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Anti slavery Tract published by Thomas Paine
One of the earliest and most influenced people to advocate for the abolishment of slavery. -
Revolutionary war
Blacks fought alongside the British and the americans during the revolutionary war. They picked sides by fighting for whoever would give them freedom from slavery. -
Massachusetts Grants African Americans Right to Vote
Captain Paul Cuffe and six other black massachusetts residents asked the state for the right to vote. They suceeded, and these seven were given full civil rights. -
Slave Revolt in Louisiana
Carles Deslondes and his makeshift army of about 200 enslaved men battled with farm tools for freedom -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment added to the US constitution abolished slavery. -
civil rights act
After the civil war was won by northern USA . All states in the US became non slave free states. The civil rights act granted all black citizens all rights -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment gave liberties and rights granted by the bill of rights to slaves -
15th Amendment/Jim Crow Laws
Gave African American Men the fight to vote and at a similar time Jim crow laws or segregation laws were implemented that separated African Americans and White people. -
Berlin Olympics
Jesse Owens an African american wins his first of 4 gold medals at the Olympics games. Quote: “I wasn't running against Hitler. I was running against the world.” -
First African American in the MLB
Jackie Robinson was the first to play american baseball, breaking the color line for the first time in American sports. -
Civil rights act
Civil rights act was approved that prohibited discrimination of any group because of race, color, religion, and sex. -
Malcolm X assassination
He was assassinated during a rally when he was speaking about African american unity in NYC -
Voting rights act
The act denied states the ability to include literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting -
bloody Sunday
A march that started March of 1965 had more than 600 marchers gathered by the SNCC and the SCLC trying to advocate for african american voting rights. -
Thurgood marshal
First black appointed to the supreme court. Which gave African American representation in the supreme court. -
MLK assassination
Martin Luther King was assassinated outside of his hotel room in Memphis. As a result a riot started at a rally in over 100 cities. 25000 people were arrested. -
First African American miss America
The first African American Miss America was crowned. -
First African astronaut
Challenger space shuttle took off from Kennedy space center in Florida with 42 year old Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. Quote: "Never let anyone define your limits. You have the power to surpass them all." -
BLM foundation
BLM was founded in 2013 in response to Trayvon Martin's murder not being found guilty. As you can see on the chart that public support flip in mid 2018 -
George Floyd
George Floyd was suffocated to death by white male police officer who wrongly detained him.