African timeline

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The war began when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    It was proposed Jan. 31st, 1865 but was adopted Dec.6th, 1865
  • Harlem Reaissance

    Harlem Reaissance

    a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement"
  • Jakie Robinson

    Jakie Robinson

    First African american to play baseball
  • African American Civil Rights Movement

    African American Civil Rights Movement

    African Americans boycotted everything
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Didn't want to move from seat on the bus for a white person
  • I Have a Dream Speech

    I Have a Dream Speech

    Speech was givin by Martin Luther King JR.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[4] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women
  • Martin Luther King assassination

    Martin Luther King assassination

    He was hit by a sniper's bullet
  • Civil Rights act of 1968

    Civil Rights act of 1968

    legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin and made it a federal crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin.
  • Today happened

    Today happened

    type summary here