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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with President Lyndon Johnson at White House in 1966 In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told a crowd of 250,000 people, "I have a dream." To many people, Dr. King is...
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February 12, 1909: NAACP founded; became the largest and oldest civil rights organization in America. en Espanol 12 de febrero de 1909: Fundación De NAACP; se convirtió en la organización de Derechos...
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February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment passed, granting right to vote to African Americans. en Espanol 3 de febrero del 1870: Se paso la 15a Enmienda, que otorga el derecho del voto a los Afroamericanos.
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February 23, 1868: Birth of W.E.B. Du Bois, author and teacher who worked for civil rights. en Espanol February 23, 1868: Nacimiento de W.E.B. Du Bois, escritor y maestro quien trabajo por los...
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February 14, 1818: Birth of Frederick Douglass, former slave and speechwriter who called for freedom of all people. en Espanol 14 de Febrero del 1818: Nacimiento de Frederick Douglass, exesclavo y...
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February 12, 1809: Birth of Abraham Lincoln, leader of the Union Army during the Civil War who wanted to end slavery; the 16th President of the United States. en Espanol 12 de febrero de 1809...
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"Men of scholarship…must show us the right way and lead us into light, which is shining brighter and brighter." - Carter Woodson The association's goal was to study African American history, publish...
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Carter Woodson, a born scholar, went on to work as a teacher and principal at his old high school. He left in 1903 and taught in the Philippines until 1907. During the next few years, he traveled...
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General Henry Clinton and the British high command decided what they needed was a “Southern strategy.” The British decided to bring the war to the South because (1) they hadn’t really won any major...
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The War for American Independence began well for the Patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort withstood the...
