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Period: Apr 30, 1491 to
historic moments for black americans
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Apr 30, 1502
Slavery begins
Colonists began to bring people from africa to work as their slaves through the atlantic slave trade. This was the first trace of slaves in the new world. -
Middle Passage
The middle passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of african slaves were shipped to the New World as a part of the Atlantic Slave Trade. -
African American Culture
As slaves began arriving, so did they're culture. They were very family based people and were very hardworking. -
Slaves involvement in American Revolution
The slaves wanted to fight for their freedom. Some of the officers in the army wanted to give them that chance and create several battalions of Negroes who would fight with the Patriots in exchange for their freedom. -
Cotton Gin
The creation of the cotton gin was created for easier labor and less use of slaves. It didnt serve its purpose at all. The use of slaves increased rather than decreased. -
treatment of slaves
Slaves during thr 1800s were treated horiibly. The treatment of slaves was characterized by degredation, rape, brutality, and the lack of basic freedoms. -
Sectionalism
Aquiring new land and creating new states brought along even more division between people regarding the issue of slavery. The creation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, and many other laws caused sectional tension throughout the U.S. -
Jefferson's Affair
There was a rumor that Jefferson had fathered children of a slave from monticello known as Sally Hemings. This put much attention into slaves and their slave owners regarding relationships with each other. -
Addition of new states
As population grew in the united states so did theyre need for space. The addition of new states would give them this space but whether these states were slave states or not was a pressing issue. -
missouri compromise of 1820
Colonists used this compromise to determine which states would be free and which would be slave states. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Virginia. Rebel slaves killed anywhere between 55-65 people. -
Affect of Slavery in American Politics
the issue of slavery had not only taken part in the lives of people but it had also taken a big part in the politics of this time. Some were against slavery and others weren't so this caused much division between everyone. Eventually, different political parties were created. -
Dred Scott
the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. This contradicted the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermined the platform of the newly created Republican Party. -
Freedmans Bureau
Congress created the Freedman's Bureau to help former black slaves and poor whites in the south after the Civil War. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
14th Amendment
This amendment stated that anyone born within the united states was a citizen and couldnt be denied any rights. -
15th Amendment
This amendment allowed anyone to vote and couldnt be denied the right to vote just cause of their race or because they were once slaves. -
Resistance to racial equality
Although there had already been many things "fixed" for black people, many people still didnt agree with them being eequal. This led to the creation of groups like the KKK and the establishment of "laws" such as Black Codes. -
Role in Governemnt
Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
This was a Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
Jazz
Jazz was a big moment for Black Americans because much of theyre culture was expressed through this type of music. Many white americans began to listen to it but African Americans played a big part in the creation of this music genre. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. -
Jackie Robinson
He was an American Major League Baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues. -
Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites. -
MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. -
Malcom X
He was very similar to MLK and believed in civil rights as well but he decided to protest in a more violent way. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
It was an African-American civil rights organization that had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
It was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
It was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. -
Challenger Accident
The NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members which included one Black American. -
Multicultural Society
People begin to accept our mixed culture and start to become one. Not much racism is going on and equality is begginning to take its place.