Black history

  • emancipation proclamation

    emancipation proclamation

    All former slaves within the southern states are now free
  • 13th amendment to the US Constitution

    13th amendment to the US Constitution

    abolishes slavery
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    gave rights to former slaves
  • Pless v. Ferguson

    Pless v. Ferguson

    "separate but equal" accommodations for each race but that was never the case
  • NAACP

    NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • Breaking the Color Line in Baseball

    Breaking the Color Line in Baseball

    Jackie Robinson being the first black pro baseball player
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Made it so that schools became desegregated
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Boycott of use of any public transportation in Alabama
  • I Have a Dream...

    I Have a Dream...

    MLK delivers this powerful speech
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    gave equal rights to all males regardless of color, race, religion, etc.
  • Loving v. Virginia

    Loving v. Virginia

    banned anti-miscegenation laws (race-based restrictions on marriage)
  • MLK Assassinated

    MLK Assassinated

  • Oprah Becomes First Black female Billionaire

    Oprah Becomes First Black female Billionaire

  • Obama elected

    Obama elected

  • George Floyd's Death

    George Floyd's Death

    George Floyd killed by police brutality