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First African Indentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA
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Boston Massarce
First African American killed in the Revolutionary War. -
3/5ths Compromise
As the U.S. Constitution was adopted, people who were enslaved were counted as only 3/5ths of a person as a means of representation. -
Fredrick Douglass Publishes His Narrative
Douglass published a narrative about his life during slavery. -
13th Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment added to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery. -
First Jim Crow Laws
Laws that allowed for open segregation and discrimination against the black community. -
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
The Supreme Court case that decided that segregation is constitutional if the segregation was equal. -
NAACP Established
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was established to focus on the equal rights of all people. -
Executive Order 9981
The executive order that desegregated the Armed Forces and granted equality in the military. -
Brown v. Board 1954
The Supreme Court case that decided that school segregation was unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination in workplaces, public spaces, schools, employment, etc. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawing discriminatory voting practices that often kept the black community from voting. -
First Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
First African American Presdient
Barack Obama elected 44th President of the U.S. -
Death of George Floyd
George Floyd killed by police that highlighted police brutality against the black community and brought the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM) into the spotlight.
