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History of racial segregation in the United States
- 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…
- Racial segregation in the United StatesIn 1832, Prudence Crandall admitted an African American girl to her all-white Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut.
- Black players in professional American footballCharles Follis began receiving pay for playing football in 1899. He played for the Shelby Blues from 1902 until 1906. This moment marks the earliest known…
- Nadir of American race relationsRayford Logan published a book in 1954 that named the years from 1877 to 1901 as the nadir of American race relations. He argued this period marked when…