1526 first north american slave revolt
1527 first muslim in north america
1619 first africans in english colonies
1641 slavery legalized
1701 drive to convert slaves
1738 black catholic community established
1740 great awakening begins
1750's rise of black congregations
1750 slavery legal in all colonies
1758 african baptist church founded
1773-75 silver bluff baptists
1773 phillis wheatley publishes poems
1775 american revolution begins
1775 first american antislavery society formed
1776 declaration of independence signed
1784 methodist denounce slavery
1787 free african society founded
1793 cotton gin invented
1800 second great awakening
1804 haitian independence declared
1816 a.m.e. church founded
1821 black emigration to liberia begins
'22 denmark vesey's revolt
'29 first black catholic nun community
1831 nat turner's rebellion
'34 henry mcneal turner born
'38 presbyterian church splits over slavery
'39 catholic church opposes slavery
1844 methodist church splits over slavery
1846 frederick douglass' narrative published
'48 baptists split over slavery
1850 sojourner truth's narrative published
1861 civil war begins
'63 emancipation proclamation issued
'66-9 14th, 15th amendments passed
'69-77 african americans in congress
'67 black churches become schoolhouses
1870 c.m.e. founded
1970 slavery spirituals popularized
1875 first black catholic bishop
'96 "separate but equal"
'95 national baptist convention formed
'97 elijah muhammad born
1900-30 the great northern migration
'06 american pentecostal movement
1909-11 naacp and urban league founded
'15-20 ku klux klan gains followers
'17 workd war 1
1930 golden age of gospel
1930 rise of the nation of islam
'37 gandhi's teachings introduced
'41 world war 2
'54 an urban people
'54 brown v. board of education
1955 montgomery bus boycott
'57 sclc founded
'58 discrimination persists
'59 shango temple founded
1960 sncc founded
1960 noi membership grows to 100k
'63 birmingham church bombing
1963 i have a dream
'53 civil rights act
1965 voting rights act
'65 malcolm x assassinated
'66 martin luther king takes stand against vietnam war
'66 black panthers formed
1967 kwanzaa created
'68 non-violence under attack; a war on racism; mlk jr. assassinated
'69 black theology and black power; national black sisters' conference; the black manifesto
1970 yoruba village founded
'75 new nation of islam leadership
1977 alex haley's roots
'78 congress of national black churches formed
'84 rev. jesse jackson runs for president
'93 thomas dorsey dies; vatican apology
'95 million man march
1998 interfaith pilgrimage
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