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Oct 12, 1492
C.Columbus discovered America.
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First African slaves arrived in Virginia by Dutch ship. The Africans had been taken from Angola int West Central Afric. These captives were then forced to march 100-200 miles to the major slave-trade of Luanda.
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The New York Slave Revolt Of 1712
The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the British Province of New York, of 23 enslaved Africans. They killed nine whites and injured another six before they were stopped. More than three times that number of blacks, 70, were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 convicted and executed. -
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American Civil War
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13 Amendment
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution is formally adopted. It said that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, exclude as a punishment for crime shall exist within the United States." -
Jim Crow's laws
Jim Crow's laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern United States. "Separate but equals" -
The Negro Motorist Green Book
It was writtern by Victor Hugo Green. In the Green Book we can find many addresses just for colored people. -
Rosa Park refused to give up her seat
Rosa Park refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man and because of it she was arrested. -
Ruby Brigdes
Ruby Bridges was 6 when she became the first African-American child to integrate a White Southern elementary school. Escorted to class by her mother and US marshals due to violence. -
"I have a dream" speech
Martin Luther King's speech was delivered during th eMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in which he called for civil and economic rightd and an end to racism in the USA. -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Douglas Wilder
Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African-American governor in virginia -
Obama Is Elected President.
