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John lewis
John Robert Lewis was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020 -
House Bombing in South Dallas in Exline Park
“When Gangs of white started youths started driving around throwing huge firecrackers made to look like bombs at black people in the area.” This causes a sense of paranoia in black people living in or near white neighborhoods in the south. -
Remove the Black residents
The way to unveil the Dallas chamber of commerce, directly hinged on federally sponsored flood control as its centerpiece. The plan was to annex west Dallas, 2. Pressure the US army corps of engineers to protect the area from flooding, 3. Move the black residents to a concentration of public housing, 4. Resell the neatly dried out, plumbed, and de-africanized land to private parties of development. -
Emmett Till
A 14-year-old boy beaten to death in Mississippi stands up to trouble because he was just a boy and his life was taken at such a young age. His mother wanted an open casket because she want to show what could happen to you. -
Cotton Bowl parade and Fair Park
“When the cotton bowl parade wound out of downtown and marched through south Dallas and the soaring gates of the fair park, it symbolized a ceremonial reenactment of the birth of the new city.” -
Martin Luther KIng Jr Famous speech
Martin Luther King Jr makes his Famous speech in the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC -
John F Kennedy assassinated
President Kennedy was visiting Dallas for a parade in Parkland Health. During the middle of the parade, he was assassinated by a sniper on top of a building. “The murder of John Kenndy was taken as a direct, personal, and racial assault.” This made the Black people of Dallas feel like no matter what they did to fight back there was something there to stop it. -
Baptist Street Church Bombing
Four young girls who attended Sunday service in Alabama were killed in a bombing. One girl Sarah Survived but lost her right eye. -
The 24th amendment ended poll tax
On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
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watts riots
A riot in LA that lasted 3 days cause involving 34,000 people and totaled $40 million in damages. This also causes more riots to break out in other states. -
Santos Rodriguez dead from Dallas
Santos was a 12-year-old Hispanic boy who died to a Dallas police officer(Darrell L Cain) the court found out who was the killer and only gave the police officer 5 years in prison. Also after that there were still more marches for this young boy to get justice. -
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice takes office as the first Black woman secretary of state, also serving under George W. Bush for four years. -
The death of rosa parks
The death of rosa parks. On October 24th, 2005, at the age of 92, she died of natural causes leaving behind a rich legacy of resistance against racial discrimination and injustice. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is elected the 44th president of the United States, becoming the nation's first Black American to lead the nation. A Harvard Law School graduate, Illinois state senator and U.S. senator serving Illinois, he was reelected in 2012. -
Kathrine Jhonson
Kathrine Jhonson was awarded the presidential Medal of freedom by president Barack Obama. -
5 Dallas officers were killed in a downtown ambush
This was a response to the fatal police shooting in Minnesota and Louisiana a peaceful march that focuses on violence committed by officers into a scene of chaos and bloodshed aimed against them. -
National Museum of African American History and Culture opens
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens as the newest Smithsonian Institution museum along Washington, D.C.’s National Mall. Established by Congress in 2003, it's home to 36,000-plus artifacts chronicling African American culture, history and life. -
lee Statue
the lee Statue was removed from oak lawn in dallas of the city council. -
George Floyd
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill -
Kristen clark
In 2021, Clarke became the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division as the assistant attorney general for civil rights The lawyer, who was formerly a board member of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, also served as the organization's president and executive director. She has fought for Black Americans' rights to fair housing, voting rights, gender equality, and other issues throughout her career.