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Harriet Tubman
Harriet gathered her brothers and they were convinced to escape with her but they ended up returning back later and said she would come back and get them the freedom they deserve. There was a $300 reward if they brought Harriet back. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation ProclamationIt was approached as the third bloody year of the Civil War. The proclamation was declared that all slaves in the states must be free, by Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation was limited in different ways. -
13th Amendment
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was declared that ¨neither slavery nor involuntary servitude.¨ The Amendment was ratified December 6th 1865. -
15th Amendment
It aloud African Amercians the right to vote. "Right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie bacame the first black player in the major leagues in 1947. He bacame rookie of the year in the same year, and became a world seriers champ in 1955. Jackie went to the University of California, Los Angelos. He was in the army, he refused to give up his seat like Rosa Parks and was arrested. He was playing on the Brooklyn Dodgers -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, the bus driver could stop the service and call the police. Rosa went to school and was very smart. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin was a baptist minister. He led the Civil Rights Movement 1964, and the voting rights 1965, in the United States, until his death 1968, by an assasination. He recieved a Noble Peace Prize in April 1968. -
Barack Obama
He was the 44th president of the United states. He was the president for 8 years. Barack Obama recieved365 electoral votes. Obama signed a $787 blillion economic stimulus package. -
Trayvon Martin
Trayvon was 17 years old. The policeman (George Zimmerman) said he shot Trayvon for self-defense. In the police report it said that Zimmerman was bleedingfrom his nose and back of head. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Congress passed the act in an effort to impose a comprehensive solution to the problem of unlawful discrimination in housing based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion.
