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1789 - Olaudah Equiano publishes autobiography

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1789 - Olaudah Equiano publishes autobiography

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He was a slave but was able to buy his freedom. He went on to write an autobiography about the horrors he experienced as a slave. He was supported by abolitionists to write his story.

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This compromise tried to keep a political balance between the North and the South by adding one slave and free state when necessary.

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By removing the property requirement to vote as well as preventing women and Blacks to vote, Jackson was able to have a strong grip on politics. The image above was made as an accusation of monarchical ambitions.

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1830s-40s - American Colonization Society

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1830s-40s - American Colonization Society

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The American Colonization Society's goal was to send Blacks "back" to Africa. It was started by a Baptist Church and had popularity among white elites who were abolitionist, but not pro-Black.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was another move to appease the south. It allowed / incentivized sheriffs to seize free Blacks in the north to be made into slaves in the south without due process. The 1850 Compromise allowed new states in the west to choose whether they would be a free or slave state.

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1854-60 - Kansas-Nebraska Act & Lincoln's Election

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1854-60 - Kansas-Nebraska Act & Lincoln's Election

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As well as the violence caused by the Compromise of 1850 the election of Lincoln would soon lead to the secession of the Southern states.

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After the Civil War these amendments made all slaves free, gave Blacks the right to due process, and allowed them to vote.

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It was a loop-hole in the 14th amendment that Southern states used to create slavery under the name of prison labor.

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The case of Plessy v. Ferguson set the legal precedent of "separate but equal". It is what allowed segregation in the U.S.

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This film depicted Blacks not just as dumb but as dangerous. It also glorified the South in the Civil War as well as the KKK.

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A large number of African-Americans moved from he South to the North often with their whole communities in order to leave behind the racism in the South.

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1919 & 21 - Red Summer & Tulsa race massacre

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1919 & 21 - Red Summer & Tulsa race massacre

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Throughout the Jim crow era as well as Reconstruction racial violence against Blacks was common.

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This legal battle desegregated American Schools.

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1955 - Murder of  Emmett Till and Rosa Park's sit in

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1955 - Murder of  Emmett Till and Rosa Park's sit in

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Rosa Park's bus sit in was the spark that would go on to Inspire MLK's bus boycott and Civil Rights movement as a whole. The Murder of Emmett Till and his open casket funeral showed the brutal extent of Southern hate to the American public.

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After Rosa parks sit in MLK organized a successful boycott of busses in Montgomery Alabama.

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The Freedom Riders rode in groups both Blacks and whites from the North to the Deep south with the goal of attending a convention in New Orleans. On their multiple trips and busses they were attacked by southerners infuriated by the non-segregated busses. The governor of Alabama, John Patterson heightened tensions and even avoided a call from the president.

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The march to the Lincoln Memorial was made to support the passing of the Civil Rights Act which was stalled in the congress. It was also where MLK made his "I Have a Dream" speech.

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The Civil Rights act was made to reassure the 14th amendment and end segregation and legal discrimination in the U.S.A.

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Founded in Oakland by Huey Newton. The group took an active role in supporting and protecting Black communities across the U.S.A.

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1968 - Assassination of MLK and height of the Vietnam War

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1968 - Assassination of MLK and height of the Vietnam War