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1970s

1970–1979
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Oppression
Nixon declares the War on Drugs

A campaign later admitted by aides to have targeted Black communities and the antiwar left.

Resistance
The Attica prison uprising

Prisoners seize Attica demanding humane conditions; the state retakes it with deadly force.

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1972
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Key events

  1. June 17, 1971
    Nixon declares the War on Drugs

    A campaign later admitted by aides to have targeted Black communities and the antiwar left.

  2. September 9, 1971
    The Attica prison uprising

    Prisoners seize Attica demanding humane conditions; the state retakes it with deadly force.

  3. July 25, 1972
    The Tuskegee syphilis study exposed

    A 40-year US government study that withheld treatment from Black men is revealed.

  4. June 28, 1978
    Regents v. Bakke

    The Court limits racial quotas while preserving affirmative action.

  5. April 20, 1971
    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg

    The Supreme Court upholds busing to desegregate schools.

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