African-American in America: From Slavery to Presidency

389 320 YEARS AGO THE FIRST SLAVE SHIP LANDS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. YEARS AGO, JOHN CASTOR BECOMES THE FIRST LEGALLY RECOGNIZED SLAVE, RULED YEARS QUAKERS AGO MENNONITES303 354"PROPERTY FOR LIFE" BY VIRGINIA COURTS. SIGN THE FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY RESOLUTION. YEARS AGO THE ARE ENACTED TO REGULATE THE GROWING SLAVE POPULATION."IFANY SLAVE RESISTS HIS MASTER.AND SHALL HAPPEN TO BE KILLED IN A CORRECTION. THE MASTER SHALL BE FREE OF ALL PUNISHMENT. TNEVER HAPPENED. BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, IN 1799, MORE THAN 300 SLAVES RESIDE AT MOUNT VERNON A MAJOR SLAVE 296AEVOLT256 SEORGE WASHINGTON BUYS THE MOUNT VERNON ESTATE WITH 18 SLAVES. AS IF SUCH ACCIDENT N YEARS AGO 233YEARS AGORHODE 757000 KILLS 25 WHITES. YEAF 218 YEARS AGO THE FIRST CENSUS IS TAKEN 177 YEARSAGO BLACKS IN THE UNITED STATES: BECOMES THE FIRST COLONY TO BAN THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES, 210 YEARS AGO, ALL COLONIES DO. YEARS THE IMPORTATION 200AGOOF SLAVESiSOUTLAWED. EADS A SLAVE REVOLT NAI KILLING 60 WHITES 176SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED TURNER HE NEXT 50 YEARS 149THE LAST SLAVE SHIP ARRIVES NCANADA 250,000 SLAVES FROM 143 YEARS AGO, AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, CIVILRIGHTS ACT SLAVERY AREILLEGALLY IMPORTED. 138 YEARS AGO CRA TATON SEGREGATED.S ABOLISHED BLACK BLANCHE BRUCEESTORMER SLAVE AL RIGHTS TO BLACK AMERICANS 127 YEARS AGON PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES. ARE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO THE LAST AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVILRIGHTSACTI07CONGRESSMAN 99 VOTE, YEARS AGO OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA YEARS AGO THE IS OVERTURNED BY THE SUPREME COURT GIVES UP HIS SEAT YEARS AGO/FERGUSON 112E ESSY V BOCTRINE OF BLACK REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NEXT 87 YEARS AGO FORMED. NAACP RACE ESTABLISHES THE SOUTHERN STATES WOULD NOT HAVE A SEPARATEEE QUAL SEVENTY EIGHT YEARS. 79 YEARS AGO OSCAR DEPRIEST BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK CONGRESSMAN OF THE MODERN ERA. YEARS AGO THE TUSKEGEE RIOTS EOINTO TRE MARINESYPHILIS 61 CORPS.EXPERIMENT BEGINS. 00 66 YEARS AGO THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOULD NOT HAVE ANO IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA LEAVE OVER YEARS JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYS BALL ARICAN AMERICANS DEAD. 59 YEARS AGO BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK OWNED AND OPERATED RADIO STATION. 53 YEARS AGO EMMETT TILL 54 YEARS AGO THE SUPREME COURT DECLARES PUBLIC SCHOOL S BEATEN, MUTILAED, SHOT AND WERDSEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL. DUMPED IN A MISSISSIPP RIVER: 51 YEARS AGO 45 YEARS AGO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD. ECIVIL RIGHTS ACT DREAM THAT SAME YEARROSA REFUSESPARKS TO GIVE UP HER SEAT. IS PASSED FURTHER PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF AFRINMEDICANS TOUOTE 43 YEARS AGO MALCOLM IS ASSASSINATED AND RIOTS IN WATTS LEAVE ROBERT WEAVER BECOMES BECOMES THE FIRST 34 DEADE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN RI ACKOFA LARGE STOKES AND KLU KLUX KLAN MEMBERS BLOW UP A CHURCH KILLING FOUR YOUNG GIRLS, 40 YEARS AGO 42 YEARS AGO 41 YEARS AGOCARI PR. MARTIN LUTHER KING T POST ANI THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY MAYORU.S. CIT YaS ASSASSINATED. SFORMED AND EDWARD BROOKE THURGOOD35,000 39 YEARS AGO BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN FREDOPULARLY ELECTED TO THE MARSHALLMER ARE INJURED IN THEWAKE OF HAMPTON IS KILLED IN HIS BED BYAESSENATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICEDEA D.RIOTS IN OVER 100 CITIES. AND RIOTS IN DETROIT LEAVE 43 35 YEARS AGORALEIGH, BECOMESWGPR MAX FRANK E PETERSEN JR 33 YEARS AGO CHANNEL 62 30 YEARS AGO ELECT THEIR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN 29 YEARS AGO MAYORLOS ANGELES SATLANTA THE FIRST BLACK OWNED ROBINSONBLACK GENERAL BECOMES THE FIRST NHEMARINE CORPS. TWO YEARS LATER WASHINGTON D.C AND DETROIT DO. ELEVISION STATION BLACKNEWS ANCHOR 20 YEARS AGO DEBI THOMAS WINS AN OLYMPIC MEDAL NTHE WINTER GAMES: QUION BLUFORD BECOMES THE 19COLIN POWELL19YEARS AGO5. 00 YEARS AGO FIRST SERVES AS THE FIRST BLACK CHAIRMAN OF THE RONALD H. BROWN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN S OF STAFF, IS ELECTED CHAIR OF THE DOUGLAS WILDERE COMNDER OF THE US. ARMY FORCES COMMANDSMEAST D EMOCRATICSPA CE BLACK GOVERNOR YEARS A OINTCL SCECURITY ADVISOR 18 YEARS AGO BECOMES THE FIRST ELECTEDOF STATE. NATIONAL COMMITTEE. TIRA 16 YEARS AGO RODNEY KING IS BEATEN BY NG FOUND NOT AND THE HARVARD LAN RENTEW ELECTS ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. 10FABLYNCHED SIX DAYS OFRIOTS POLICE YEARS AGO JAMES BYRD JR. IS 9 YEARS AGODRAGGED AND DECAPITATEDSUPRÉMACISTSELETED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. FRANKLIN RAINES BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK ON CAMERA. 9VVHITE AND CAROL MOSE FIRST AND O N BECOMES THE PRLACK WOMAN YEARS AGO CONDOLEEZZA RICE CYEARS AGODENZEL BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK WOMANO WIN OSCARS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORFORTHEIR LEADINGROLES AND FOUR YEARS LATER, SECRETARY OF STATE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS HALLE AND ROBERT JOHNSON BECOMES THE FIRSTTO WASHINGTON CEOS00 4 YEARS AGOBLACK BILLIONAIRE39YŁARS.BERRY FORTUNE ILLINOIS ELECTS THE 5TH BLACK SENATOR IN US HISTORY. FIRST BLACK PERSON SUMMITS EVEREST. AND ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2008; THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ELECT THEIR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND HIS NAME IS BARACK OBAMA.