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Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a novel about anti-slavery. The novel helped lead up to the Civil War. -
1st Novel Published by an African American
Clotel: or the President's Daughter is the first novel published by an African American. Williams Wells Brown was the author for the novel. The novel is about two fictional slaves to Thomas Jeffereson, Clotel and her sister. -
One of the 1st African Americans to be Elected to Public Office
John Mercer Langston was one of the 1st African Americans to be elected to public office. Langston was a politician, an activist, attorney, educator, and an abolitionist. He was elected Ohio's town clerk. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford Supreme Court Case
In the Dred Scott vs Sandford Supreme Court case the court upholds slavery. This is the main cause for the American Civil War. Dred Scott was an African American who was trying to sue for his freedom since he was enslaved. He was denied. -
American Civil War
The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. Thousands of enslaved African Americans escaped to the Union for freedom. Some blacks traveled with the Union Army during this time while others set up contraband camps. At these camps, blacks started learning to read and write. By the end of the war, many African Americans had been fighting as members of the U.S Colored Troops. -
1st North American Military Unit with African American Officers
The 1st Lousiana native guard of the confederate army was the 1st North American military unit with African American officers. On April 25, 1862 the army was disbanded. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect in 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation the proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the eleven states still in rebellion. This did not count the areas that were controlled by the Union. -
The Battle of Fort Pillow Results in Controversy
There was controversy about whether a massacre of surrendered slaves was conducted or condoned. This came as a result of The Battle of Fort Pillow. -
Southern States Pass Black Codes
In 1865 the Southern States passed black codes the restricted emancipated freedmen. They were emancipated but not citizens. The black codes also compelled African Americans to work in a labor economy that was based on low wages. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was signed. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 gave African Americans a guarantee of equal treatment in public transportation and accomodations. It also prohibited exclusion from jury service. -
Exodusters
In the spring of 1879 thousands of Africans migrated to Kansas because they refused to live in the south under segregation. These Africans were called Exodusters. -
Ida B. Wells and the Train Car
In 1883, Ida. B Wells refused to get off a train car for whites. She even refused to stand up. Authorities finally removed her, but it took alot to do it. -
Plessy vs Ferguson Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson upholds state laws the had to do with racial segregation in public facilities under "seperate but equal." -
Negro Fellowship League
Ida B. Wells established the Negro Fellowship League. -
A Committee for Urban Conditions Among Negroes
A committee on urban conditions among negroes is formed. In the following year they will merge with different groups to form the National Urban League. -
The Great Mirgration
The Great Mirgration is when about one and a half million African Americans moved from the Southern U.S to the North and Midwest. This lasted from 1916 to 1940. -
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching is formed by Jessie Daniel Ames. Ames gets 40,000 white women to sign a pledge. The plegde goes against lynching and to make changes in the south. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed. The act bans discrimination based on sex, race, religion, color, or national origin in employment practices and public accomodations. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rigts Act of 1965 was signed by President Johnson. This act eliminated poll taxes, literacy test, and other subjective voter tests that were preventing African Americans in southern states the right to vote.
