15 Imp. Events in Black History By jduerr77 1619 African Endentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA 1776 Declaration of Independence 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery 1870 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1903 African American Woman Starts A Business Which Will Make Her a Millionaire 1912 Father of the Blues Produces First Big Hit 1936 Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals at Berlin Olympics 1947 Breaking the Color Line in Baseball 1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers "I Have a Dream" in Washington, D.C. 1983 First African-American Astronaut in Space 2003 Oprah Winfrey Becomes First African American Female Billionaire 2008 Obama Election, 2008, and Presidency
