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Slavery comes to North America, 1619
Rise of the Cotton Industry, 1793
Nat Turner’s Revolt, 1831
Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, 1831
Dred Scott case, 1857
John Brown’s Raid, 1859
Civil War and Emancipation, 1861
The Post–Slavery South, 1865
“Separate but Equal”, 1896
Booker T. Washington, Carver and W.E.B. Du Bois, 1900
NAACP, 1909
Marcus Garvey and the UNIA, 1916
Harlem Renaissance, 1920
African Americans in WWII, 1941
Jackie Robinson and Sports, 1947
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Emmett Till, August 1955
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955
Central High School Integrated, 1957
Sit–in Movement and the SNCC, 1960
CORE and Freedom Rides, 1961
Integration of Ole Miss, 1962
Birmingham Church Bombing, 1963
“I Have a Dream” speech and the March on Washington, 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom Summer and the “Mississippi Burning” Murders, 1964
Selma to Montgomery March, 1965
Malcolm X Shot to Death, 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Rise of Black Power
Fair Housing Act, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated, 1968
Shirley Chisholm Runs for President, 1972
The Bakke Decision and Affirmative Action, 1978
Jesse Jackson Galvanizes Black Voters, 1984
Oprah Winfrey Launches Syndicated Talk Show, 1986
Los Angeles Riots, 1992
Million Man March, 1995
Powell, 2001 and Rice, 2005 become Secretary of State
Barack Obama becomes 44th U.S. President, 2008
Million Man March, 1995 - Newly Added Items
Million Man March - Day of Absence
by
Haki R. Madhubuti (Editor); Maulana Karenga (Editor)
A comprehensive treatment of the 1996 Million Man March using essays, photographs, and poetry.
ISBN: 9780883781883
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Million Man March - Day of Absence by Haki R. Madhubuti (Editor); Maulana Karenga (Editor) A comprehensive treatment of the 1996 Million Man March using essays, photographs, and poetry.