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Ft Blount Revolt
Around 300 slaves revolt and capture a fort Blount. All slaves were captured and killed. Fort was burned to the ground -
Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey had a plan to lead the largest slave revolt, but his news quickly got spread, leading him to be arrested and hung. -
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Nat Turners rebellion
Nat Turner gained a small army of slaves, killing 51 white peoples and evading capture for 3 weeks. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Series of violent protests in Kansas on the issue of Kansas becoming a free or slave state -
Uncle Toms Cabin
anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Depicted the harshness of slavery -
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John Browns Raid
John Brown wanted to take over a U.S arsenal and start a slave revolt. His army was defeated by U.S marines. -
Start of the Civil War
Beginning of th civil war. Fight for freedom, end slavery, and make the nation whole again. -
Emancipation Proclomation
Proclamation made by Lincoln to free all slaves. -
Jim Crow Laws carried out in the South
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal. -
NAACP is formed
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to pursue the educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons -
The Congress of Racial equality is formed
The Congress of Racial Equality is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play in the MLB
Jackie Robinson breakers barriers and becomes the first African American to play in the MLB. -
NAACP becomes most powerful civil rights organization
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Brown vs Board case
Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that separate public schools for black and white students are unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give us her seat
Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, causing her to be arrested. This started a series of protests including bus boycotts. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African American citizens refused to ride the busses in Montgomery, Alabama in order to protest against racial segregation. -
Congress pass civil rights act
President Eisenhower signed the bill which gave better voting protection rights to African Americans. -
SNCC is formed
SNCC goal was to increase students participation on protests. -
Greensbor Sit in
Four African American students refused to give up their seats at a lunch counter and were refused to be seved. Coming back everday with more protesters. -
Freedom Riders Be
2 buses set to travel from Washington DC to Lousiana to protest unjust laws. One bus is attacked by a white mob while the other was fire bombed -
March on Washington
Protest walk from Washington Monumenr of the Lincoln memorial. Purpose was to bring equality to African Americans. MLK delivers I have a dream speech. -
March on Selma
Selma to Montgomery. Marchers fought for the right to carry out their protest, President Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress, calling for federal voting rights legislation to protect African Americans from barriers that prevented them from voting. -
Voting rights act
Goal was to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that would prevent African Americans from voting -
Barack Obama becomes President
Barack Obama’s becomes the first African American President -
Kaperknick takes a knee
Kaepernick quotes "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,"
