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In Jamestown, Virginia, a small English Colony was created and a small cargo of 20-30 enslaved African Americans arrived aboard the English ship White Lion.  This was one of the earliest slave trades to come to America and racial slavery began to evolve over the next few decades.

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In 1661, an act called the Anti-miscegenation was put into place in many states which made interracial marriage illegal. For example under the law if a white woman had a child with a black man she would have to pay a fine or serve in jail.

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Black slaves and black and white indentured servants come together to participate in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. In 1680, the State of Virginia forbids slaves and blacks to have the rights to bear arms, congregating in large numbers along with harsh punishments for slaves who assault Christians or attempt to escape.

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The Virginia Slave Code limited freedoms of slaves and defined some rights of slave owners. These codes allowed slave owners to punish slaves without fear of legal repercussions and had rewards for the recapture of runaway slaves.

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The 3/5 compromise was put into place and it stated that three out of every five slaves was counted for the states population for representation and taxation purposes. This gave an advantage to the southern states because their population would be increased and they would get more electoral power.

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The U.S Supreme Court with the case Dred Scott v. Sanford denies citizenship to enslaved people, ex-slaves, and denies the right to prohibit slavery in any federal territory. This also means that enslaved people could not expect any protection from the federal government or the court system.

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which was a legislation that gave opprutunity to free life in the United States for slaves. The proclamation declared "That all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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The thirteenth amendment is added to the U.S constitution and abolishes slavery throughout the country and only allows slavery to only be in place as a punishment for a crime.

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In Louisiana the black codes were put in place to restrict and limit the power of African Americans. These included poll taxes where they would have to pay to vote, literacy tests where they would have to pass a test to be able to vote and the grandfather clause that said you could only vote if you had ancestors in the past who had voted before.

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The 14th amendment was passed which gave citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States. This included formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws.”

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The 15th amendment was passed in 1869 which granted African American men the right to vote in the United States.

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President Harry Truman issues the Executive Order to end segregation in the Armed services by mandating equality which gives the same opportunity for everyone and not to be based on race, color or religion.

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The U.S Supreme court decided to end racial segregation in public schools with the court case Brown v. Board of Education. Although this was put in place many schools remained segregated to due the beliefs of society.

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A 14 year old boy, Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi for flirting with a white women. This case brings national attention to the civil rights movement with Emmett's family choosing to show his beaten body at his open-casket funeral.

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The Montgomery bus boycott begins with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus to Montgomery Alabama. Her courage and stance represents the civil rights movement evolving.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort nine black students know as the Little Rock Nine who were blocked and harassed from entering Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.

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Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This law helps to protect voter rights and allows federal prosecution of those who suppress another's right to vote.

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Sit ins became inspired by four African American college students in Greensboro, North Carolina refusing to leave a Woolworth's whites only lunch counter. This act of protest was to help the fight for civil rights.

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White and Black activists called the Freedom Riders took bus trips through the South to protest segregated bus terminals and attempted to only use white only restrooms and lunch counters. The freedom Riders faced horrific violence from white protesters and drew international attention to their cause.

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Martin Luther gives his "I Have A Dream" speech where 250,000 people take part in The March on Washington for jobs and freedom. This speech encourages and inspires many others to help fight for civil rights.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the civil right act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. This act helped to prevent workplace discrimination.

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Bloody Sunday happened where in the Selma to Montgomery March, 600 civil rights marchers walked to protest Black voter suppression. Local police blocked and brutally attacked them. Martin Luther King and other leaders fought for their right in court to march and led two more marches.

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President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. This allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places.

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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing act which provided equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.

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The fight for civil rights has increase more opportunities for everyone and society's view of discrimination based on race has begun to change.  However despite huge progress of equality being made, there was still gaps between white and black people with the example of life expectancy and the racial disparities within healthcare. An example of this is in the book  "The Other Wes Moore" with Wes's father's death. Wes describes it as “The hospital looked at his askance, insulted him with ridiculous questions, and basically told him to fend for himself…Untreated because of the earlier misdiagnosis, my father’s body suffocated itself.” (Moore 15). This quote directly connects to the idea that although in the US civil rights have been given by law, society has made it easier for a white person to do things like get treated at a hospital. Because Wes's father is a black man he us denied and told that he does not need to receive any treatment from the hospital but ends up dying later on as a result.