black history timeline

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timeline of black history month

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1808- Congress bans importation of slaves 1820- Missouri Compromise bans slavery above the southern border of the state 1859- John Brown leads Harpers Ferry slave revolt 1863- Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation 1868- The 14th amendment was passed, granting to all people 1870- The 15th amendment was passed, granting black men the right to vote

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1909- the NAACP was founded

1963- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech 1964- President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act 1965- President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act 1968- MLK Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee 1993- Dr. Joycelyn Elders becomes first Black woman surgeon general

1924- the Harlem Renaissance begins 1950- Ralph Bunche is the first black person to win the Nobel Peace Prize 1955- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Alabama 1957- Little Rock Central High School becomes first integrated high school

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2015- Loretta Lynch sworn in as first African American woman Attorney General 2020- Breonna Taylor gunned down in her own home by police officers 2021- Kamala Harris sworn in as first African American and woman vice-president

2008- Barack Obama becomes the first Black president of the United States 2012- President Barack Obama is re-elected President of the United States 2013 -Black Lives Matter hashtag is founded -Simone Biles becomes first African American world all-around champion

21st century