Blacks

Black History

By AkeemAppleton

  • First African Slaves arive in Virginia

    First African Slaves arive in Virginia
    First African Slaves arive in Virginia

  • Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory

    Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory

  • Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

  • The Missouri Compromise bans slavery north of the southern boundary of Missouri

    The Missouri Compromise bans slavery north of the southern boundary of Missouri

  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman
    underground rail-road

  • 13th Amendment

    Prohibits slavery

  • 14th Amendment

    Blacks are given citizenship.

  • First Black Law School: Howard University

    First Black Law School: Howard University
    Howard University becomes first black law school.

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

    Blacks have the right to vote.

  • Martin Luther King's Death

    Martin Luther King's Death
    Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.

  • First Black President: Barak Obama

    First Black President: Barak Obama
    1st black president

  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity.