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Emancipation Proclamation: End of slavery In the USA
Abraham Lincoln after the civil war made a law making slavery abolished which was a huge deal people now black people weren't forced to work for someone else and be tortured. -
Martin Luther King Jr is born
The king was an activist not just for black rights but overall equality in the USA and was arguably the most successful and widely known man in history. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was signed and was the first African american player to baseball which was the most popular sport at the time which broke race barriers. -
Integrated military
President’s Committee on Civil Rights proposed to end segregation in the armed services. Facing resistance from Southern senators President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, abolishing once and for all racial segregation in the U.S. military. -
Rosa Parks
A black woman named Rosa Parks was defiant and refused to get up from her front row seat that was with the white people. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A protest/campaign to end segregation in Alabama which was met with violence. -
"I have a dream" speech
King went to have a great speech about a non racist world in front of 20,000 people. A black man having the stage to such a large audience was a huge stepping stone for equality. -
Formation of the Black Panther Party
A revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.
Panthers enrolled the largest number of members and made the greatest impact in the bay area, New York, Chicago, LA, Seattle and Philadelphia. The map show BPP offices, facilities, and the location of key events in the bay area. -
Fair housing act
Prohibiting housing discrimination nationwide based on race, religion, national origin and sex.
This graph shows that the black homeownership has overall increased over time since the fair housing act of 1968. -
First black women elected into congress
Shirley Chisholm ended up founding Black Caucus and Women's Caucus, and ran for president in 1972, the first Black woman to campaign for a major party nomination.
Shirley Chisholm ended up founding Black Caucus and Women's Caucus, and ran for president in 1972, the first Black woman to campaign for a major party nomination. -
Swann V Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case
The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States. -
Milliken vs Bradley
Detroit schools that would encompass an entire designated desegregation area consisting of 53 of the 85 suburban school districts plus Detroit, and ordered the Detroit Board to acquire at least 295 school buses to provide transportation under an interim plan to be developed for the 1972-1973 school year. -
National Black political convention
Largest black political gathering in U.S. history up to that point and represented an effort to build a coalition of black revolutionaries on the basis of shared racial identity. -
Bakke decision
The U.S. Supreme court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas. UC Davis as a part of the affirmative action program reserved 16% of admissions for minorities. -
First black man in space
Guion Buford Jr becomes first black American to visit space. -
The LA riots
Four LA police officers beat Rodney King, a black man sparking riots across LA.
The map shows the number of people from each race that were killed during the riots and what the cause of death was. -
First black women in Senate
Carol Braun becomes first black woman to be elected to us senate. -
Barack Obama elected president
First Black president of the United States is sworn into office allowing for future generations to run. -
First Black women in the White House
Kamala Harris becomes the first black woman to be in the white house as she was elected vice president to Joe Biden in 2020. -
George Floyd and BLM
In 2020, George Floyd was killed by a white police officer. This sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, instigating riots and protests around America.