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Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-Black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim Crow represented the legitimization of anti-Black racism. Many Christian ministers and theologians taught that Whites were the Chosen people, Blacks were cursed to be servants, and God supported racial segregation.
Abraham LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln was born in thousand eight hundred nine (1809) to Washington. He is the sixteenth President of the United States. He was elected to two terms of four years. It is the first Republican President of the country's history. His name is associated with the American civil war and the abolition of slavery. He died assassinated as a result of a conspiracy from supporters Confederate early in his second term.
Martin LUTTHER KING
Martin Luther king was born in thousand nine hundred and twenty nine (1929) .Son and grandson of Pastor Martin Luther King became one of the greatest advocates of this century peace and human rights. Very quickly, it will fight in favor of the integration of blacks in American society. The action begins in thousand nine hundred and fifty-five (1955).
Homer PLESSY
Homer Plessy was born in thousand eight hundred sixty three (1863) and he was the American plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision. Arrested, tried and convicted of a violation of one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws, he appealed to the Supreme Court, and lost. The resulting of the decision against him had wide consequences for civil rights in the United States.
Thurgood MARSHALL
Thurgood Marshall was born in 2 July thousand nine hundred eight (1908) in Baltimore, he was an American jurist. It is the first black to be served, the Supreme Court of the United States. He scored his passage by positions progressive, in particular in its field preferred, civic