Early African American History

  • The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown.

    Rosa Parks was born
  • The first book by a black woman is published.

  • Slavery is abolished.

  • Segregation is made legal.

  • Jackie Robinson plays for the Dodgers.

  • The Supreme Court rules on Brown vs. the Board of Education

  • Rosa Parks is arrested.

  • Martin Luther King gives his "I Have a Dream Speech."

  • The Civil Rights Act is passed.

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