15 important events in black history

By hannahrodgers

  • Africans endentured servants brought to Jamestown VA

    Africans endentured servants brought to Jamestown VA

  • Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

    Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

  • Battle of Trenton, December 25, 1779

    Battle of Trenton, December 25, 1779

  • Massachusetts Grants African-Americans Right to Vote

    Massachusetts Grants African-Americans Right to Vote

  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

  • Amistad Case

    Amistad Case

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

  • First Poll Tax Passed

    First Poll Tax Passed

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

  • National Urban League Founded

    National Urban League Founded

  • Red Summer Race Riots

    Red Summer Race Riots

  • Marian Anderson Performs at Lincoln Memorial

    Marian Anderson Performs at Lincoln Memorial

  • Breaking the Color Line in Baseball

    Breaking the Color Line in Baseball

  • First African-American Miss America

    First African-American Miss America

  • Obama Election

    Obama Election