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Crispus Attucks died in boston massacre
Crispus Attucks was an African-American man killed during the Boston Massacre, making him the first casualty of the American Revolution. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner and his group of followers killed sixty white men and women in one night. -
The Amistad Revolt
In 1839, slaves aboard a ship called the Amistad revolted to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Allowed slave hunters to capture alleged fugitive slaves with out due process of the law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. -
Scott vs. Sanford
Supreme court over ruled the decision of Sanford against Dred Scott -
SC Secedes from the Union
South Carolina seceded from the US once Lincolns victory was assured. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. -
End of Civil War
The Union defeated the Confederacy, 620,000 soldiers died in total. -
Assassination of Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth fatally shot Abraham Lincoln during a play at Fords theatre in Washington D.C -
13th amendment
abolished slavery in the United States. -
14th amendment
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including recently freed slaves. -
15th Amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Arrested for sitting in the "white car" of a Louisana train. -
Wilmington, NC riot
25 blacks were killed by a white mob. More black people were killed but their bodies were dumped in the river. -
Rosewood Massacre
Florida town was destroyed and many of its residents were killed after a white woman accused a black man of raping her. -
Scottsboro Boys
9 African-American boys were arrested and accused of raping 2 white girls. -
Congressional Hearings end for Tuskegee Study
Used african american men as lab animals to test out a disease. -
James Meredith
The first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi. -
Mc Laurin vs Oklahoma
United States Supreme Court ruled that a public schools could not provide different treatment to a student because of their race. -
Sweatt vs Painter
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that under the Equal Protection Clause, Sweatt must be admitted to the university. -
Brown vs Board
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Death of Emmett Till
14 year old boy was beaten and killed by white men after a white woman claimed he made sexual contact with her in a store. -
Little Rock 9
Nine African-American children risked their lives to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas which was an all white school. -
John Browns Raid
Led a 18 men into the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Ruby Bridges
6 year old Ruby Bridges was escorted to school by federal marshals to a newly integrated school in New Orleans. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr., stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. -
16th St. Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on as an act of a white supremacist group. The explosion at the African-American church, killed four girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of African-American in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. He was then in an altercation within the 400 person crowd when a man shot him in the chest with a sawed off shot gun. -
March on Selma
Protests held in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. -
Voting Rights Act
Ratified the 15th amendment which denied African-American men the right to vote based on race and color. -
Watts Riots
Marquette Frye was arrested by a white officer based only on the officers suspicion of him being intoxicated. For the next 6 days riots destroyed the south Los Angeles town. -
Orangeburg Massacre
Protesters in South Carolina were shot by police officers because they were against racial segregation at a bowling alley. -
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
Martin Luther King was shot and killed while standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. -
Arrest of Angela Davis
Davis was charged with aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder in the death of Judge Harold Haley. She then ran and hid because there was a warrant for her arrest. -
LUCY is discovered
Pieces of bone representing about 40% of a female body was discovered, scientist named it AL288-1. Lucy lived 3.2 million years ago and is classified as a hominid. -
ROOTS was published
Roots was written by Alex Haley and was first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an African, captured and sold into slavery in the United States, It follows his life and the lives of his alleged descendants in the U.S. down to Haley. -
Beating Of Rodney King
Rodney King was beat by LA police after officers claimed he was resisiting arrest and tried to pull a weapon out on them. -
Barack Obama becomes the 1st black President
Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States in Washington D.C.
