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- 1866: Civil Rights Act grants citizenship and equal protection to African Americans
- 1868: 14th Amendment ratified, granting equal protection and due process
- 1870: 15th Amendment guarantees Black men the right to vote
- 1877: End of Reconstruction leads to Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation
- 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson legalizes “separate but equal” segregation
- 1909: NAACP founded to combat racial discrimination and enforce civil rights
- 1920s: Harlem Renaissance celebrates African American culture through literature, music, and art