AFROAMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE

by Íngrid Palomino

1619

1863

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION

FIRST 20 AFRICAN SLAVES ARRIVE TO A BRITISH COLONY IN AMERICA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUES THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DURING THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction era (1865-1877)

1492 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND EUROPEAN CONQUEST AND COLONISATION OF THE NEW WORLD.

1865

1808

IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ACT SIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON TO END AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (COMING FROM OVERSEAS)

THE UNION WINS THE CIVIL WAR, AND ESTABLISHES THE 13TH AMENDMENT, FORMALLY ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE COUNTRY.

SLAVERY

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE

by Íngrid Palomino

1865-66

1910-20

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

southern states establish black codes and Jim Crow laws to restrict african americans' freedom

THE GREAT MIGRATION: MILLIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH.OF THE USA.

RISE OF THE KU KLUX KLAN (KKK) TO PRESERVE WHITE SUPREMACY

1964-5

1896

1954

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ESTABLISHES THE "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" DOCTRINE WHICH OFFICIALLY LEGALIZES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECLARES RACIAL SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT (1964) AND VOTING RIGHTS ACT (1965), FINALLY GUARANTEE EQUALITY BETWEEN RACES

RACIAL SEGREGATION