black history By williamwhitelaw 1865 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery 1868 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1868 First African American Elected Official In Michigan 1870 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1900 Black National Anthem 1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott 1963 I Have a Dream 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Malcolm X Assassinated 1965 Bloody Sunday 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated 1983 First African-American Astronaut in Space 1983 First African-American Miss America 2003 Oprah Winfrey Becomes First African American Female Billionaire 2009 Obama Election, 2008, and Presidency