Black history heroes

African Amercian History

By ConnellT17
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    Civil War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_WarWar amongst the states involving slavery.

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment
    Addition to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment
    Addition to the United States Constitution which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

  • Founding of NAACP

    Founding of NAACP
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is established.

  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement
    Political movements for equality consisting of protests

  • Emmet Till Murder

    Emmet Till Murder
    African American boy murdered for flirting with a white woman.

  • Rosa Parks' Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks' Bus Boycott
    Rosa refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students who started desegregation at Little Rock Highschool.

  • "I Have A Dream" Speech

    "I Have A Dream" Speech
    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Martin Luther King Jr. gives monumental speech regarding civil rights.

  • Martin Luther King's Assassination

    Martin Luther King's Assassination
    http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm Civil rights leader, Martin Luther, is killed.