Black History Celebrations Timeline by Miriam Jenkins https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk Credits for all quotes: https://blog.socialstudies.com/a-timeline-of-african-american-history-in-the-united-states https://lpatucson.org/lakeside/black-history-month-honoring-the-achievements-of-african-americans/ en-us 2022-02-15 18:10:39 UTC 2026-02-16 21:36:38 UTC hello@padlet.com 1780 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049225243 An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery is passed in Pennsylvania. It is the first act abolishing slavery in the course of human history to be adopted by a democracy.]]> 2022-02-15 18:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049225243 1800-1807 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049228044 Safe houses called the Underground Railroad were used to provide safe places for slaves to gain access to freedom.

Thomas Jefferson signs the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
]]> 2022-02-15 18:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049228044 1863 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049230042 The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect: 3 million slaves become "free."]]> 2022-02-15 18:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049230042 1868 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049231847
The fourteenth amendment guarantees equal protection under law.

]]> 2022-02-15 18:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049231847 1870 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049233564 Fifteenth amendment: Voting cannot be restricted due to race.]]> 2022-02-15 18:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049233564 1947 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049235600
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play on a Major League Baseball team.

]]> 2022-02-15 18:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049235600 1954 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049236633 Schools are mandated to integrate.]]> 2022-02-15 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049236633 1963 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049237602 The March on Washington for freedom]]> 2022-02-15 18:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049237602 1964 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049238490  Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed]]> 2022-02-15 18:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049238490 1965 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049239257 The Voting Rights Act is passed]]> 2022-02-15 18:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049239257 1968 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049240505 Shirley Chisholm is  the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress]]> 2022-02-15 18:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049240505 1909 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049245568 Matthew Henson and Admiral Robert Peary, became the first men to reach the North Pole]]> 2022-02-15 18:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049245568 1936 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049246315 Jesse Owens winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics]]> 2022-02-15 18:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049246315 1940 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049247344 Hattie McDaniel receives an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]> 2022-02-15 18:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049247344 1950 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049248686 Gwendolyn Brooks wins the Pulitzer Prize for poetry]]> 2022-02-15 18:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049248686 2009 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049250699 Barack Obama becomes the first black president]]> 2022-02-15 18:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049250699 1853 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049251858 George Crum creates potato chips]]> 2022-02-15 18:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049251858 1887 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049257706 Granville T. Woods invents the induction telegraph]]> 2022-02-15 18:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049257706 1912 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049259425 Garrett Morgan invents the gas mask]]> 2022-02-15 18:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049259425 1893 jenkinsm24 https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049263350 Daniel Hale Williams performs the first open heart surgery]]> 2022-02-15 18:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fpsct/qto3y61qovaqwhbk/wish/2049263350