1619
The First Africans Brought to Americapre-1940s
1672
King Charles II of England charters the Royal African Companypre-1940s
1688
The 1688 Germantown Quaker Petitionpre-1940s
1711
NYC Opens Public Slave Market on Wall Streetpre-1940s
1738
Runaway Slaves Establish the First Free Black Settlement in Fort Mose, Floridapre-1940s
1752
Benjamin Banneker builds America's first clock almost entirely out of woodpre-1940s
1775
The Revolutionary Warpre-1940s
1780
The Free African Union Society Founded in Rhode Island by Free Black Peoplepre-1940s
1793
U.S. Inventor Eli Whitney Patents Cotton Ginpre-1940s
1831
Nat Turner’s Rebellion, a deadly slave uprising, takes place in Virginiapre-1940s
1837
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania established, America's first and oldest historically Black universitypre-1940s
1848
Harriet Tubman Gains Her Freedompre-1940s
1850
The Fugitive Slave Actpre-1940s
1854
Lincoln University Established in Pennsylvania, the first degree granting HBCUpre-1940s
1856
Wilberforce University established in Ohio, the first historically Black university owned and operated by Black peoplepre-1940s
1857
Dred Scott v Sanfordpre-1940s
1859
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferrypre-1940s
1860
Clotilda: The last known slave ship arrives in Alabamapre-1940s
1861
Civil War and Emancipationpre-1940s
1865
Juneteenthpre-1940s
1887
Eatonville, Florida Establishedpre-1940s
1896
Plessy v. Fergusonpre-1940s
1898
Wilmington Massacrepre-1940s
1905
Niagara Movement Foundedpre-1940s
1909
NAACP Foundedpre-1940s
1910
National Urban League Foundedpre-1940s
1914
Marcus Garvey founds the Universal Negro Improvement Associationpre-1940s
1920
Negro National Baseball League is founded to help end racial segregationpre-1940s
1920
The Harlem Renaissance or New Negro Movementpre-1940s
1921
The Tulsa Massacrepre-1940s
1921
Black Swan Recordspre-1940s
1922
The Dyer Anti-Lynching Billpre-1940s
1923
Marcus Garvey Goes to Prison for Mail Fraudpre-1940s
1926
Negro History Week Celebrated for the First Timepre-1940s
1927
Harlem Globetrotters play their first road game in Hinckley, Illinois against the Hinckley Merchants.pre-1940s
1930
Nation of Islam founded in Detroit, Michigan by Elijah Muhammad.pre-1940s
1931
The Scottsboro Boyspre-1940s
1932
The Tuskegee Experiment Beginspre-1940s
1935
National Council of Negro Women Founded by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethunepre-1940s

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