Documents Timeline of facts: Black American History

1. Emancipation ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued byAbraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil Warusing his war powers.…

Documents Timeline of facts

1. SEGREGATION 1896 - 1968 2.  1896: Plessy v. Ferguson: This landmark SupremeCourt decision holds that racial segregation isconstitutional, paving the way for the repressive…