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Headword Date Article Type
Parks, Rosa 1913 - 2005 People
New Jersey voting rights 1776 Topics Short note
Vermont becomes the first political unit in the world to abolish slavery 1776 Topics Short note
David Walker's Appeal demanding the abolition of slavery 1829 Topics Short note
Michigan becomes the first state to abolish capital punishment 1846 Topics Short note
John Brown anti-slavery militancy 1856 Topics Short note
Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenians) founded 1857 Topics Short note
Abolitionist John Brown hanged for treason and conspiring with slaves 1859 Topics
President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Topics Short note
Abolition of slavery in the USA 1865 Topics Short note
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution adopted 1868 Topics Short note
Women in the territory of Wyoming are given the right to vote 1869 Topics Short note
Congress grants woman attorneys the right to argue cases before the Supreme Court 1878 Topics Short note
US President petitioned by suffragists for the vote 1884 Topics Short note
Force Bill for federal control of elections is rejected by US Senate 1890 Topics Short note
NAACP founded 1909 Topics Short note
Arizona, Kansas and Wisconsin adopt women's suffrage 1912 Topics Short note
House of Representatives defeats women's suffrage proposal 1915 Topics Short note
Women in United States win the vote 1920 Topics
Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1975 Topics Short note

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