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Blacks in America

1619-> first slaves arrived for working on fields
1808-> law-> illegal to import slaves (ignore)
1820-> legal in the South, but illegal in the North
1861-> Abraham Lincoln (President), Civil War, because Lincoln will abolish slavery
1865-> The North won the Civil War
1868-> Blacks became American citizens. No voting rights in the South
1896-> Facilities, separate buildings7places for blacks in the South
1919.> Moving in the North (jobs)
1954-> Decision from 1896 was changed (ignore in the South)
1956-> The Supreme Court was against the segregation in public buses
1963-> Martin Luther King talked to 250.000 people, meeting from President Kennedy
1964-> Discriminations in hotels, restaurants etc. became illegal
1965-> Blacks were able to vote
1968-> Riots began, somebody murdered Martin Luther King
1973-> A black became major (Thomas Bradley-> Los Angeles)
1987-> First black female senator (Yvonne Miller)
1988-> First black got the chance to be President (Jesse Jackson)
1990-> Fist black governor in US history (Douglas Wilder)

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