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Emancipation Proclamation
This was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1. It states that all people that are held as slaves will now be free. It only affected states that were in rebellion. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
During the Reconstruction period, the government had tried to give blacks equal rights under law. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was the last of Acts during this time to be used, and it was also the last civil rights bill to go through Congress until 1957. -
Strauder v. West Virginia
One West Virginia law stated that jury services were limited to while men. One black man, Strauder, was convicted of murder. He appealed his conviction. -
Plessy v. Fergueson
Please had tried to sit down in an all-white train car. He was then nearly immediately arrested for breaking a Louisiana statute that supported the "separate but equal" . -
Orlando hires first black mailman
Orlando shows here that they can trust blacks to carry out important tasks. -
Orlando's first black doctor opens practice
Dr. J.B. Callahan acquires his medical degree at Shaw University in 1908. He is the first black doctor in Orlando, and the first to practice surgery at Orange General Hospital. -
Negro National League established
During this time, blacks were not allowed to play professional baseball in white major and minor leagues. A few blacks got together and eventually made two black teams by the names of Hensen Baseball Club of Jamaica of Queens, and the Unknowns of Brooklyn. -
Harlem Globetrotters
The basketball team had started in the south side of Chicago by many students who attended Wendell Phillips High School. Hinckley was the home to the first game they had legitimately played. -
Miami hires first black policemen
In 1944, Miami Police Dept. had hired 5 new black policemen. They had built a separate headquarters for these men, and even a courtroom. These 5 men had made a start toward 43,000 black Miamians hpw how would later turn into policemen. -
To Kill A Mockingbird published
Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird had a big impact in history in civil rights. It shows what life was like in the South and the conditions blacks had to live under. -
GIP (Ghetto Informant Program) established
In 1967, the FBI started a program to collect data about riots. Through this, they used an abundant amount of people to spy on poor black neighborhoods in the U.S.
