Black history timeline

Black history milestones.

Creation of # Black Lives Matter Since then, it has become a worldwide movement, protesting against police brutality and racism that effects the Black community.

1964

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Election of Barack Obama He became the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House.

2008

1865

1861-

Slavery Comes to North America: a Dutch ship brought 20 Africans in Virginia. Later, slavery spread quickly through the American colonies.

Kamala Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected Vice President.

'Separate But Equal,' White supremacy regained control and began enacting the first segregation laws, known as the “Jim Crow” laws.

2013

1865

George Floyd: a black man who was brutally killed by a white Minneapolis police officer. This murder caused international outrage.

The 13th Amendment, officially abolished slavery

2020

1896

The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It was signed into law by president Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Civil Rights Movement: a a struggle for social justice t for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.In 1968, Martin Luther King was killed.

Civil War : fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.

2021

1954–1968