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The Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 & 1863
issued by Abraham lincoln it helped free the slaves. -
First Jim Crow Segregation Law Passed, 1871
the first jim crow law that was related to segregation -
First Open Heart Surgery Performed by Black Physician, 1873
Daniel Hale Williams does the first successful open-heart surgery done by a black physician. -
Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
born a slave, escaped to the north, and became educated -
First African American Pilot, March 1912
Emory Malick was the first African American to get his pilot license -
Harriet Tubman, c.1820–March 10, 1913
the conductor of the underground railroad and she helped free a lot of her people -
Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals at Berlin Olympics, August 1936
at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, Jesse Owens was able to win four gold medals -
Breaking the Color Line in Baseball, April 15, 1947
Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player -
Ralph Bunche, First African-American Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1950.
Ralph J. Bunch was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator in the Palestinian conflict. Bunch was the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize recipient -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, December 1955
rosa parks not getting up for a white male sparked a movement -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
signed into law on August 6, 1965, it made it legal for blacks to vote -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated, 1968
Activist Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed in Memphis Tennessee -
Shirley Chisholm, 1968 and 1972
first African American women to be apart of congress -
First Female African-American Astronaut in Space, 1992
first African American women to go to space -
Obama Election, 2008, and Presidency, 2009-2016
The first African American president