rebellion, revolt, race war, and coup d’etat. -
Formation of the NAACP
It was formed in New York City by white and Black activists, partially in response to the ongoing violence against Black Americans around the country. -
Truman desegregated the US Military
abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till's Murder
Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks is arrested
disorderly conduct for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man.