U.S. History · Civil Rights
African Americans and Civil Rights, 1863–1920
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African Americans and Civil Rights, 1863–1920
1863
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued.
1865–1870
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are ratified.
1869
The first African American is elected to the U.S. Congress.
1877
Federal troops are withdrawn from the South and African Americans lose many civil rights.
1896
The U.S. Supreme Court declares public racial segregation laws do not violate the Constitution. (Plessy v. Ferguson)
1909
African Americans found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
1910–1920
Many African Americans migrate to avoid segregation and to take new jobs in northern cities (The Great Migration).
📰 Newspaper Context
A newspaper excerpt referenced in this activity expressed the viewpoint that African Americans refused to defend their civil rights and that Jim Crow laws were acceptable. The timeline provides historical evidence to evaluate and counter these claims.
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