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Cival War
The American Civil War resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country entered the third year of the Civil War. It declared that "all persons held as slaves … shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"—but it applied only to states designated as being in rebellion, not to the slave-holding border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri or to areas of the Confederacy that had already come under Union control. The careful planning of this document, with Lincoln r -
Escape of Harriet Tubman
After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. There were rewards for their capture, and ads like you see here described slaves in detail. Whenever Tubman led a group of slaves to freedom, she placed herself in great danger. There was a bounty offered for her capture because she was a fugitive slave herself, and she w -
Plessey v. Ferguson
Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Those using facilities not designated for their race were criminally liable under the statute.
At trial with Justice John H. Ferguson presiding, Plessy was found guilty on the grounds that the law was a reasonable exercise of the state’s police -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in baseball's major leagues in the modern era. He is also remembered as the man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and was the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is a cultural movement during the 1920s that originated in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City. The African-American community underwent a 'cultural explosion,' characterized by the rise in popularity of African-American music, literature, and performing arts. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett Till was in Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market and wistled at Mrs.Bryant. Several days laterhe was brutaly beaton and shot. His body was dumped in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Park's bus boycott
When Rosa was done with work she got on the bus and sat in the front of the bus witch was for the "whites" and she wouldnt give up her seat to anyone and was arrested. -
I have a dream speech
Martin Luther King Jr had a dream where everyone would be equal no matter what color they were. He was determined to stand his ground and to get everyone to think the same thing. He gave a confident speech about that dream. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Marin was standing on his balcony on Apr. 4 and without a warning he was shot in the cheak and traveled threw his neck stoppng at his sholder blade.Martin was pronounced dead on Apr. 4 1968.
