Racism in the United States has been widespread since the colonial era.Legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights were given …
The 1960s (pronounced “nineteen-sixties”) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1960, and ended on 31 December 1969. The term “1960s” also refers to an era more often called the Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends around the globe.
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The Situation, Spring 1966. For decades the NAACP, the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, and other Afro-American organizations fought to win voting rights for Mississippi Blacks.
The American Civil War (1860-1865) 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865. 1860. 1860 – U.S. Census. U.S. population: 31,443,321. Total number of slaves in the Lower South : 2,312,352 (47% of total population).
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Civil Rights Movement timeline 1961. University of Georgia Desegregated (Jan) In the summer of 1959, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes apply for admission to the Athens campus of the Unversity of Georgia (UGA).
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19th Century America. Updated July 30, 2006. JUMP TO.. Primary Documents – Timelines – Maps, 1800 – 1850: From Jefferson to the coming of the Civil War, Manifest Destiny & the Wild West, Industrial Revolution, Women’s Rights, Inventions & Railroad History, The Gilded Age, Spanish-American War & Imperialism, The Progressive Era – …
