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John martin first black person to be in the army
John martin would be the first black person to be commissioned into the U.S. army -
Slavery was abolished
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. -
Abolishment Of Slavery
Abolishment Of Slavery -
First black person to graduate from harvard - Richard Theodore
Richard theodore greener was the first black person to graduate from harvard. -
John baxter taylor first black gold medalist
First black person to win a gold metal in the Olympics -
First black musician - George Johnson
George w johnson was the first black man to be a musician to record commercially -
Jacky Roberston first game
Jacky Roberston became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. -
Gained the right for black people to learn with white people
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Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. -
Rosa parks arrested
Rosa parks arrested for standing her ground and not giving in to segregation -
The Civil Rights
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NASHVILLE OPERATION OPEN CITY MOVEMENT
The Nashville Operation Open City Movement was a civil rights campaign in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1961 and 1964. This three-year campaign would become one of the longest ongoing efforts to desegregate public accommodations in any city in the nation in the 1960s -
Frederick Drew Gregory - First African American Space Captain
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Central park 5
The Central Park jogger case (termed as the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989. Six teenagers were indicted in relation to the Meili assault. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise (known as the Central Park Five)were convicted of the charged offenses and served sentences ranging from seven to thirteen years. -
Sharon Pratt Kelley
Sharon Pratt Kelley elected mayor of Washington, D.C., the first African-American female to head a major city. -
Venus Williams
Venus Williams becomes the first black woman to win the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1957. -
Halle Berry
Halle Berry becomes the first African-American female to win an Academy Award for Best Actress -
Barrack Obama - First African American President
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Obama became president
This was a major event for african americans across america -
Colin Kaepernick
He took a knee during the national anthem and then got blacklisted and kicked out of the NFL. -
George Floyd
George Floyd was a black man who was wrongfully murdered by police -
Kamala Harris
First African American Vice President