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    The history of Black people in America began in 1619 with the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia. From 1861-1865, the Civil War was fought and slavery was abolished through the 13th Amendment, however newly freed slaves still faced severe discrimination through Black codes and the rise of white supremacist groups. It was not until 1954 that segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, though systemic racism persisted for many more decades through policies like Jim Crow laws until the civil rights movement led to landmark legislation in the 1960s.

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    The history of Black people in America began in 1619 with the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia. From 1861-1865, the Civil War was fought and slavery was abolished through the 13th Amendment, however newly freed slaves still faced severe discrimination through Black codes and the rise of white supremacist groups. It was not until 1954 that segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, though systemic racism persisted for many more decades through policies like Jim Crow laws until the civil rights movement led to landmark legislation in the 1960s.

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    The history of Black people in America began in 1619 with the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia. From 1861-1865, the Civil War was fought and slavery was abolished through the 13th Amendment, however newly freed slaves still faced severe discrimination through Black codes and the rise of white supremacist groups. It was not until 1954 that segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, though systemic racism persisted for many more decades through policies like Jim Crow laws until the civil rights movement led to landmark legislation in the 1960s.

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    The history of Black people in America began in 1619 with the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia. From 1861-1865, the Civil War was fought and slavery was abolished through the 13th Amendment, however newly freed slaves still faced severe discrimination through Black codes and the rise of white supremacist groups. It was not until 1954 that segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, though systemic racism persisted for many more decades through policies like Jim Crow laws until the civil rights movement led to landmark legislation in the 1960s.

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    History of Black People

    in America
    1619 - the first African slaves arrive in
    Virginia

    1776 - American Independence is


    declared and a new country is officially
    formed
    1861 - Confederacy is founded and
    Civil War begins
    1865 - Civil War ends. 13th Amendment
    passed: slavery officially prohibited
    across America.

    BUT
    Lincoln assassinated
    KuKlux Klan formed in former Confederate states Black
    codes are passed by Southern states, restricting the rights of
    newly freed slaves.
    1896 - Supreme Court rules segregation is
    constitutional

    Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities,
    beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is
    believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. The Supreme Court
    ruling in 1896 in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate facilities for whites and blacks were
    constitutional encouraged the passage of discriminatory laws that wiped out the gains
    made by blacks during Reconstruction. Railways and streetcars, public waiting rooms,
    restaurants, boardinghouses, theaters, and public parks were segregated; separate schools,
    hospitals, and other public institutions, generally of inferior quality, were designated for
    blacks. By World War I, even places of employment were segregated, and it was not until
    after World War II that an assault on Jim Crow in the South began to make headway. 
    1909 – NAACP founded
    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in New York by
    prominent black and white intellectuals and led by W.E.B. Du Bois. For the next half century,
    it would serve as the country's most influential African-American civil rights organization,

    1954 – Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad le


    dedicated to political equality and social justice

    black
    muslims and black nationalist movement
    1954 – Segregation in schools declared
    unconstitutional
    1955 – Montgomery buses desegregated
    1954 – Segregation in schools declared
    unconstitutional
    1963 – MLK’s “I Have A Dream” and arrest
    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is attended by about 250,000 people,

    the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital .

    1964 – President Johnson signs the Civil Right


    Act
    It prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion,
    or national origin 
    1909
    1619 –
    the first African slaves arrive in Virginia (a British colony)1776

    • 1619 - the first African slaves arrive in Virginia (a British


    colony)1776 - American Independence is declared and a new
    country is officially formed1861 - Confederacy is founded and
    Civil War begins1865 - Civil War ends. 13th Amendment
    passed: slavery officially prohibited across America. BUT
    Lincoln assassinated, KuKlux Klan formed in former
    Confederate states and Black codes are passed by Southern
    states, drastically restricting the rights of newly freed
    slaves.1868 - 14th Amendment passed: blacks granted
    citizenship1870 - 15th Amendment passed: blacks can
    vote1896 - Supreme Courts rules segregation is constitutional
    ----> Jim Crow laws

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