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History of African-American civil rights | HearLore
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History of African-American civil rights
Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction eraIn 1876, the presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden ended in a national crisis that would reshape American democracy for…
Civil Rights Act of 1866On the 5th of April 1866, the Senate voted to override President Andrew Johnson's veto of a major bill. This marked the first time Congress ever overrode a…
Reconstruction eraOn the 9th of April 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.