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Slavery
There are about 27 million people in slavery and the people in slavery are forced to work without getting payed, They usually would would in factories and on farm fields. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement in 1820 between the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new places and territories. This was done because the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives wanted to keep a balance of power between the slave states and the Free states. -
Emancipation Proclamation
1863 President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation said “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” This didn’t end slavery. -
13th Amendment
There 13th amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865. This amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment said "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, nor any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. The point of this amendment was to grant African men the right to vote. This amendment said "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. He is the youngest of 5 children and lived with his mother. He attended John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College. Jackie Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball player. He first broke the color line while with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He happened to be excellent at sports and the four sports he played were football, basketball, track, and baseball. Robinson was named regi -
Emmett Till Murder
In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was visiting his relatives in Mississippi when he was snatched from his great-uncle's home. He was beaten, shot in the head, and thrown into the Tallahatchie River. This happened on the night of August 28 and the body was found three days later. Till was killed because he whistled at a white woman. -
Rosa Park’s Bus Boycott
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. For her actions she was arrested and she was fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks began on Parks’ court hearing and lasted 381 days. -
Little Rock 9
The little rock nine was a group of African Americans students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
I Have a Dream Speech
The “I Have a Dream Speech” was delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963. This speech lasted for 17 minutes and was a public speech. In this speech he looked at racial equality and an end to discrimination. This speech was delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. This act was passed in 1968 and it prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of a private home based on the buyer’s or renter's race or religion.
