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First 20 slaves are sold.
The first 20 African American slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia. -
First African American child born in the colony.
WIlliam Tucker was the first African child born in the colony. -
Constitution adopted that said that slaves counted as 3/5 of a human.
This possibly the most inhuman thing done in the history of man. -
Cherokees
Around 18,000 cherokees are forcefully removed from there land and later resettle west of the mississppi in a trek that is later known as the trail of tears. -
Civil War begins.
civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
The Emancipation Proclomation
It changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the south from slave to free. -
Jim Crow Laws.
The first Jim Crow laws go into effect where African Americans are seperated from white on busses. -
Congress passes Civil rights act.
African Americans equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, theaters and on juries. -
President Truman signs executive order 9981 which says that equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons no matter the color, race, or religion.
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Supreme Court rules that segregration in public school is unconsitutional.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat for white male on the whites only seating on a bus.
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Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which became a major force that organized the civil rights movement.
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The student Nonviolent coordinating committte is founded at shaw university.
It provided young blacks with a place in the civil rights movement. -
College
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. This caussed a lot of riots and forced President Kennedy to send down 5,000 troops. -
MLK arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham. he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Act
The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
