worksheet - Black history timeline

Black history milestones.

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

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

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1865

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1954–1968

2008

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.

1865

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.

2013

The Civil Rights Movement: 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.

1896

2020

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

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

2021

The 13th Amendment, officially abolished slavery. Later, Abraham Lincoln was killed.

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

1964