Main events related to the History of African Americans in the US up to 1954 By flopimoreno123 1776 Declaration of Independence 1783 How was after the establishment of the United States of America? 1791 The powerful central government of the British monarch, was in Washington, DC 1850 Republican Party 1861 Fighting 1863 Civil war and the abolition of slavery 1865 The 13th Amendment 1868 The 14th Amendment 1870 The 15th Amendment 1870 Black advancement during Reconstruction 1877 All southern states approved the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and rejoined the Union 1890 Poll tax in Mississippi for those who wished to register to vote 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1900 In most parts of the South, only three per cent of blacks could vote