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Affirmative action paired with changing social attitudes to nurture a black middle class.
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Daunting economic challenges were made worse by the deindustrialization of urban areas.
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Non-violent passive resistance required much preparation and mental strength.
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Learn about the Great Migration, when African-Americans left the South in large numbers.
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A look at the demonization of African Americans and the propaganda campaign against them.
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Learn about Plessy Homer and his calculated act that led to the case Plessy vs Ferguson.
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Learn about the Nat Turner Rebellion, and how it affected Southern slaveholders.
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Barack Obama's election to the presidency exemplifies changing attitudes about race.
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Six-year-old Ruby Bridges’ entry into a formerly all-white school provoked outbursts of ha
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Charles Hamilton Houston and Victor Hugo Green fought for equality.
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White people resented African Americans’ prosperity, and their alleged equality.
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The cotton gin revolutionized the global textile industry and expanded slavery.
