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African American Rights Movement
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This act ables any federal officer to arrest any slave they suspect are runaways -
Emancipation Proclamation Enacted
On January First, 1863 the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation were set into motion setting all of slaves free legaly -
Maryland Constitution of 1864
In 1864 the emancepation of slaves was legalized -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells sues the Chesapeake, Ohio & South Western Railroad Company for its use of segregated "Jim Crow" cars. -
Literacy for African Americans
By this time most blacks were literate and trained to work in normal jobs around the commnity -
NAACP
This was the first organized meeting of the Negro Commity Where they chose the name "the National Assosiation for the Advancment of Colored People" -
Klu Klux Klan
35,000 Klu Klux Klan members march in Washington D.C. as a protest agaist making blacks free than they want them to be -
Harlem Globe Trotters
In 1926 The famed Basketball team 'The Harlem Globetrotters' were formed -
Billie Holiday
In 1939 Billie Holiday performed 'Strange Fruit' in NYC, a song to protest lynchings -
Georgia Bus Segergation
In this year, Georgia abolished segregation on busses. -
MLK Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham for "parading without a permit" -
Micheal Jackson
Micheal Jackson releases 'Thriller" the top selling album of all time, bieng african american this was huge. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential election as the 44th president and the only african american president -
Barack Obama part two
Baeack Obama won his second term election as president
