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Important facts and dates in African American history

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  • 1619: The first enslaved Africans are brought to the British colonies in North America.


  • 1791: The Haitian Revolution begins, led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, which results in the abolition of slavery on the island of Haiti.


  • 1857: The Dred Scott v. Sandford case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved Africans and their descendants could not be citizens and had no rights.


  • 1863: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, which declares all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.


  • 1865: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.


  • 1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized in the United States.


  • 1896: The Plessy v. Ferguson case, in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" laws, which lead to the system of racial segregation known as Jim Crow.


  • 1954: The Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.


  • 1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins in Alabama, led by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., to protest racial segregation on buses.


  • 1963: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, led by Martin Luther King Jr., where delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.


  • 1964: The Civil Rights Act is passed, banning discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.


  • 1965: The Voting Rights Act is passed, which prohibits discrimination in voting and helped to increase the number of African American voters.


  • 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.


  • 1972: The last all-black school in the South, Robert R. Moton High School, is closed, marking the end of de jure segregation in schools.


  • 2008: Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States


These are just a few examples of significant dates and events in African American history. There are many more notable people, events, and movements that have shaped the history of African Americans.

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