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Crispus Attucks dies in Boston in the Boston Massacare
Crispus Attucks, an African American was the first victim of the Boston Massacare. -
Fugitive Slave Laws
Fugitive Slave Law forced Northern law enforcement officers to aid in the recapture of runaways -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat turner and a group of slaves raided homes and killed families and gathered more slaves to try and earn their freedom. -
Amistad Revolt
Slaves on the ship the Amistad revolted, to try and secure their freedom from the slavers. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. -
15th Amendment
the 15th amendment gave black males the right to vote. -
Scott vs Sanford
The case that stated that slaves were not U.S. citizens and could not recieve protection from the Federal Government or the courts -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of HARPER'S FERRY, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. -
SC Secedes from the Union
South Carolina unanimously made the decision to eliminate their connection with the United States -
Emancipation Proclomation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in the rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. -
Assassination of Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
End of the Civil War
The Civil War ended Jun 2, 1865 after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. The North and the South had battled for many years, in what became the bloodiest war. -
14th Amendment
The fourteenth Amendment adopted citizenship and equal protection for all. -
Plessy vs Furgeson
Was a court case involving homer plessy and the ruling was that separate but equal accomodations for whites and blacks. -
Phoenix South Carolina Riots
Violence erupted after a well respected man Mr. Etheridge was shot after he attempted to take poll boxes out of the hands of the Tolbert family, who were taking the boxes to convenient locations for black people. -
Wilmington, NC Riots
On Thursday, November 10, 1898, Colonel Alfred Moore Waddell, a mustered a white mob to retaliate for a controversial editorial written by Alexander Manly, editor of the city's black newspaper, -
Rosewood Massacre
A massacre was started in Rosewood, Florida after a rumor that a white woman by the name of Fanny Taylor was sexually assaulted by a black man was started. -
Scottsboro Boys
Nine black kids were falsely charged with the gang rape of two white girls on a freight train. -
Mc Laurin vs Oklahoma
The court case that ruled treating african americans differently was a violation of the fourteenth amendment, after George Mc Laurin was denied access to the University of Oklahoma's Doctoral Education Program -
Sweatt vs Painter
Was the court case where it was ruled that Sweatt had the right to equal education opportunity. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Was the court case that ruled that separate but equal is not equal. -
Death of Emmett Till
A fourteen year old boy by the name of Emmett Till, was killed after he suposedly make lewd remarks to a white woman who worked at a store in Money, Mississippi. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students tried to integrate Little Rock Central High School but were turned away after the govenor sent national guard to turn them away. -
Ruby Bridges
Was the first black girl to integrate William Frantz Elementary School -
James Meredith
James Meredith became the first black student to enter the University of Mississippi -
March on Washington
The march on Washington took place as protest for black freedom and jobs. It was attended by 250,000 people -
16th street Church Bombing
A church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed as an act of white supremacist terrorism -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated by black Muslims in New York,NY -
March on Selma
600 people marched out from selma in protest of civil rights for African Americans. -
Beating of Rodney King
police officers beat Rodney King after they ran him down in a high speed car chase -
Voting Rights Act
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including passing literacy tests to voting. -
Watts Riots
A struggle occured after police pulled over Marquette Frye, his brother Ronald, and their mother and crowds gathered. After police left a riot broke out for 6 days which killed 34 people. -
Orangeburg Massacare
Highway patrolmen open fire on a group of people protesting which led to the death of 3 and wounding 27 others -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King jr, was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Arrest of Angela Davis
Angela was arrested after an abortive attempt to free George Jackson. -
Congressional Hearings end for Tuskegee Study
A study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs for blacks. -
Lucy is Discovered
Lucy was discovered by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. -
Roots was published
Alex Hayley published "Roots" which was a history of his family stemming back from the times of early slavery. -
Barack Obama becomes first black president
Barack Obama was elected in 2009 as the first black president.
