From Slavery To Desegragation By kurtcobain_lastdays Period: Jan 1, 1401 to Nov 8, 2015 From slavery to desegregation Nov 8, 1450 15th Century African slaves shipped to the spanish colonies Sep 10, 1550 16th Century Europeans begin buying African slaves Aug 13, 1619 First african slave in Northern America ( Jamestown, Virginia ) Period: Feb 10, 1763 to May 25, 1787 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independance Apr 12, 1861 American Civil War ( Start ) Jan 1, 1863 Lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated May 9, 1865 American Civil War ( End ) Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1960 Segregation Oct 8, 1870 Jim Crow laws are voted Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Nov 8, 2015 Desegregation Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King fighting for equal rights in America March on Washington for jobs and freedom Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King's death
