Black history in the United States is a rich and varied chronicle of slavery and liberty, oppression and progress, segregation and achievement. Though captive and free Africans were likely present in the Americas by the 1400s, the kidnapped men, women and children from Africa who were sold firs...
Asian immigrants have come to American shores since the mid‑1800s, playing a significant role in U.S. history, but one that’s rife with inequity and exclusion. See a timeline of key events.
1636: Desire, the first carrier in the United States to participate in human trade. The ship is built and first sails from Massachusetts. This marks the beginning of colonial North America's participation in the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved people. 1640: John Punch becomes the first documen...
1972:Art in Americapublishes an issue entirely devoted to Native art 1972:Two American Paintersshows at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, DC, featuring T. C. Cannon (Kiowa/Caddo) and Fritz Scholder (Luiseño) ...
July 2-4, 1977– The main unit and production leaves for North America location filming in New York and Canada. VIDEO: Location filming in New York behind the scenes footage. July 7, 1977– The first day of filming in New York has director Richard Donner at the Daily News building (doub...
2002 – FIRST FEMALE BJJ BLACK BELT Cindy Omatsuwill forever be linked to the history of BJJ in America as she was the first female outside of Brazil to achieve the black belt rank, a promotion undertaken by Rigan Machado and Leka Vieira. ...
spate of zombie movies ("Dawn of the Dead") and cannibal films ( "The Man From Deep River"). The shock factor even pushed films like "The Exorcist" and " Jaws" to blockbuster success. Amid the chaos, the modernslasher filmwas born inCanada's "Black Christmas" and America's "...
Art History U.S. HistoryColonial America Colonial America Timeline (1492-1763) . To Pre-Revolutionary War » 1000 Leif Ericson explores the North American East Coast. 1492 Aug 3. Christopher Columbus sails on First Voyage. 1497 July. John Cabot on his first voyage searching for the ...
America's Best History, ... from sea to shining sea. United States History Timeline, the 1840's, the Mexican War, includes the top events of each year of the decade.
“The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen….The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Trust in him ...