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Enslavement Timeline 1619 to 1696 Created: Monday, May 13, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
Enslavement in colonial America was established with one law at a time. Throughout the late 16th and 17th Centuries, laws were passed in several colonies to differentiate between African and white ...
Dred Scott Timeline Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Dred Scott case was a seminal case in United States history.
Timeline: 1850 to 1859 Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The 1850s were a turbulent time in American history for African-Americans.
Robert Morris Sr. Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Robert S. Morris Sr. was one of the first African-American lawyers in the United States.
Macon Bolling Allen Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Macon Bolling Allen was the first African-American licensed attorney and judge in the United States.
James Weldon Johnson: Renaissance Man Created: Thursday, March 08, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013
This page offers biographical information on the African-American writer, James Weldon Johnson. The profile features a biography, family information and various texts published by the author.
Publishers of Freedom's Journal Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
John B. Russwurm and Samuel E. Cornish published "Freedom's Journal" in 1827. The news publication was the first African-American published and edited newspaper in the United States.
Timeline of Scottsboro Boys Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African-American teens ranging in age from thirteen to nineteen. Each was tried and convicted of raping two white women on a Southern railroad freight train.
Negro Baseball League Timeline Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
The Negro Baseball League was established after African-American players were banned from playing in white baseball clubs.
Jackie Robinson Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Jackie Robinson broke racial barriers and made history when he became the first African-American baseball player to play Major League Baseball.
Mary Mcleod Bethune Created: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Mary McCleod Bethune was a lifelong educator and civic leader.
Abyssinian Baptist Church Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Alice Dunbar-Nelson Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Alice Dunbar-Nelson worked as a poet, journalist and political activist during the Progressive Era and Harlem Renaissance.
Toni Morrison: Biography Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Toni Morrison is a prolific writer whose novels about the African-American experience have received critical acclaim
Georgia Douglas Johnson Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Georgia Douglas Johnson was a prolific poet who provided her home as a literary salon during the Harlem Renaissance
Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Created: Monday, December 31, 2012 Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012
With one single refusal, Rosa Parks became the mother of Civil Rights Movement.
Maggie Lena Walker Created: Monday, December 31, 2012 Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012
Maggie Lena Walker was the first women in the United States to direct a bank. Throughout her career as a businesswoman, Walker worked to help African-Americans.
What is Kwanzaa? Created: Monday, December 31, 2012 Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012
Kwanzaa is a celebration of African heritage that takes place from December 26 to January 1.
Profile of Booker T. Washington Video Created: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Booker T. Washington was an African-American abolitionist, author and educator. Watch this About.com video to learn more about the life of Booker T. Washington.
Anti-Lynching Movement Created: Friday, November 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012
The Anti Lynching movement was a movement aimed at abolishing the practice of lynching.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Created: Friday, November 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a journalist, suffragist and overall crusader for justice.
Timeline of the NAACP: 1909 to 1965 Created: Friday, November 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012
Timeline of milestone events orchestrated by the NAACP
Edmonia Lewis Created: Friday, November 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012
Edmonia Lewis was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a sculptor.
Profile of W.E.B Du Bois Video Created: Monday, November 05, 2012 Updated: Monday, November 05, 2012
Watch this About.com video to learn the details of the life of African-American sociologist, author, and social activist, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois.
Overview of Segregation Video Created: Monday, November 05, 2012 Updated: Monday, November 05, 2012
Interested in learning about racial segregation in America and how it ended? Watch this About.com video to learn how it came about and how civil rights activists worked to end it.
Overview: Plessy v. Ferguson Video Created: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2012
What is the case of Plessy v. Ferguson? Watch this About.com video to learn all about this Supreme Court case.
Overview of The Great Migration Video Created: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2012
What was The Great Migration in the United States? Watch this About.com video to learn all about this movement of African-Americans in the 1900's.
Profile of Harriet Tubman Video Created: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2012
Harriet Tubman, the underground railroad's most well-known conductor, had a fascinating role in liberating African Americans during the Civil War. Watch this About.com video to learn all about her.
Profile of Rosa Parks Video Created: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2012
Want to learn about the life of civil rights activist Rosa Parks? Watch this About.com video to see a short biography of her life.
Profile of Frederick Douglass Video Created: Thursday, November 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2012
Interested in the biography of Frederick Douglass? Watch this About.com video to learn all about this African-American orator and abolitionist.
Richard Wright Created: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Following the success of "Native Son," Richard Wright became the first African-American bestselling author.
Fourteenth Amendment Created: Sunday, November 28, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which repudiated the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857).

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