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African Indentured Servants Brought to Jamestown
A Dutch ship brought 20 African indentured servants to the English colony. -
Maryland Passes First Law Banning Interracial Marriage
a law to try and stop white women for marrying black men even though this was happening in even the most aristocratic circles -
The Stono Rebellion
The largest slave uprising in the bristish colonies. -
Boston Massacre
the start of the American revolution where the first white and black man was shot -
Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract
One of the earliest and most influential abolitionist he started an anti slvary society in Pennsylvania -
Massachusetts Grants African-Americans Right to Vote
Massachuetts becomes the first state to allow black men the right to vote -
The Compromise of 1850
a series of 5 laws dealing with the issues of slavery -
Hiram Revels becomes the first black senator
Senator of Mississippi Hiram Revels becomes the first balck senator -
Samuel J. Battle becomes the first black officer in New York
Samuel J. Battle became the first black man to join the New york Poilice force -
Earl Lloyd joins the NBA
Earl Llyod became the first black man to join the NBA asn was drafted by the Washington Capitols -
Justice Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the supreme court
Justice Thurgood becomes the first black man to appointed to the supreme court. He was appointed by President Johnson -
Marlin Briscoe Joins the NFL
Marlin Briscoe becomes the first black man to join the NFL -
Obama wins the election
Obama becomes the first balck president -
Obama wins again
Obama wins a second term which only 21 other presidents have done -
Kamila Harris becomes the first black VP
Kamila Harris won with Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election
