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Washington D.C.
In 1862 slavery was abolished in Washington D.C. This meant now, African Americans in Washington D.C. were slaves they were free. -
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Congress
Congress permits the enlistment of black soldiers in the US army. This now meant that balck soldiers were allowed to fight for the United States Army. -
Lincoln
Lincoln anounces that there is the Emancipation Proclamation. This stated that all slaves were to be free. -
Susie King Taylor
Susie King Taylor of Savannah is the first black army nurse in United States History. -
Unlawful
Lincoln declared slavery in Federal States unlawful. This stated that if you still had slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation you would be breaking the law. -
Fort Pillow
Fort Pillow Massacre was awful. 300 out of the 585 soldiers were killed that day. It was a bloody battle. -
The Bill
Congress passed a bill authorizing equal pay, equipment, arms, and health care for African American troops in the Union Army. Now black men were receiving the same as a white man in the army. -
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler of Boston is the first African American woman to earn a medical degree. She graduated from the New England Female Medical College in Boston. -
La Tribune de la Nouvelle Orleans
On October 4th, La Tribune de la Nouvelle Orleans begins publication. The Tribune is the first black-owned daily newspaper. -
Martin R. Delany
Martin R. Delany's appointed as Major by President Abraham Lincoln. This makes him the highest ranked African American officer during the civil war. -
Emancipation
Enslaved African Americans in Texas finally recieved news of their emancipation. From that point the commemorated that day as Jeneteenth. -
Black Codes
Between September abd November, a number of ex-Confederate states pass so called Black Codes. These put limits on what the newly freed blacks could do. -
Memphis, Tennessee Massacre
On May 1-3, white civilians and police in Memphis, Tennessee killed 46 African Americans and injured more. They burned ninety houses, twelve schools, and four chruches. Some know this as the Memphis Massacre -
African Americans can vote in DC
On January 8, overriding President Andrew Johnson's veto, Congress grants the black citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote. Two days later it passes the Territorial Suffrage Act which allows African Americans in western territories to vote. -
John Willis Menard
On November 3, John Willis Menard is elected to Congress from Louisiana's Second Congressional District. Menard is the first African American elected to Congress. However, neither he nor his opponent will be seated due to disputed election results. -
George Lewis Ruffin
George Lewis Ruffin is the first African American to recieve a law degree from and institution when he graduates from Harvard Law School. -
15th Amendment
This gave black men the right to vote. Now black men were able to vote for the United States. -
Hiram R. Revels
Hiram R. Revels (Republican) of Mississippi takes his seat in the U.S. Senate on February 25. He is the first black United States senator, though he serves only one year, completing the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. -
Freedom
Around 1874 Jane and the other slaves get news that they are free from the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Jim Crow Laws
"Jim Crow" laws were enacted in Tennessee. Now black men were treated "seperated but equal". -
Supreme Courts
1880 The U.S. Supreme Court in Strauder v. West Virginia rules that African Americans cannot be excluded from juries solely on the basis of race. -
Spelman College
Spelman College, the first college for black women in the U.S., is founded on April 11 by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles. -
Civil Rights Cases
On October 16, U. S. Supreme Court in a decision known as the Civil Rights Cases declares invalid the Civil Rights Act of 1875, stating the Federal Government cannot bar corporations or individuals from discriminating on the basis of race. -
International League
On July 14, 1887, the directors of the International League (Major League Baseball) voted to prohibit the signing of additional black players while allowing those under contract such as Frank Grant of Buffalo and Moses Fleetwood Walker of Syracuse franchise, to remain with their teams through the 1888 season. By 1889 blacks were no longer players in Major League Baseball. -
Intercollegiate football game
First intercollegiate football game between African American colleges takes place between Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) and Livingston College. -
W.E.B Du Bois
In June, W.E.B. Du Bois becomes the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. -
Plessy v. Furguson
Plessy Vs. Furguson case represented the idea of "seperate but equal.' Which indicates that blacks and whites can be legally seperated but both facilities had to be the same. -
The American Negro Academy
The American Negro Academy is established, in Washington D.C. to encourage african american participation in art, literature, and philosophy. -
The Spanish American War
The Black PastThe Spanish American War begins April 21, 1898, sixteen regiments of black volunteers are recruited. Five african americans won congressional medals of honor during the war. A number of black officers commanded troops for the first time. -
NAACP
The 20 Most important eventsAt the united charities building, in New York City approximatley 300 blacks and whites met up and formed the NAACP. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This organization was founded in New York.For the next half century, it would serve as the country's most influential African-American civil rights organization, dedicated to political equality and social justice In 1910, -
Great Migration
Blacks and whites migrated North, which changed the demographic and the future of America. Many went to chicago, Pittsburhg and othe major industrial centers. The Great Migration was the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. -
Kaylee's Great Grandma
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First black secratary
James Weldon Johnson became the first black secratary. Born in 1871, over sixty-seven years Johnson was the first African American admitted to the Florida bar, the co-composer of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the song that would later become known as the Negro National Anthem; field secretary in the NAACP; journalist; publisher; diplomat; educator; translator; librettist; anthologist; and English professor; -
Alex's Grandpa
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High Waters
The high water was caused by men who wanted to control the rivers. The high waters destroyed Neds school that he built. -
Congress man
Oscar DePriest became the first black congressman elected to 71st Congress from Chicago's South Side. He was from the North and was the first African american in Congress since the end of the first Reconstruction. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression hits America because the stock market collapsing. Affecting the whole country but more so the African Americans. They were traumatized by the high unemployment rates. Black businesses suffered so did everyone elses as well. -
Scottsboro
Nine black youths are indicted in Scottsboro, Ala., on charges of having raped two white women. The southern jury sentenced them to death. In a third trial, four of the Scottsboro boys are freed; but five are sentenced to long prison terms. -
Accoused
Nine African American youths are accused of raping two white women, and tried for their lives and quickly convicted in Scottsboro, Alabama. The "Scottsboro Boys" case attracts national attention and will help fuel the civil rights movement. -
Tee Bob
Tee Bob commits suicide after learning he can never be with Mary Agnes. Robert, Tee Bob's father, blames Mary Agnes for Tee Bob's death, -
Marian ANderson
Singer Marian Anderson is denied permission by the Daughters of the American Revolution to sing at their hall in Washington, D.C., because she is African American. Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial instead, before an audience of 75,000. -
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Army. -
Tuskegee Institute
The first training program for African American pilots is established at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The Tuskegee Airmen serve heroically in World War II. -
Ebony Magazine
Ebony, a magazine about African American life and achievements, is founded and becomes an instant success. -
Jimmy is the "One"
Some time in 1940, Jimmy is thought to be the "One" who will save them all. -
Jackie Robinson
Baseball great Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to break the color barrier and be allowed to play in the major leagues -
Intergrated U.S. armed forces
African Americans were involved in all of the wars but it wasnt till after World War 2 that President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order integrating the U.S. armed forces. -
Brown Vs, Board of Education
Racial segragation in schools are declared unconstitutional.Many kids were unable to attend school because of segragation and because of were they lived. -
African American brutally murdered
After a black man whistled at a white women, two white men brutally murdered the colored man. The public outrage generated by the case helps spur the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Parks soon became a international icon or resistance to racial segragation. -
"Little Rock Nine"
Taken place at little rock highschool, a group of african american students enrolled. On their first day of school, troops from the Arkansas National Guard would not let them enter the school and they were followed by mobs making threats to lynch. -
SNCC
A organization knowned as the SNCC is created. The full name is Student Nonviolent coordinating committee. This organization provided young blacks with a place in the civil rights movement. -
Jimmy Arressted
Jimmy is arrested along with Martin Luther King Jr. -
Woolworth's
Four African American college students hold a sit-in to integrate a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., launching a wave of similar protests across the South. -
Malcolm X
African American radical Malcolm X becomes national minister of the Nation of Islam. He rejects the nonviolent civil-rights movement and integration, and becomes a champion of African American separatism and black pride. At one point he states that equal rights should be secured "by any means necessary," a position he later revises.
