Case Studies in Racist Policies and Events in North America
Black History Milestones - History.com
Topics #1 to #16 - Scroll down to the indicated year for information
1. The Roots of the Slave Trade in the U.S & The rise of the Cotton Industry (1619)
African Americans: The Years of Slavery
2. Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad (1831)
3. Civil War, Emancipation, & The 13- 15th Amendments (1861)
4. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
5. Jim Crow Laws – “Separate But Equal” (1896)
6. Harlem Renaissance (1920)
7. Brown v. Board of Education & Central High School Integrated (1954 & 1957)
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
8. Emmett Till ( 1955)
9. Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
10. Sit-in Movement & Founding of SNCC (1960)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
11. Integration of Ole Miss (1962)
The Integration of the University of Mississippi
12. Birmingham Church Bombed (1963)
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
13. Martin Luther King & Civil Rights Act & Assassination (1963 & 1964 & 1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr, Assassination
14. Malcolm X
15. Selma to Montgomery March (1965)
16. The Bakke Decision & Affirmative Action (1978)
17. BLM Movement, Death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
18. Black Loyalists in Canada & Abolition of Enslavement in Canada
Black Loyalists in British North America
19. The Black Panther Movement
20. Chinese Head Tax in Canada
21. The Indian Act in Canada and First Nations Voting
Indian Act (Plain Language Summary)
Enfranchisement (Plain Language Summary)
22. First Nations Residential Schools in Canada
23. "Indian Status" Issues in Canada, OR M&MIW, OR 215 Missing Children in Kamloops, B.C.
Indian Status
Enfranchisement (Plain Language Summary)
M&MIW
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
215 Missing Children Found in Kamloops, B.C.
Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school
24. Japanese Internment in Canada
Internment of Japanese Canadians
25. Komagata Maru in Canada