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1501
Slavery in the United states
Spanish and Portuguese bring slaves from Africa to America -
Period: 1501 to
Slavery in the United States
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Emancipation proclamation
Issued by President Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
End of Slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolish slavery. thon December 18, 1865. -
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were not federal laws that established segregation in public places. -
Harlem Renaissance
Artistic African American movement. -
Brown v. Board of Education
It was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white person. She was arrested. -
Little Rock Nine
9 black teenagers that enrolled in Little Rock Central high (Arkansas) were forbidden to enter by the governor. Suprem Court rules in 1954 that school segregation is unconstitutional. Finally they were allow to attend because Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
First student sit-in (4 college students). A peaceful way to protest against segregation in public places. -
Birmingham attack
Attack: Bombing a church in Alabama. Four black girls died. -
March of Washington
250 000 people protested peacefully to change the legislation and end with the segregation. Martin Luther King gave his famous speech "I have a dream" -
Civil Rights Act
A law in the United States that outlaws all discrimination (race, religion,, sex, etc) Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Selma attacks
Police attacked a peaceful march (Selma to Montgomery) with tear gasses. The march was lead by Martin Luther King. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Assassination of Malcom X, one of the leaders on the fight for the African Americans civil rights. -
Voting Rights Act
Law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting, Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Assassination of Martin Luther King