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Josiah Henson, a slave who fled and arrived in Canada, is an author, abolitionist, minister and the inspiration behind the book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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President Johnson impeached. Grant elected President
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15th Amendment Ratified, giving Blacks but not women the right to vote.
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KKK members tried and convicted by federal courts in Mississippi. Grant suspends habeas corpus and declared martial law in 9 So. Carolina counties. Many Blacks elected to political office.
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civil rights act passed
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Adolf Hitler is born
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Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional
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Southern states pass laws to Disenfrancise Blacks
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Since the Civil War, 30,000 African-American teachers had been trained and put to work in the South. The majority of blacks had become literate
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NAACP is founded
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American Negro Labor Congress founded
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is born in Atlanta, GA. Born on January 15, Michael Luther King, Jr. would become one of the nation's leading Civil Rights activists
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Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, creates Fair Employment Practices Committee
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The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights
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Jackie Robinson becomes first black player in Major League Baseball
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In Montgomery, Alabama, 23 black children are prevented from attending all-white elementary schools, defying the recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Dr. Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the youngest person so honored
