Blacks

Black History

By AkeemAppleton
  • First African Slaves arive in Virginia

    First African Slaves arive in Virginia

    First African Slaves arive in Virginia

  • Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory

    Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory
  • Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

  • The Missouri Compromise bans slavery north of the southern boundary of Missouri

    The Missouri Compromise bans slavery north of the southern boundary of Missouri
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

    underground rail-road

  • 13th Amendment

    Prohibits slavery

  • 14th Amendment

    Blacks are given citizenship.
  • First Black Law School: Howard University

    First Black Law School: Howard University

    Howard University becomes first black law school.

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

    Blacks have the right to vote.
  • Martin Luther King's Death

    Martin Luther King's Death

    Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.
  • First Black President: Barak Obama

    First Black President: Barak Obama

    1st black president
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance

    This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity.