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The Sacking of Lawrence
This is where 800 pro-slavery activists rampaged the city of Lawrence, Kansas and destroyed it, as the city was created by anti-slavery activists. -
Confiscation Act of 1861
This was a law passed that permitted court proceedings for confiscation of any property, including slaves. -
Ida B. Wells Sues Chesapeake
Ida B Wells This is where Ida B. Wells after the train incident sues the Chesapeake and Memphis & Charleston Railway, for violating her rights and on this date wins the case. -
Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Compromise
Booker's SpeechThe Atlanta Comprimise was an agreement between African American leaders and white southrn leaders. It said that Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law. Blacks would not agitate for equality, integration, or justice, and Northern whites would fund black educational charities. -
Brownsville Affair
This was in Brownsville, Texas when white bartender was killed and a police officer wounded by gunshot, townspeople accused the members of the 25th Infantry Regiment, a unit of Buffalo Soldiers stationed at nearby Fort Brown. -
Niagara Movement
This was a group of African Americans standing trying to make a difference when it came to racial segregation and disenfrachisment. It was opposed to policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African-American leaders. -
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Red Summer
The Red Summer refers to the race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities in the United States during the summer and early autumn of 1919. In most instances, whites attacked African Americans, sometimes the Blacks fought back. -
Billie Holiday Performance
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday performed "Strange Fruit" in New York City as a protest song. It protested American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans. -
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2nd Great Migration
The migration of more than five million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It was much larger and of a different character than the first Great Migration -
24th Amendment
This amendment abolishes the poll tax for Federal Elections, therefore African Americans can now vote. -
Bloody Sunday
This was when multiple marches with many people tried to march 54 miles along the highway from Selma to the Alabama state capitol of Montgomery. They did this to try to get voting rights which they achieved with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
James Byrd Murder
James Byrd was murdered in Jasper, Texas by three men, by being drug behind their truck for miles. This lynching led to Texas hate crimes law, the federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
