1776
A passage condemning the slave trade is removed from the Declaration of Independence due to pressure from the southern colonies.
If the passage condemning the slave trade wasn't removed from the Declaration of Independence, just think how different the world we live in today could've been?
Kinda crazy.
1866
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation legally frees all slaves in the Confederacy.
I feel like this timeline would not have been complete without adding good 'ol Abe and the Emancipation Proclamation. This was the start of big changes in the United States.
1866
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which confers citizenship on African Americans and grants them equal rights with whites.
Again, extremely important. African Americans were finally viewed as equals which would help African families have a stronger self identity.
1936
Track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics, thwarting Adolf Hitler's plan to use the games to demonstrate "Aryan supremacy."
HUGE advancement for African Americans. He basically told Hitler to "suck it." What a great accomplishment for Jesse, the African Community, and the US.
1954
In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court rules unanimously against school segregation, overturning its 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Education reform! yes! It took awhile for the ball to get rolling, but it finally happened. We're still fighting for equal education for all though.
1964
Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. For me, this represents and accumulation of all the efforts of the people involved in the Civil Rights Movement. What an extraordinary victory for all!
1982
Michael Jackson's album Thriller becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time.
MJ. Although later in life he would have some complications, Michael Jackson made the African American community proud with with accomplishments.
2008
Obama.
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