Mindmap
African-American history
Mind map: African-American history
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African-American history
1619 - First African slaves brought to Jamestown, Virginia
- 1807 - President Jefferson signs legislations ends slave trade
- around 1850 - Heyday of Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to freedom, especially in response to Fugitive Slave Act 1850
- 1861-1865 - Civil War between Yankees and confederates, ending in victory for the free anti slavery northern states
- 1863 - President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
- 1865-1877 - Reconstruction Period
- 1865 - 13th Amendment: abolition of slavery
- 1865-1960s - Phase of segregation and "Jim Crow laws" in southern states
- 1868 - 14th Amendment: US citizenship for all former slaves
- 1870 - 15th Amendment: right to vote for African Americans
- 1875 - Civil Rights Act: Equal rights for African Americans in different aspects of public life
- 1896 - Plessy vs. Ferguson: segregation consolidated through "seperate but equal" facilities
- 1931-1935 - Case of Scottboro Boys culminatng in Norris vs. Alabama (1935): ruling against all white juries
- 1948 - Desegregation of the Armed Forces
- 1954 - "Seperate but equal" concept ruled unconstitutional
- 1955 - Bus boycott in answer to Rosa Park's arrest
- 1957 - Enforced desegregation of Little Rock High School
- 1960s - Heyday of Civil Rights Movement with non-violent direct action in different southern cities
- 1960s onwards - Black Power Movement
- 1963 - March on Washington; Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream"-speech
- 1964 - Civil Rights Act; Martn Luther King Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1965 - Selma to Montgomery march: Voting Rights Act
- Foundation of Black Panther Party
- 2008 - Barack Obama elected as America's first black President
- "African Americans are largest minority (42 million/13%) in USA
- Most live in the south or larger cities
- "African Americans are largest minority (42 million/13%) in USA
- 2008 - Barack Obama elected as America's first black President
- Foundation of Black Panther Party
- 1965 - Selma to Montgomery march: Voting Rights Act
- 1964 - Civil Rights Act; Martn Luther King Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1963 - March on Washington; Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream"-speech
- 1960s onwards - Black Power Movement
- 1960s - Heyday of Civil Rights Movement with non-violent direct action in different southern cities
- 1957 - Enforced desegregation of Little Rock High School
- 1955 - Bus boycott in answer to Rosa Park's arrest
- 1954 - "Seperate but equal" concept ruled unconstitutional
- 1948 - Desegregation of the Armed Forces
- 1931-1935 - Case of Scottboro Boys culminatng in Norris vs. Alabama (1935): ruling against all white juries
- 1896 - Plessy vs. Ferguson: segregation consolidated through "seperate but equal" facilities
- 1875 - Civil Rights Act: Equal rights for African Americans in different aspects of public life
- 1870 - 15th Amendment: right to vote for African Americans
- 1868 - 14th Amendment: US citizenship for all former slaves
- 1865-1960s - Phase of segregation and "Jim Crow laws" in southern states
- 1865 - 13th Amendment: abolition of slavery
- 1865-1877 - Reconstruction Period
- 1863 - President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
- 1861-1865 - Civil War between Yankees and confederates, ending in victory for the free anti slavery northern states
- around 1850 - Heyday of Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to freedom, especially in response to Fugitive Slave Act 1850
- Transatlantic slave trade (Europe, Africa, America) -> slave triangle
- 1807 - President Jefferson signs legislations ends slave trade
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