10 Interesting Fact About African American History

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• In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued an emancipation proclamation that gave freedom to American African slaves enslaved in the United States.
• In 1896, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a famous decision as a separation but the same legalized racial segregation in education and daily life.
• In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give his chair to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, triggered a broad civilian rights movement.
• Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous civilian rights activist who led the famous non-vilator movement in the 1960s.
• African American History Month is celebrated every February as an award to the role and contribution of American African people in the history of the United States.
• Booker T. Washington was a famous African African leader in the early 20th century, who promoted education and skills training to help Americans find better jobs.
• Harriet Tubman is an abolitionist leader who is famous for helping thousands of slaves to escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
• In 1964, the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Law which prohibited racial discrimination in work, housing, and public services.
• In 2008, Barack Obama became the first American African president in the United States.
• In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement raised attention to police violence against Americans and demanded changes in the criminal justice system in the United States.