Events
13th AmendmentEnd of Civil WarEmancipation ProclamationSpecial Field Order No. 15March to the SeaFreedmen's Bureau createdFreedmen's Bureau shut downProclamation of Amnesty and ReconstructionBlack CodesJohnson's pardonAttempted impeachment of JohnsonNew Orleans attackRadical Reconstruction actsTexas v White14th Amendment15th AmendmentCivil Rights ActSlaughterhouse DecisionUnited States v ReeseInvalidation of Civil Rights ActKKK formedKKK attack Republican rallyWhite League formedBattle of Liberty PlaceKnights of the White CamelliaColfax Massacre1st Enforcement ActKKK Act1300 lynchings during 1868 electionsRedeemer govtsEnd of ReconstructionAmnesty ActEconomic depressionLast Republican state governor leaves officeCivil Rights cases 1883Florida introduces segregation on railwaysStreet car segregationAtlanta Compromise (Booker T. Washington)Mississippi constitutionLouisiana Grandfather ClauseGrandfather Clause declared unconstitutionalPlessy v FergusonWilliams v MississippiCumming v Richmond Board of EducationAvg. incidence of lynching (1890s)Lynching of Henry SmithCongressional ElectionsFDR becomes PresidentConservative ManifestoEconomic depressionRevival of the KKKNAACP formedNumber of lynchings increasesDyer BillCommission on Interracial CooperationCostigan-Wagner BillGavagan BillAgricultural Adjustment ActFarm incomes increase10,000 black farmers evictedAAA declared unconstitutionalFarm Security AdministrationSecond AAA ActUnemployment rate 1933CCC createdCCC camps segregatedNational Recovery AdministrationPublic Works AdministrationNational Association for Domestic WorkersWagner ActTennessee Valley AuthoritySocial Security ActRobert Weaver - first black cabinet memberWorks Progress AdministrationSpecial Advisor on Minority AffairsMarion Anderson sings at Lincoln MemorialFirst black Democrat elected to CongressBrown v Board of EducationEarl Warren becomes SC JusticeBrown IIBrowder v GayleBoynton v VirginiaBailey v PattersonSouthern ManifestoLittle Rock NineJames Meredith enrols at MississippiSCLC formedCrusade for CitizenshipBirmingham protestsMarch on WashingtonKennedy assassinatedMLK wins Nobel Peace PrizeCivil Rights ActStudent Non-Violent Coordinating CommitteeFreedom SummerCongress of Racial Equality (CORE) formedFreedom RidesVoting Rights ActMLK assassinatedFair Housing ActRadicalisation of SNCC and COREMalcom X assassinatedMalcolm X leaves NOIBlack Panthers formedBlack Panthers targeted by FBIBlack Panthers ally with SNCCMLK opposes Vietnam WarPoor People's CampaignMLK riotsObama born in HawaiiObama elected as Illinois State SenatorRush defeats Obama in 1st Congressional district electionObama leads Democratic primary election polls
for US SenateObama gets high-profile endorsementsBlair Hull collapsesObama wins Democratic primaryJack Ryan collapses - replaced by Alan KeyesDNC Keynote speechDreams from My FatherObama become US SenatorThe Audacity of HopeMidterm electionsObama announces campaign for Dem. nominationClinton leads Democratic pollObama wins Iowa Democratic Caucus450k sign up to Obama campaign onlineClinton wins New Hampshire Dem. primaryObama wins South Carolina Dem. primaryObama wins Super TuesdayObama wins Democratic nominationBank bailoutChange we can believe inStock market crashDecline in McCain's popularityPalin effectObama wins presidencyElection results by demographicGallup pollUncle Tom's Cabin publishedFugitive Slave ActAunt Phillis' CabinAdventures of Huckleberry FinnGone with the Wind bookGone with the Wind movieTo Kill a Mockingbird bookTo Kill a Mockingbird movieBeloved bookToni Morrison wins PulitzerToni Morrison wins Nobel Prize for LiteratureBeloved named best work of American fiction in last 25 yearsBeloved movieThe Help bookThe Help movieOld Kentucky Home paintingThe Way They Live paintingBirth of a NationKKK grows to 4 million membersIsland in the SunIn the Heat of the NightGuess Who's Coming to DinnerIn the Heat of the Night wins Best PictureMississippi BurningMalcolm X filmRootsSouthern Homestead Act500,000 free black pop.% of black population in Old South = 89%Cincinnati black population17 mil jobs created by WW2Baltimore passes first residential segregation lawChicago race riotsTulsa race riotFederal Housing Administration supports restrictive covenantsAfro-American Realty Company boosts black migration to HarlemHarlem RenaissanceHarlem Race RiotHarlem race riotWatts riotNewark riotKerner CommissionWhite Flight beginsFirst Levittown builtAlexander v Holmes County School BoardMaynard Jackson elected mayor of AtlantaPeriods
Height of KKK violenceMontgomery Bus BoycottSCLC failure at AlbanyUS Senate raceObama as US SenatorObama election campaignThe WireSlow Drift NorthFirst Great MigrationWW2 MigrationReturn to the Old South
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