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William Tucker was the first African American child born in the colony
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The first African American slaves were sold in Virginia
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Thomas Paine’s African Slavery in America was published to support Abolitionist beliefs
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The Trade and Intercouse Act established jurisdiction over Indian title and commerce with Indians.
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Nat Turner led the most deadly slave rebellion in the south, killing 55-65 white men
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The Chinese are excluded from public school in San Francisco
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A battle between the northern and southern half of the United States over the right to own slaves
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The signing of The emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in the confederate states
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The thirteenth amendment stated that slavery shall not exist in the United States
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2,000 Chinese Central Pacific Railroad workers strike for better pay
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The Fourteenth Amendment made black people full citizens in the United States.
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The Fifteenth Amendment gave all races in America the right to vote.
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Gold is found on Native American land, yet treaties protecting Native American land is ignored by miners.
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which banned Chinese immigration to the United States for 10 years.
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Two million acres of Native American land was bought by white people and used for white settlers.
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This group was made to make sure Asians didn't enter the United States by way of Mexico.
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The formation of the United Korean Society
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded
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The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote
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This act restricted the entry of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, but agricultural workers fought it because it limited their access to the cheap Mexican workforce.
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United States Native Americans were givn US citizenship, but did not have the right to vote.
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The League of United Latin American Citizens was founded to help support Latin Americans
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After wages dropped to 9 cents an hour, Latino unions led the largest strike in history to raise wages to 20 cents an hour
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Over the course of ten nights, American military men would drag young Mexican teens wearing "zoot suits" out of public places.
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The conviction of a Japanese-American citizen who refused to leave California during the World War II internment of Japanese-American, was upheld.
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The order stated "It ishereby declared to be the policy of the President taht there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without reard to race, color, religion, or national origin.
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The Supreme Court ruled that it was unonstitutional to segregate in public areas and public schools.
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Started after Rosa Parks' arrest, the boycotts went on for 13 months before segregation of buses was announced unconstitutional
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The first nine African American students were admitted into an "integrated" high school
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Due to Governor Faubus' power to close any public school faced with integration, Little Rock High School was closed for a year and the students studied in other communities.
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A television documentary about Black Nationalism in America, and touched upon other minority groups.
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Four black college students decided to sit in a diner where they knew black patrons were not served.
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The Student Nonvioent Coordinating Committee was founded at Shaw University, so young African-Americans could be included in the civil rights movement.
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This happened after the Cuban Missile Crisis and stopped many affluent Cubans from fleeing Fidel Castro
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most memorable speech of all time.
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The Montgomergy Bus Boycott ends successfuly, ending segregation on buses.
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An African American was stopped by a white man on suspicion of drunk driving, and a fight broke our causing a riot.
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Filipino American Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) voted to strike against the Delano, California grape growers.
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They stood for black rights and were one of the first groups to express "black pride"
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The American Indian Movement was founded in Minneapolis
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Also known as the Fair Housing Act, this prohibited discrimination when selling property based on gender, sex, religion, etc.
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The resulting busing of strudents to public schools was used to encourage integration
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Represented the black memebers of the US Congress exclusively.
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Passed by Congress to make bilingual education more available in public schools,
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The United States Supreme Court ruled that the US could not enforce laws contrary to tribal government rulings.
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A white man with exceptional grades was denied entry into a college "because he was white".
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Native Americans, Eskimos, Aleut, and Native Hawaiians inherited the right to the free exercise of their traditional religions.
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Helped to provide legalization to undocumented and agricultural workers, and made it easier for employers to hire undocumented workers.
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The women was Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban American
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Many Latino workes took this day to boycott their jobs, school, and shopping to show the difference their absence would make.
