1861
Confederates fire at Fort Sumter in
Charleston Harbor, acting upon instructions telegraphed from
Montgomery.
1861 .. 1865
American Civil War Confederate commander
Robert E. Lee
surrenders forces to Union army at Appomattox, Virginia (April 9,
1865).
1865 .. 1876
Era of Reconstruction in the
South.
1866
Ku Klux Klan formed in Pulaski,
Tennessee
1880
National Baptist Covention
(African-American Baptists) organized at Montgomery.
1895
Booker T. Washington speech to Atlanta
Cotton States and International Exposition urges racial accommodation, suggesting
blacks seek economic independence rather than political/social
equality.
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson decision by U.S.
Supreme Court establishes "seperate but equal" doctrine in racial
policy.
1898
Spanish- American War.
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