POLI 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article : Civil Rights Act Of 1866, Montreal Gazette, Emancipation Proclamation
24 Oct 2015
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From lincoln to obama: important dates in the civil. 1863 lincoln signs emancipation proclamation freeing all slaves. Document is put into practice until union wins civil war. April 9th 1865 robert e. lee surrenders to ulysses s. grant. April 1866 civil rights act passed by congress over president andrew johnson"s presidential veto. Anyone born in the u. s are automatically citizens. 1866: the ku klux klan is formed. May 17 1954: the u. s supreme court rules on the landmark case, brown vs. board of. Segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional. Dec 1st 1955 rosa parks refuses to give up her seat on bus to a white person. September 1957 9 black students are blocked from entering central high school in little. February 1960 four black students begin a sit-in at the segregated woolworth"s counter in. May 1961 young freedom riders begin riding buses to the south. October 1st 1961 james meredith becomes first black student at university of mississippi.
