The Black American Dream

Christophe Colombus discrovers America

Oct 12, 1492

First arrival of slaves in America

1619

The Civil War in America

1861

This War opposing the confederacy mostly southern States, wich are in flavour of slavery, the Union States wich fight against slavery.

The Civil War in America

Period: 1861 to 1865

This War opposing the confederacy mostly southern States, wich are in flavour of slavery, the Union States wich fight against slavery.

The end of The Civil War in America

1865

This War opposing the confederacy mostly southern States, wich are in flavour of slavery, the Union States wich fight against slavery.

Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery

Dec 18, 1865

He abolished slavery in the Union States, wich marks the end of the war, and he got killed few days after this.

"Equal but separated"

1890

Jim Crow's Law : "Equal but separated" that separates Black people from Whites substructure tille 1965.

Rosa Parks

Dec 5, 1955

Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man in the bus and get arrested. This event marks the beginning of bus boycott in Montgomery till 1956, but with no effects.

Martin Luther King : "I have a Dream"

Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King makes his famous speech "I have a Dream" in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Black People gets the right to vote

Aug 6, 1965

Martin Luther King is assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King, wich became a pioneer of the fight for equality and wich got a Nobel prize, get killed in the Lorraine Motel in Memphise.

Obama : FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

Jan 20, 2009

After a long fight, the first black american president is elected : Barack Obama.