- 1619: Slavery arrives in North America
- 1831: Rise of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad
- 1861: Start of Civil War + Emancipation Proclamation.
- 1865: End of Civil War
- 1954: Brown v. Board of Education
- 1955: The murder of Emmet Till
- 1955: Rosa Parks + Montgomery bus boycotts
- 1963: MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
- 1964: Civil Rights Act passed.
- 1965: Voting Act of 1965 passed.
- 1968: MLK assassinated
- 2008: Barack Obama is America’s first black president.
- 2020: Murder of George Floyd.
- 2020: Black LIves Matter protests.
