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14th Amendment

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1868

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What was the 14th Amendment?

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Equal citizenship to everyone born in America

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15th Amendment

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1870

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What was the 15th Amendment?

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Equal voting rights to all citizens regardless of race

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Jim Crow Laws in the south

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1890s

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896

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Smith v. Allwright

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1944

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Morgan v. Virginia

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1946

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Journey of Reconciliation

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9 April 1947, lasting for 2 weeks

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Publication of ‘To Secure These Rights’

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1947

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NAACP picketed department stores in New Orleans

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1947

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Executive order 9980

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1948

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What was the Executive order 9980?

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Outlawed discrimination in civil service

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Executive order 9981

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1948

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What was the Executive order 9981?

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Ended segregation in the army

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Truman’s inauguration ceremony in desegregated

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1949

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Sweatt v. Painter

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1950

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NAACP school boycotts

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1951

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Committee on Government Contract Compliance established

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1951

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Earl Warren appointed to the Supreme Court

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1953

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Brown v. Board of Education

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1954

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Brown II

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1955

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Lynching of Emmet Till

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1955

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Beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1955

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Browder v. Gayle

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1956

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End of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1956

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) created

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1957

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Civil Rights Act (first)

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1957

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Little Rock Campaign

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1957

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Cooper v. Aaron

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1958

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Greensboro sit-ins

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1960

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Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) founded

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1960

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Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) founded

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1960

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Civil Rights Act (second)

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1960

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Boynton v. Virginia

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1960

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Freedom Rides

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1961

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National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) founded

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1961

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Albany campaign begins

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1961

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National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) founded

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1962

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MAPA President, Edward Roybal, elected to the House of Representatives

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1962

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Birmingham Campaign

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1963

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March on Washington

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1963

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Sioux occupation of Alcatraz

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1964

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Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and forms the Organisation of Afro-American Unity

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1964

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Mississippi Freedom Summer

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1964

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Civil Rights Act (third)

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1964

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Malcolm X assassinated

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1965

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Selma Campaign

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1965

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President Johnson increases American involvement in Vietnam

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1965

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Publication of the Moyniham Report

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1965

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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1965

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SDS organise anti-war marches in Washington

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1965

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Voting Rights Act

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1965

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Launch of La Huelga

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1965

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Higher Education Act

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1965

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Freedom Cities movement begins

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1966

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March Against Fear

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1966

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Chicago Campaign

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1966

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NFWA merged with the Filipino Union to create the United Farm Workers (UFW)

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1966

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Black Panthers founded

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1966

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SNCC expelled white members

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1966

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Indian Resources Development Act

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1967

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Chicano blowouts

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1968

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Martin Luther King assassinated

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1968

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Civil Rights Act (fourth)

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1968

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Poor People’s campaign

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1968

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CORE expelled white members

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1968

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Table Grape Boycott launched

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1968

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Emancipation Proclamation

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1863

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Detroit Riots

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1943

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Watts Riots in Los Angeles

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1965

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What does NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

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What does NUL stand for?

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National Urban League

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What does CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

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What does SNCC stand for?

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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What does SCLC stand for?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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What does OAAU stand for?

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Organisation of Afro-American Unity

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Launch of Black Panther’s ‘survival programmes’

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1968

79
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How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

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381 days

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