In 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery ., In 2008, - Barack Obama was the first African American president to be elected. , April 1861- April 1865: - Civil war in the USA. States from the North wanted to abolish slavery but the States from the South didn’t., From 1877 to 1965, the JIM CROW laws - legalized racial segregation: black and white people didn’t have the same rights., The KKK (KU KUX KLAN) is a secret - American terrorist organization that attacks and kills African Americans ., In 1964, the Civil Rights Act - banned segregation in schools, public places or jobs. It was voted by President Lyndon B Johnson., In 1960 - Ruby Bridges became the first little girl to be allowed to go to A WHITE school., In 1963,  - Martin Luther King delivered his speech “I have a dream” . He is a leader of the CIVIL RIGHTS movement., In 2020, - George Floyd, a black man, was assassinated by a white policeman. After his death, the “BLACK LIVES MATTER” movement was created., In December 1955, - Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a White man on a bus., From the 1500’s to the 1860’s, - millions of Black Africans were taken from their homes and sold into slavery to work on plantations in American colonies., In 2021, - Kamala Harris was the first African American woman to become Vice President.,

Black History in the USA

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