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1st August 1834: The Slavery Abolition Act comes in to force in the United Kingdom

  • 1st August 2021
  • Tagged as: Britain, Civil Rights, Economy, Law, Politics, Slavery, United Kingdom

On the 1st August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into force in the United Kingdom, although it had received royal assent a year earlier.

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15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

  • 15th June 2021
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Democracy, England, Magna Carta, Pope

On the 15th June 1215, Magna Carta – one of the most famous documents in the world – was approved by King John when he added his seal to it in a field at Runnymede near Windsor in England.

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31st May 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre breaks out in Oklahoma

  • 31st May 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Oklahoma, Racism, Tulsa, United States, USA, Violence

The final report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot, published in 2001, estimated that around 300 people may have died in the violence.

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18th May 1896: The Supreme Court delivers its verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson that approves the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine

  • 18th May 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Law, Louisiana, Plessy v Ferguson, Racism, Supreme Court, United States, USA

Plessy v Ferguson effectively legalized racial segregation by permitting separate but supposedly equal facilities.

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11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson

  • 11th April 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Johnson, USA

The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, or national origin.

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25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol

  • 25th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Alabama, Civil Rights, Johnson, March, Martin Luther King, Montgomery, Protest, Racism, Selma

The marchers arrived in Montgomery on 25 March, where King made his ‘How Long, Not Long’ speech to a crowd of more than 25,000 people.

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3rd March 1857: The largest ever sale of enslaved people in the United States, known as the Weeping Time

  • 3rd March 2021
  • Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Georgia, Slavery

When the two-day sale ended on 3 March, 429 slaves had been sold.

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25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

  • 25th February 2021
  • Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Mississippi, Politics, Racism, Senate, Washington DC

After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States Senate.

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1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

  • 1st February 2021
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Desegregation, Jim Crow, Protest, Racism, Segregation, Sit-In

The Greensboro sit-ins began when four black students sat at the ‘whites only’ lunch counter in the Woolworth department store.

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20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday

  • 20th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Holiday, Martin Luther King, Racism, United States, USA

President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on 2 November 1983.

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