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Escape of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman BiographyHarriet tried to escape slavery when a white abolitionist gave her a paper with two names, and told her how to find the first house on her path to freedom. After the first house a woman and her husband offered her a ride while passing by. She arrived in Philadelphia, and got a job where she saved her pay to help free slaves. In 1850, she helped her first slaves escape to the north. -
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Civil War
Civil War websiteThe Civil War lasted five years. The war began when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. There were many different locations for the Civil War. The north started with 22 million soldieers, and the south started with about 9 million. 620,000 soldiers died at combat, accident, starvation, and diesease during the Civil War. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. The amendment passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, ratified on December 6, 1865. The Thirteenth Amendment confirmed the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson VideoFirst African American to play Major League baseball. His first season he won the National League Rookie of the year award. In 1949 he got a MVP award. Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1962. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
One of the greatest Supreme Court cases of the 20th century. Brown vs. Board of Education was held because the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the 14th Amendment. The Federal District Court dismissed the claim, and Brown appealed it to the Supreme Court. The court spoke in an unanamous decison written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The decision held that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause. -
Emmett Till Murder
In August 1955 a fourteen year old African American was murdered by white men. Not only did the case involve his murder, it also involved a new generation of young people commiting their lives to social change. Before this case white men got away with the murder of African Americans. The murder of this young man inspired young people everywhere to commit to change. -
Rosa Parks's bus boycott
Rosa sat near the middle of the bus, behind ten seats that were reserved for whites. All the seats filled up and the driver insisted that the four blacks give up their seats. Rosa refused to give up her seat. She was arrested and convicted for violating the laws of segregation. Rosa appealed her conviction and formally challenged the legality of segregation, which started the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock 9
After Brown vs. Board of Education African American students couldn't get into schools. A mob of white students would gather outside the school to prevent them from entering the school. Little Rock Nine is a group of nine black students who attempted to enter Central High School, but are turned down by The National Guard. At the end of the school year Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Central High School. -
I Have a Dream Speech
I have a dream speech websiteI Have a Dream Speech written by Martin Luther King. The speech occuered August 28th, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Martin Luther King wrote the I Have a Dream Speech for a "Realistic look at the question of progress in the area of race relations." -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama occured on Sunday September 15th, 1963. The explsion of the African American church, which killed four young girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960's Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights leaders met at this church. In 1977 former Ku Klux Klansman Robert "Dynamite Bob" indicated in the murder of all four girls, tried and convicted of the first-degree murder of Denise McNair, and sentenced to life in prison. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
While standing on the balcony at his hotel room Martin Luther King took a bullet to the cheek, and it traveled to his shoulder blade. At 7:05 P.M. on April 4th, 1968 civil rights leader Martin Luther King died. In outrage of his murder many blacks took the street in a massive riot. FBI investigated the crime, but many believed it was an assassination.
