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First black people come to NA
Twenty Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship. They were the first blacks to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies. -
First state to legalise slavery
Massachusetts was the first colony to legalise slavery by statute. -
First state to abolish slavery
Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery. -
Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. She would return South at least twenty times, leading over 300 slaves to freedom. -
Slavery was outlawed
The Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery, was passed by Congress. -
Black people were citizens in America
The Fourteenth Amendment was passed. It made blacks citizens of the United States. -
Blacks and whites coming together in Chicago
Some blacks and whites organized the Congress of Racial Equality in Chicago. They led a sit-in at a Chicago restaurant. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson became the first black to play major league baseball. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to change seats in a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. On December 5 blacks began a boycott of the bus system which continued until shortly after December 13, 1956, when the United States Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation in the city. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was the largest civil rights demonstration ever. -
I have a dream
Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In the following week, riots occurred in at least 125 places throughout the country. -
Racial segregation ends in schools
The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools had to end at once and that unitary school systems were required. -
First black president
Barack Hussein Obama II is sworn in as the first black presidents of the United States Of America -
George Floyd
Geroge Floyd's death spikes outrage in America bringing whites and blacks together.