Black History

By Kbhowarth12

  • Boston Massacre

    Crispus Attucks was a runaway slave that fought in the American Revolution and he was the first American killed in the war.

  • Revolutionary War

    African Americans fought for the British and America during this war.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson made a passage saying that slave trade will be removed.

  • Massachusetts grants African Americans the right to vote

  • Northwest Ordinance

    Did not allow slavery is the Northwest territory.

  • Nat Turner's Revolt

    Led the only effective slave rebellion in U.S. history.

  • Harriet Tubman

    She was a spy and helped slaves escape through the under ground railroad.

  • World War 2

    Over 3 million Black Americans were registered to fight in the war.

  • Jackie Robinson

    Broke the barrier for colored people to play in professional sports leagues.

  • Civil Rights Movement

    Black Americans gained equal rights under the law in the United States.

  • Rosa Parks and the boycott bus

    Rosa parks refused to give up her set to a white person. Martin Luther King Jr. started a boycott of the cities buses.

  • First African American Miss America

    Vanessa Williams was named the first African American Miss America.

  • First African American female in space

    Mae Jamison became the first women African American astronaut to go into space.

  • Colin Powell

    First African American US Secretary of State.

  • Obama elected

    Obama was the first Black president of the United States.