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After proper black combat units were finally organized under the name United States Colored Troops, where did these black regiments fight?

What African-American institution prayed a crucial role from Reconstruction through the twentieth century, not just in its primary role but as sources of charity, public leadership, and education?

Black artistic talent in numerous forms and media flowered in what neighborhood of New York, eventually leading to a “renaissance” of African-American music and literature?

What document, passed by Congress near the end of the war in January 1865, ultimately freed the slaves and ended three centuries of slavery in North America?

Thousands of black families left the South in an “exodus” for what region beginning around 1880?

What governor of Alabama adopted a vocal support for segregation to gain national attention and prominence?

What was the purpose of secret societies like the Knights of the White Camelia, the White Brotherhood, and the Ku Klux Klan?

Match the piece of civil rights legislation in the list below with its description.

Where did most African-American soldiers, sailors, and Marines serve during World War II?

Between 1964 and 1967, waves of race riots broke out across the US in places like Harlem, Watts, Newark, Cleveland, and Detroit. What do all of these locations have in common?