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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was about free slaves in states. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 so Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state. -
Escape of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland. For 10 years she risk herself in going back to save more slaves. -
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Civil War
The Civil War was a fight over the north and south.The war was over slavery and westward expasion. -
Founding of NACCP
The founding of NAACP was to stop violence against the blacks. Abraham Lincoln was the one to enforce this. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the major league. Jackie was the first black baseball player to break the “color line”. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett TillEmmett Till got snatched from his great uncle’s house the night of August 28. He got beaten, shot in the head and thrown in the Tallahatchie River. Why that happen to him was he whistled at a white women. -
Rosa Parks
December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She got arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation for not giving up her seat. -
Little Rock 9
Little rock 9 was about nine black kids go to a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The nine black kids got protected by federal troops that the President sent. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Chruch
The bells in the chruch are remembrance of the four girls the got killed in the bombing . On September 15, 1963 the Baptist chruch was bomb by Ku Klux Klan. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil right act of 1964 was about the race, color, religion, sex or origin. Jim Crow laws was held by the Supreme court and his law was for everyone to be equal. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was killed on April 4, 1968 with a shot to the face and neck. Martin Luther King did the speech I have a dream.
