S.T.O.R.I.E.S.

Historical Timeline

Sequential Timeline of Racist Incidents, Events, and Sites

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1879

Pyramid Lake Paiute Land and Water Struggles

Paiute communities at Pyramid Lake faced repeated encroachment and water diversion that undermined fisheries and treaty lands, part of a longer fight …

1879

institutional cultural policy

Pyramid Lake Paiute Land and Water Struggles

Paiute communities at Pyramid Lake faced repeated encroachment and water diversion that undermined fisheries and treaty lands, part of a longer fight for Indigenous water rights in the arid West.

Pyramid Lake, Nevada, NV

Indigenous Land & treaties

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Paiute communities at Pyramid Lake faced repeated encroachment and water diversion that undermined fisheries and treaty lands, part of a longer fight for Indigenous water rights in the arid West.

1877

Compromise of 1877 and End of Reconstruction

Following the disputed 1876 presidential election, a political bargain known as the Compromise of 1877 awarded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes …

1877

institutional policy

Compromise of 1877 and End of Reconstruction

Washington, DC, DC

African American Civil rights movement Jim Crow

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Following the disputed 1876 presidential election, a political bargain known as the Compromise of 1877 awarded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for withdrawing all remaining federal troops from the South. This ended military enforcement of Reconstruction policies and allowed Southern states to establish Jim Crow laws without federal interference. The withdrawal marked the effective end of federal protection for Black civil rights.

1876

Jim Crow Laws

Between 1876 and 1965, state and local laws in Southern and border states mandated 'separate but equal' status for Black Americans, enforcing …

1876

institutional policy

Jim Crow Laws

Between 1876 and 1965, state and local laws in Southern and border states mandated 'separate but equal' status for Black Americans, enforcing racial segregation in public facilities, education, and transportation. These laws, collectively known as Jim Crow, systematically discriminated against Black people …

Southern and border states, US

African American Jim Crow

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1871

Congress Investigates Klan Violence

The Senate passed a resolution creating the Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the Southern States to document Ku Klux Klan …

1871

institutional cultural policy

Congress Investigates Klan Violence

Washington, DC, DC

Civil rights movement

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The Senate passed a resolution creating the Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the Southern States to document Ku Klux Klan atrocities.
Supported by President Ulysses S. Grant, this investigation compiled critical evidence of Klan violence and helped justify new laws to protect American rights.
The inquiry prompted the formation of the U.S. Department of Justice and spurred mass prosecutions of individual KKK members.