Timeline African American history

African-American history timeline

The Civil War or Secession War opposed the Northern States against the Southern States

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson enacted new laws to put an end to legal segregation

a) Emmett Till was massacred b) Rosa Parks refused to give her seat in a bus

The first slaves arrived by boat in the USA

Barack Obama became the first black president

The Klu Klux Klan formed

1865

1861-1865

1619

1955

2009

1964

1870s

January 1st 1863

1966

1831

1963

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in the southern states and helped others via the Underground Railroad

Malcom X and the Black Panthers became popular

The first Jim Crow laws started to appear, it was the beginning of segregation.

Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech " I have a dream"

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