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Aug 24, 1521
African Trade Begins
In 1521, natives with African decent that lived in New Mexico are transported to America by force. -
Isabel de Olivera
Isabel de Oliver was one of the first inhabitants of Santa Fe. In a letter she wrote about how she is going to New Mexico because she feels as if she needs to protect her rights. -
The Founding of Los Angeles
Many spanish speaking Africans became first groupsof of people to found the city Los Angeles. -
Indepndence
Mexico declares their independence from Spain in 1821, thus removing slavery and guaranteeing full citizenship rights to all, regardless of color. -
Slaveholding Empire
As free salves were crossing the border into Mexican Texas, looking for freefom, Texas revolutionaries soon turned Texas into a slaveholding empire. -
California
California's Gold Rush begins -
Mifflin W. Gibbs
Mifflin W. Gibbs comes from Philadelphia to San Francisco with only a mere 60 with him.He used to work as a Bootblack. -
Peter Brown
A miner named Peter Brown wrote a letter to his wife, informing her of their fortune, which was gold. -
Pikes Peak
African Americans wander into Colorado Territory after Pikes Peak Gold Rush. -
Homestead Act
This act allowed anyone who lived in Kansas and other western sates, regardless of gender and race, to recieve 160 acres from the government. If they could improve their given land every 5 years, they could sell it for $1,25 an acre. -
Oklahoma Territoty
The Oklahoma Territory became a new major part of African Immagration. This new territory was made out of the western half of the original Indian Territory. -
Kansas
African American begin to migrate to Kansas due to the Civil War -
Migration to Kansas
Benjamin Pap Singleton encourged many African Americans to migrate to Kansas, also known as the Sunflower State" with his "The Advantage of Living in a Free State" -
Nicodemus
A whit developer and 6 black homesteaders that are from the South, founded the town Nicodemus, who is named after a legendary African Prince. -
New Settlement
A few hundred people would now begin to settle in Morris and Graham counties. -
Nicodemus Inhabitants
258 african Americans and 58 whites officially lived in Nicodemus. The town would soon serve as a symbol of economic enterprise and undependent governance. -
New Jobs
African-American men and women decided to move to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles. They wanted to search for jobs in the urban economy. -
Winter Blizzards
A terrible winter blizzard would destroy about 40 percent would destroy most of their wheat crop, whih made some of the settlers leave. -
Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad avoided Nicodemus, thus being ut off from other communities, -
Nicodemus' End
Local boosters eventually stopped tryig to attract new settlers to the town and citizens who already lived there eventually left too. -
Legal Property
African Americans who migrated to the Indian Territory couldn;t legally own their own land as farmers until 1889. -
Five Points District
African Americans began to put their efforts in the Five Points district, creating a stablized community. -
Edwin P. McCabe
Edwin P. McCabe, who was the State Auditor, and considered a powerful black man, arrives imto Oklahoma. -
Langston City
Two hundred people lived in Langston City, including a doctor, a minister, and a schoolteacher. It was all thanks to Mcabes for advertising the city. -
Valuable Land
Soon, african american farmers now owned 1.5 million acres which valued up to at least $11 million. -
Autobiography
An autobiography was released about Mifflin W, Gibbs, It was only about him remembering his early days, It was tittled "Shadow and Light" -
Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Railroad brought 2000 African American laborers to break up a strike going on. The strike consisted of Mexican American construction workers. -
Sarah Breedlove
Her line of beauty products would soon make her one of the America's successful African-American business entrepreneurs. -
Statehood
Oklahoma had officially gained statehood, and the mostly Democratic state legislature soon deprived black voters, and made public school segregated. -
A Decline
Many of the first generation of Exodusters then decided to move to cities. -
Last Attempt
Oliver Toussaint Jackson, made his last attempt at black agricultural colonization within the High Plains. -
Population
Los Angeles has the largest African-American urban population in the west because there were total of 7,599 African American residence. -
Allensworth
A little over three hundred families had finally settled in Allensworth, California. It was located between Los Angeles and San Francisco. -
Population Growth
Dearfield's population soon reached 700 after colonists gained 8000 of the available 20,000 acres. -
D-Day
African American soldiers participated in D-Day. -
Unemployment
Thousnads of African Americans that were told that they were "important workers", were left unemployed and roamed the streets of Los Angeles -
Pay
African-American families started earning incomes as much as $3,334 in the city of Seattle. -
Watts Uprising
During the year of the Watts Uprising in the city of Los Angeles, racial discrimination was still present within employment, housing, and public schools. This started to make it very similar to the rest of the nation.
