Black History Timeline(type=role)onlineProvider
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...
1947Jackie Robinsonis the first black man to play major league baseball 1954Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court orders schools to desegregate 1955Rosa Parksrefuses to give her seat up on a bus inAlabama 1963Dr. King gives "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial inWashing...
1507 “America” is first used in a book, referring to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci receives credit for the discovery of the continent. 1513 Spaniard Ponce de Leon makes landfall in Florida. 1517 Oct 31. Protestant Reformation, led by Martin Luther is launched in Europe. 1524 French spons...
8900–8200 BCE: Cooper Bison skull is painted with a red zigzag in present-day Oklahoma, becoming the oldest known painted object in North America. 8000 BCE: Fiberwork left in Guitarrero Cave, Peru is the earliest known example of textiles in South America ...
As the NHLPA and NHL celebrate Black History Month, NHLPA.com looks back at the impact of Black players and Black hockey history.
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. 2003 – AMERICANS MAKE HISTORY AT THE ADCC ...
1763/2/10The Treaty of Paris gives all French territory in North America east of the Mississippi to Great Britain and west of the Mississippi to Spain. 1763/5/9Pontiac leads allied Indian tribes against Fort Detroit. 1763/8/5British forces defeat an Indian ambush at the Battle of Bushy Run...
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Paris, Texas (1984) Amadeus(1984) Ghostbusters (1984) This is Spinal Tap! (1984) The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985) Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Out of Africa (1985) Back to the Future (1985) ...
1988: Spike Lee exposes the good hair/bad hair light-skinned/dark-skinned schism in black America in his movie “School Daze.” Janet Jackson March 1990 Essence Magazine Cover 1990: “Sisters love the weave,” Essence magazine declares. A variety of natural styles and locks also become more ...