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African Americans by Jahee A. Standley

By J_MAMBAX UNLEASHED

  • Blacks Vote

    Blacks Vote
    The 15th Amendment was made and the African Americans got to vote. Hiram Revels was the first Affrican senator.

  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction
    Federal attempts to provide some basic civil rights for African American quickly erode.

  • African Colleges are made

    African Colleges are made
    Spellman was the 1st African American college for black women. Fredrick Douglass founds The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson
    This landmark Supreme Court decision holds that racial segreation is constitutional.

  • Marcus Garvey

    Marcus Garvey
    Gravey established the Universal Negro Improvement Association, an influential black nationalist organization "to promote the spirit of race pride" and create a sense of worldwide unity among blacks.

  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    By the time of Harlem Renaissance in 1920s the literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity.