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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is a presidential proclomation, a statement issued by the president concerning the nations public policy. This document was created in September of 1862 but didn't go into effect until the first of January in 1863 when it was pronounced by Abraham Lincoln. It declared the freedom of slaves for eleven states, a total of 3 to 4 million slaves combined, including those under the control of the union. Was not a law under the constitution. -
Civil Rights Act of 1871
Empowered the president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to counter the Ku Klux Klan as well as other prodominantly white organizations. This rght was signed and passed by president Ulysses s. Grant. -
Florida A&M University Founded
Florida A&M University was founded for African American students in 1887. It originally was called the State Normal College for Colored Students. It first began classes with fifteen students and two instructors. Today, FAMU, as it has become known, is the primary school among historically black colleges and universities. -
"Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases"
"Sothern Horrors" is a pamphlet written by Ida B. Wells. It documented research on lynchings, one interest and activity Wells is known for. This threatened whites about black inferiority. The idea of black economic progress was a contemporary issue in the South, where abstract Reconstruction laws often conflicted with real Southern racism. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark supreme court case that introduces the principle of "separate but equal". Homer Plessy, an American citizen one eigths African American decided to test the separate car act the required separate transportation for blacks and whites on railways. He was arrested and charged for violating the act in New Orleans, Luisiana. -
Sigma Pi Phi Created
Sigma Pi Phi was the first Greek -letterd organization to be African American. It was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and quickley established chapters in the state of Chicago and Maryland. It was founded by two doctors, a dentist and a physician. All of these jobs were not offered offered for African Americans at the time. The organization now has over 5000 members and 126 chapters throughout the country. -
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Great Migration
This was the movement of more than six million African Americans over the course of sixty years from the rural southern states to the developed citied of the Northeast, Midwest, and West. -
Ku Klux Klan March
Fifty thousand members of the Ku Klux Klan joinrd togrther to march on Washington. This was to show their support for the dominant white organization aganisgt the inferiority of blacks. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression started in 1929 on "Black Tuesday", the day when the unemployment rate catapulted and the stock market crashed. By 1933 a quater of the American popluation was jobless and even homeless. It wasn't until 1941 when America became a part of World War Two and got out of the Great Depression. -
Chambers vs. Florida
The Supreme Court frees three black men who were coerced, to pursuade an unwilling person to commit to something by threat or force into confessing a murder. This case dealt with the extent that pressure from the police force violated a citizen's due process. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A piece of paramount legislation for the civil rights movement that outlawed all sorts of discrimination. This included discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. It also put unequal application of voter registration requirements to an end, as well as finishing racial segrigation in the workplace, schools, and facilities open to the general public. -
Shirley Chisholm Runs For President
Shirley Chisholm became the first African American candidate to run for President of the United States a part of a major party. Before hand, she was a congress womwn, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives elected in 1969 to 1983. She recieved 152 first-ballot votes at the DEmocratic National Convention. -
Rodney King Beaten up by four White Police Men
A witnwss, George Holliday videotaped much footage of police officers beating up Rodney King in LA. Four beat him up while others stood by. The footage was aired and known worldwide as racial tensions were increacing and raised public concerns about how the police for was treating minorities such as African Americans. The four officers were charged with assault witha deadly weapon and excessive force.
