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A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown, VA.
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The first African American child, William Tucker is born in the colony.
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Rhode Island declares an enslaved person must be freed after 10 years of service.
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From this time onward, England trades aggressively in North American slaves, with New York, Boston and Charleston thriving as homeports for slave vessels.
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Georgia is the last of the British North American colonies to legalize slavery.
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Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Virginia.
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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
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In 1955, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat for a white personThat triggered a long sucvccessful year of an african American bycott of the bus system.
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Four Afican American college students have a sit in to interegate Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro.
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The Congress of Racial Equality begins to organize Freedom Rides throughout the South to try to de-segregate interstate public bus travel.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
