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Capture & Enslavement
Capture and Enslavement of African men, women and children who were taken to the America’s for work on plantations and in mines. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws - state laws, aimed at enforcing segregation between whites and blacks in the use of transport and public facilities and in the outlawing of marriage between the two racial groups. -
No More Lynching!
This was the first year since 1881 without a lynching. -
Little Rock
In 1957, 9 black students were chosen to attend a previously white-only high school. Instead of being welcomed with open arms, they were threatened and assaulted by white students & residents in the area of the school. Even hundreds of troops were assigned to protect the 9 black students from being killed. -
Little Rock
US troops were ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, so they could stop colored students from being harrassed at a previously all-white school. -
Racism & Voting
Racism was no longer allowed in voting. -
Inter-racial marriage
Inter-racial marriage was no longer illegal. -
The Fair House Act
The Fair House Act aimed to stop racism in housing.
