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Slavery comes to the U.S.
When the United States was founded, a few African American people were there. Soon later African Americans became the slavery focus point, creating a system in which race played an influential role. -
Parliament opens slave trade to all merchants
A strong movement emerged in Britain. Parliment agreed to human beings. A lot of people argued against it but it was still allowed. and it became a normal thing. -
Dred and Sanford case
"This was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether slave or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court." -
Brown vs. The board of education
This case was a huge case decided by the United States supreme court. In this they established that having one white school and one black school is unconstitional. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was brudully murdered by a man because he was seen "flirting" with a white girl. 14 year old got beat to death by white citezens who were angry about this. -
Bus Boycott
In 1655 a woman known as Rosa Parks whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Rosa parks refused give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. This became an important symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. -
First African American student to go to University of Mississippi
In 1962 James Meredith became an important figure to the Civil Rights movement. He was the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi; the goal the he had was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. -
I Have a Dream Speech
In 1963 Martin Luther King changed lives by giving the “I Have a Dream” speech. This speech was his way to end racism in the United States. This speech was delivered to about 250,000 civil right supporters; this moment was very significant to the Civil Rights movement. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X is a human activist who beleives citezens should do what they think is right. "To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans." -
Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling, owner of the Clippers basketball team says African Americans cant go to their games or sh=it in their bleachers. This made sense to no one considering a lot of his team members are African American.
