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Spanish and Portuguese bring slaves from Africa to America
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolish slavery. thon December 18, 1865.
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Jim Crow laws were not federal laws that established segregation in public places.
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Artistic African American movement.
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It was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white person. She was arrested.
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9 black teenagers that enrolled in Little Rock Central high (Arkansas) were forbidden to enter by the governor. Suprem Court rules in 1954 that school segregation is unconstitutional. Finally they were allow to attend because Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students.
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First student sit-in (4 college students). A peaceful way to protest against segregation in public places.
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Attack: Bombing a church in Alabama. Four black girls died.
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250 000 people protested peacefully to change the legislation and end with the segregation. Martin Luther King gave his famous speech "I have a dream"
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A law in the United States that outlaws all discrimination (race, religion,, sex, etc) Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Police attacked a peaceful march (Selma to Montgomery) with tear gasses. The march was lead by Martin Luther King.
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Assassination of Malcom X, one of the leaders on the fight for the African Americans civil rights.
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Law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting, Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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