SLAVERY AREA
- 1620: Arrival of the first settlers in North America.
First slaves imported from Africa
Beginning of the slave trade
- 1774: US Declaration of Independence, writing og the US constitution on the basis of liberty
- 1808: Official ending of the importation of slaves in Africa
- 1861: Slave states leave the union: beginning of the Civil War.
-1865: Victory of the Free states,
Abolition of slavery
Ending of the Cicil War
SEGREGATION ERA
- 1954: Decision of the US Supreme court against segregation
-1955: Rosa Parks incident, Civil Rights movement starts
- 1963: Martin Luther King's speech: I have a Dream
- 1964: Civil Rights act, prohibiting racial discrimination
-1965: Malcom X and the Black Muslims
DISCRIMINATION CONTINUES
- 2005: still more problems...
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