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Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation
On Jan. 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, which was a order that was measured for war , during the civil war times . -
Lincoln Assasinated / KKK formed
Abraham Lincoln was assasinated on April15, 1865 . Durng that same week the KKK (klu klux klan) was formed in Pulaski Tennesee , which was a racism party formed to put hatred against blacks . -
The 14 ammendment was formed !!!
The 14 ammendment was passed . It was a constitution to make all blacks full americans , that means slavery ended and all blacks were free. -
The fifteeenth amendment was formed !!
The 15 amendment was formed. It was a constitution formed for all independence to blacks in some places. That means some blacks were able to sit with whites , eat with them, talk to them and even be in a relationship with them. But only some states approved that amendment. -
Roll of thunder hear my cry by : Mildred Taylor
Roll of thunder hear my cry took place around sergregation against blacks bieng with whites , and in Louisiana because of the southern type dialect. -
marrian anderson - african american advocate
1939: African American contralto, Marian Anderson, barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution from singing in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall, sings instead to a crowd of 75,000 people at Lincoln Memorial. The Legal Defense Fund established as the legislative arm of the NAACP. A year later the two become separate organizations -
Rosa Parks in the bus boycott of 1955
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refeused to give her seat up on the bus for a white man, and was a part of the bus boycott movemet . -
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16,1979 in Brooklyn New york . -
Thurgood marshall : Black african- american advocate
1991: Thurgood Marshall, first African American appointed to Supreme Court, resigns for health reasons. President Bush names Clarence Thomas, a conservative African American with little background in constitutional issues, to the post. The Thomas nomination brings to the fore the issue of sexual harassment, as one of Thomas' former co-workers, law professor Anita Hill, charges Thomas sexually harassed her. Thomas denies accusations and after bitter, televise hearings that rivet the nation, he is -
Aaliyah's first album
Aaliyah's first album sold over 12,000,000 copies when it first came out and songs from her album were #1 on the charts . -
The first african-american president ,
Barack Hussien Obama was the first black-african american president