Timeline of U.S. Events Impacting Civil Rights by Victoria Biondo https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90 Victoria Biondo en-us 2021-02-28 16:45:17 UTC 2021-02-28 18:05:16 UTC hello@padlet.com August 20, 1619: The "White Lion" ship of kidnapped Africans arrives in Virginia tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250367649 Marking the beginning of slavery ]]> 2021-02-28 16:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250367649 1793: The Invention of the Cotton Gin tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250380935 Increasing demand for slave labor ]]> 2021-02-28 17:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250380935 August 1831: Slave rebellion held by Nat Turner tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250384097 This revolt terrified White enslavers most, by the death of 55 white people]]> 2021-02-28 17:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250384097 1830-1860: Abolitionist Movement tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250403525 The movement to end slavery lead by Fredrick Douglas ]]> 2021-02-28 17:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250403525 March 3, 1820: The Missouri Compromise tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250414213 2021-02-28 17:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250414213 May 9, 1865: The Civil War Ends tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250416392 2021-02-28 17:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250416392 December 6, 1865: The 13th Amendment is ratifed in the U.S.Constitution tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250421190 2021-02-28 17:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250421190 1865: The Klu Klux Klan was started tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250429748 As a "private club" for Confederate veterans.]]> 2021-02-28 17:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250429748 1880: Jim Crow Laws Expand tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250432222 Laws forbade African Americans from living in white neighborhoods and segregation was enforced in all public places]]> 2021-02-28 17:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250432222 1954: Brown v. Board of Education tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250433570 Supreme Court ruled that educational segregation was unconstitutional, bringing to an end the era of “separate-but-equal” education]]> 2021-02-28 17:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250433570 1964: President Johnson Signed the Civil Rights Act tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250441655 Legally ending the segregation that had been institutionalized by Jim Crow laws]]> 2021-02-28 17:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250441655 August 1955: The murder of Emmett Till tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250446205 This unpunished brutal murder was a significant point of racial inequality in the U.S.]]> 2021-02-28 17:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250446205 1960s: The Start of "Black Power" and the Black Panthers tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250453913 Original mission was to protect Black people from white brutality by sending patrol groups into Black neighborhoods]]> 2021-02-28 17:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250453913 October 1995: Million Man March tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250461263 Hundreds of thousands of Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. to march against racial disparities. ]]> 2021-02-28 17:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250461263 1935: "Residential Security Maps" Created tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250483262 The Home Owners' Loan Corporation makes maps that color in certain areas according to how many whites and nonwhites are in the area.]]> 2021-02-28 17:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250483262 May 26th 2020: Protests of police brutality begin tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250496983 Sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a current movement of Black Lives Matter was accelerated. ]]> 2021-02-28 18:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250496983 November 4th, 2008: Barack Obama is elected tui89442 https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250500396 Obama is elected as the first Black president in history. ]]> 2021-02-28 18:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tui89442/muyzfggupc2mqi90/wish/1250500396