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Colonial Records
In what year do colonial records first indicate the precence of black servants in America? 1619, arrived in Virginia -
Slavery in all colonies
Georgia is the last colony to legalize slavery. -
Crispus Attucks escaped
He escaped from his slave master, and worked on a whaling boat. -
Crispus Attucks dead
He became a soldier and was shot and killed in the Boston Massacre. -
Abolitionist Movement
What was the Abolitionist Movement?Was a movement to end slavery.Beginning with Pennsylvania in 1780, passed legislation. In 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves held in the confederate states. The 13th amendment to the US constitution finally ended slavery throughout the United States. -
US slave population
By 1790 what percentage of the entire US population were slaves? 17.83% -
Frederick Douglas
Who was Frederick Douglas?
He was an American social reformer, writer and statesman. He became a leader of abolitionist movement. He was a believer in the equality of all people. -
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Black Codes
The black codes were laws in the US passed after the civil war with the effect of limiting civil rights of blacks. -
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was signed giving people land for little cost. -
what are the years 1861-1865 significant to black history
It was the American Civil war. The goal of this war was to free slaves. 1862 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all the slaves in south. Union won at May 9, 1865. At 1865, the ratification of the 13th amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in US. -
KKK Formed
The Klu Klux Klan was formed. -
black codes
. What were the “black codes”.The black codes were laws in the United States passed after the civil war with the effect of limiting the civil rights of blacks. Expansions of these black codes if from 1830-1860.During 1865 every southern state passed black codes to against blacks. -
Jim Crow laws passed
The Jim Crow laws were passed. The laws separated the blacks from the whites. -
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1000 Blacks Killed
From 1900-1914 about 1000 blacks were recorded killed. They were all lynched by the Klu Klux Klan. -
NAACP formation
- An African-American civil rights organization in the United States
- Mission: “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”.
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Great Depression - New Deal 1930s
The New Deal was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression which also happened in 1930s -
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH
- 17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940
- A Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)
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Executive Order 9981
passed by Harry S. Truman -
Brown v Board of Education
Class action suit making sure all students receive equal education -
Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist - "First lady of civil rights' - bus incident -
Malcom X
black leader assinated -
Martin Luther King JR
black leader assasinated in 1968 - "I have a dream"
