Black America

By msayshey
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus came to America
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    The American War of Independence

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The American Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves were now free

  • KKK was formed

    The Ku Klux Klan was formed shortly after the Civil War
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    Really bad racism

    the African-American population in the southern states was subjected to discrimination and often violence by the white population with no help from white police force or the local government

  • The American Civil Rights Movement

    The American Civil Rights Movement took form in during the 1950s, with Martin Luther King Jr. in the led

  • the Civil Rights Act

    Discrimination was banned

  • the Voting Rights Act

    The Voting Rights Act gave the minorities right to vote

  • the Fair Housing Act

    the Fair Housing Act banned the discrimination in the sale and rental of housing

  • First black president

    Barack Obama was elected as the first black president

  • Trayvon Martin

    Trayvon Martin, an African-American, was killed

  • Verdict of George Zimmerman and #BlackLivesMatter

    Zimmerman alleged self-defense and was acquitted for second-degree murder for killing Trayvon Martin. After the verdict started the #BlackLivesMatter-movement to go viral on Twitter and other social medias