Discrimination Timeline

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic

    Captain John Mason set a fort near the Mystic River on fire during the Pequot War.
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act

    Ani incentive to get rid of Natives in Pennsylvania
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner believes he is divinely chosen to free the slaves
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    Declared that blacks are not citizens whether enslaved or not.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln freed all slaves in the Southern States.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Birthright citizenship; equal protections under under the law
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Right to vote for all men
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    General Custer’s Last Stand
  • Plessy Vs. Ferguson

    Plessy Vs. Ferguson

    Created the doctrine of “separate but equal”