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After Reconstruction, states in the South passed laws that barred African Americans from voting and segregated schools, restaurants, and public accommodations.
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This article contains numerous facts about black segregation history in the United States from the Civil War through the end of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Presents details of important people and interesting historical events relating to the NAACP in a timeline format.
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Learn about the origins, strategies, and unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.