The history of muticulturlism

By TaylorRich777
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    The history of multiculturalism ( African-Americans)

  • Nat Turner

    Led slave rebellion in Virginia.

  • Slave trade Ban

    Congress banned the slave trade

  • HBCU

    Historically Black Colleges and Universities were founded.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott supreme court decision- determine if black people are counted as citizens.

  • American Civil War

    Civil War Erupts between North and South.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Document freed the slaves

  • Andre Reboucas

    Andre Reboucas invented the early prototype of the torpedo.

  • Lincoln Assasination

    President Lincoln assassinated

  • Black People Demand Equal Rights/Voting

    Black People held a meeting in Norfolk Virginia Demanding equal rights and ballots.

  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment was adopted in the U.S, which declared that all people born in the U.S are citizens regardless of race.

  • Joseph Rainey

    Joseph Rainey becomes the first African-American member elected to congress.

  • Lewis Latimer

    Lewis Latimer creates a method for the light bulb to shine brighter and last longer, thus patenting the first modern lightbulb.

  • Daniel Hale Williams ( Provident Hospital)

    Daniel Hale Williams, MD, opens Provident Hospital and training school for Nurses, in Chicago. It is the nation's first hospital with a nursing and intern program with a racially integrated staff.

  • Daniel Hale Williams( Open heart surgery)

    Daniel Hale Williams, An African American Surgeon, performs one of the first successful open-heart surgeries.