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A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Niño, travels with Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World.
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Spanish and Portuguese bring African slaves to the Caribbean and Central America to replace Native Americans in the gold mines.
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A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
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The King of England charters the Royal African Company, thereby encouraging the expansion of the British slave trade.
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Kevin hart was born on July 6,1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which confers citizenship on African Americans and grants them equal rights with whites.