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Mar 22, 1472
The slave agreement
Portuguese negotiate the first slave trade agreement that also includes gold and ivory. By the end of the 19th Century, because of the slave trade, five times as many Africans (over 11 million) would arrive in the Americas than Europeans. -
Jan 15, 1503
Gold Mines
Spanish and Portuguese bring African slaves to the Caribbean and Central America to replace Native Americans in the gold mines. -
Before the Mayflower
1619: A year before the Mayflower, the first 20 African slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia as "indentured servants." -
The first African American child was born
The first African American child, William Tucker is born in the colony. -
Whites Killed
One of the earliest slave revolts takes place in Stono, South Carolina. A score of whites and more than twice as many blacks slaves are killed as the armed slaves try to flee to Florida. -
Black protest
In the first black initiated petition to Congress, Philadelphia free blacks protest North Carolina laws re-enslaving blacks freed during the Revolution. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat leads on a rebellion and when she does 57 whites are killed but after that she gets captured and exeuted. -
Roll of Thunder by Mildred Taylor
This story takes place in the time of segregation and is stating how the blacks are mistreated by the whites. -
Chuck Berry
Musician Chuck Berry begins recording; his music will help shape rock-and-roll. -
Martin Luther King's Death
On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray assassinates Martin Luther King, while he is standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In outrage of the murder, many blacks take to the streets in a massive wave of riots across the U.S. -
Rev, Jesse Jackson Operation PUSH
On December 17, 1971, Jesse Jackson founded operation PUSH and thats when a movement started about emphasizing about black African-American economic advancement education. -
Abel Tesfaye
Abel Tesfaye was born on February 16, 1990 in Ontario, Canada. -
First Black President
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama is elected President of the United States of America. -
Abel Tesfaye's Concert in Atlanta
On September 30, 2013, The weeknd performed at the fox theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. This is an important event to me because I am a true XO fan and I couldn't purchase any tickets because they ran out but there's always next year(: