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slavery
slavery started in 1619 and this would lead to many problems in the world. -
end to slavery
a great event in the world when slavery finally ended after a very long time -
kkk
The Ku Klux Klan is formed in Tennessee by ex-Confederates (May). -
howard
Howard University's law school becomes the country's first black law school. -
mlb
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier when he is signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers by Branch Rickey. -
malcom x
1965 Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is assassinated (Feb. 21). -
MLK
1968 Eyewitnesses to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eyewitnesses to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. (April 4). -
no more discrimination
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing (April 11). -
obama
2009
Barack Obama Democrat from Chicago, becomes the first African-American president and the country's 44th president. -
today
there has been riots here and there but mostly its all good now