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Blacks in the Civil War
<a href='' >http://www.historynet.com/african-americans-in-the-civil-war</a> During the Civil War, both the Confederate and Union sides of the battle had African Americans fighting for what that side believed. The blacks were in the Civil War for more that just shooting guns. They were also nurses, cooks, and blacksmiths. -
Emancipation Proclimation
The Emancipation Proclimation was issued by the president at the time, Abraham Lincoln. This amazingly well known documant states that all of the slaves in America were, officially freed. Sadly, most slaves were not freed until some time after the Civil War. -
The 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment overall abolished slavery in the United States. It was ratified December 6th 1865 and was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864. -
Jackie Robinsojn
Jackie Robinson was the first African American in the history of the United States of America to play baseball. He started on April 15, 1947. Jackie Robinson had been drafted into the army long before he had started playing in the game of baseball. He had suffered much discrimination when he played on the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Rosa Parks's Bus Boycott
<a href='' >http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_montgomery_bus_boycott_1955_1956/</a> Rosa Parks was an African American women who was sitting near the middle of a Montgomery City bus when a white passenger boarded and wanted her seat. Because she had declined to give up her seat, she was sent to jail. This sparked the "Rosa Parks Bus Boycott among black civilians. -
Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream Speech"
Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream Speech" was delivered on August 28 1963 to a large amount of rights marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. It stated that King believed that he saw a future of equality among all races instead of just the typical white man being superior. It also said that he believed that racism should be abolished. -
The Election of President Barack Obama
<a href='' >http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/barack-obama</a> President Barack Obama had started running for president on Februrary 10th, 2007 and had gathered many followers who either liked his ideas or thought that it was time that we had a president who wasn't a billionair white man. -
The Murder of Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin, a 17 year-old high schooler was murdered in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman on Februrary 26 2012. George Zimmerman was "not guilty" according to the veridct. He was released. -
The Re-Election of President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama had had a full first term as president and had started to run for the second term that all un-impeached presidential canidates have. He had won his second term against Mitt Romney. This just goes to show that people liked his ideas still. Or prefered the idea of a black president. -
Black Lives Matter Movement
THE DATE DOES NOT APPLY. ONLY THE YEAR. The Black Lives Matter Movement is what arrose from the rubble of brutality against the African American communities of the United States. This started when many African American people were being harmed and murdered at the hands of police officers. From then on, social media has been using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and vandalism on walls saying the same thing. After so long, the hashtag #AllLivesMatter appeared. -
#OscarsSoWhite
After the announcment of the Oscars nominees, the media took immediate attention and made it a controversy that has sparked the Oscars to add some more black members to it's board to help with diversity.
