Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops

Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops

Black Children Begin Movement Protesting Segregation; Face Police...

Black Children Begin Movement Protesting Segregation; Face Police Brutality

California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land

California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land

Five Days of Unrest After Rodney King Beating Trial Ends in No...

Five Days of Unrest After Rodney King Beating Trial Ends in No Convictions

Chicago Defender Publishes First Issue

Chicago Defender Publishes First Issue

Chinese Exclusion Act Signed into Law

Chinese Exclusion Act Signed into Law

Rev. George Lee, Voting Rights Activist, Killed in Mississippi

Rev. George Lee, Voting Rights Activist, Killed in Mississippi

Ku Klux Klan Burned Cross in African American Neighborhood in Alabama

Ku Klux Klan Burned Cross in African American Neighborhood in Alabama

John Lewis and Two Others Attacked at South Carolina Greyhound Bus...

John Lewis and Two Others Attacked at South Carolina Greyhound Bus Terminal

South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740; Codifying White Supremacy

South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740; Codifying White Supremacy

Arizona Law Bans Ethnic Studies Programs

Arizona Law Bans Ethnic Studies Programs

Louisiana Disenfranchises Black Voters and Jurors

Louisiana Disenfranchises Black Voters and Jurors

White Men Kidnap And Rape Black Teenager; Later Avoid Punishment

White Men Kidnap And Rape Black Teenager; Later Avoid Punishment

Freedom Riders Attacked in Anniston, Alabama

Freedom Riders Attacked in Anniston, Alabama

Mississippi Police Open Fire on Protesting Jackson State College...

Mississippi Police Open Fire on Protesting Jackson State College Students, Killing Two

North Carolina Proposes Compensation for Victims of Decades-Long...

North Carolina Proposes Compensation for Victims of Decades-Long Forced Sterilization Program

Supreme Court Bans School Segregation, Sparking Massive White...

Supreme Court Bans School Segregation, Sparking Massive White Resistance

Miami: Community Protests After Officers Acquitted in Beating Death

Miami: Community Protests After Officers Acquitted in Beating Death

Justice Department Sues After Principal Bans Interracial Couples from...

Justice Department Sues After Principal Bans Interracial Couples from Prom

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama

White Mob Terrorizes 1,000 Black Residents Inside Montgomery, AL,...

White Mob Terrorizes 1,000 Black Residents Inside Montgomery, AL, Church

Congress Restores Confederates' Rights with the Amnesty Act of 1872

Congress Restores Confederates' Rights with the Amnesty Act of 1872

President George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Black Woman...

President George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Black Woman Fleeing Enslavement

Court Finds Arizona Sheriff’s Office Committed Illegal Racial...

Court Finds Arizona Sheriff’s Office Committed Illegal Racial Profiling

White Workers Riot After Black Workers Promoted in Mobile, Alabama

White Workers Riot After Black Workers Promoted in Mobile, Alabama

Immigration Act of 1924 Prohibits Immigration from Asia

Immigration Act of 1924 Prohibits Immigration from Asia

White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper

White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper

Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West

Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West

Sojourner Truth Addresses Ohio Women's Rights Convention; Record of...

Sojourner Truth Addresses Ohio Women's Rights Convention; Record of Speech Later Rewritten by White Feminist

White Mobs Attack Latino Youth in Los Angeles “Zoot Suit Riots”

White Mobs Attack Latino Youth in Los Angeles “Zoot Suit Riots”

Noose Found At National Museum of African American History and Culture

Noose Found At National Museum of African American History and Culture