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SLAVERY
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Promised equal rights along with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by the founding fathers. -
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advanced. -
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Delivered during the Civil War dedicating the Soldier's National Cemetary. He wanted the "birth of a new freedom" that would bring equality to all citizens. He wanted a stronger union. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -
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JIM CROW LAWS
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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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"I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH"
King's delivery of the speech was on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act
This landmark piece of legislation in the United States outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. -
Voting Rights Act
This legislation outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. -
Obama's Inaguration
Barack Obama became the first black President of the United States of America in 2009. He and Vice President Biden rode the same train route that Lincoln did to his inaguration.
