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Crispus Attucks is the first African American colonist killed in the American revolution.
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Made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. It also outlawed slavery above 36 degrees 30 latitude line in the rest of the Louisiana purchase.
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Settlers of the territory could decide if slavery was allowed in the states borders. Arguments/Violence erupted over slavery and if it should be allowed in either state.
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The 13th amendment in the constitution abolished slavery in the United States.
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Granted African Americans men the right to vote.
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James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson made the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" referred to as the black national anthem.
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Sarah Breedlove MacWilliams starts an African American hair-care business in Denver then eventually becomes the first African American woman to be a millionaire.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People established in 1909 ensuring political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights to everyone.
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Civil rights activist, Du Bois, calls African Americans to serve in World War I.
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African American Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter sprint, 200-meter dash, the broad jump, and the 400-meter relay in the Berlin Olympics.
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Parks challenged South's Jim Crow laws and Montgomery's segregated bus policy by refusing to give her seat up when a white passenger asked for it. Her refusal against the law created more of a fight for black rights.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives a speech about his dream that one day equality will be present in the United States.
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Civil rights Supreme Court case that legally allowed interracial marriages in the U.S.
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Obama was the first African American president of the U.S. for 2 terms defeating republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney.
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George Floyd died by a police officer choking him to death which sparked a movement and a change in how blacks wanted to be treated in the U.S..
