15 Milestones in Black History Assignment

By stuartheringer
  • The first African American Indentured Servants were brought to Jamestown, Virginia

    The first African American Indentured Servants were brought to Jamestown, Virginia

    First slaves of many to come to what is known as the United States
  • Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

    Thomas Paine Publishes Anti-Slavery Tract

    One of the earliest people to be in support of the abolition of slavery
  • First Fugitive Slave Act

    First Fugitive Slave Act

    Made it illegal to harbor escaped slaves
  • Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tubman with the help of others help runaway slaves escape
    1849-65
  • Last slave ship to arrive to the United States

    Last slave ship to arrive to the United States

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment added to the Constitution

    13th Amendment added to the Constitution

    Abolishes Slavery
  • 15th Amendment added to the Constitution

    15th Amendment added to the Constitution

    Gives Blacks (Men) the right to vote
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Establishes Separate but Equal Laws
  • NAACP Established

    NAACP Established

  • Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier in Baseball

    Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier in Baseball

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers "I have a dream" speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers "I have a dream" speech

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated

  • Barack Obama is Elected the First Black President of the United States

    Barack Obama is Elected the First Black President of the United States