Ohio's “Black Laws”

Ohio's “Black Laws”

Georgia Cedes Land to Create "Slave States" of Alabama and Mississippi

Georgia Cedes Land to Create "Slave States" of Alabama and Mississippi

President William Howard Taft Expels Black Soldiers from San Antonio...

President William Howard Taft Expels Black Soldiers from San Antonio for Protesting Jim Crow

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis

Black West Point Cadet Brutally Beaten by White Students Days Before...

Black West Point Cadet Brutally Beaten by White Students Days Before Graduation

White Mob Lynches Black Man on Courthouse Lawn in Virginia

White Mob Lynches Black Man on Courthouse Lawn in Virginia

Ku Klux Klan Holds “Revival” Meeting at an Alabama Church

Ku Klux Klan Holds “Revival” Meeting at an Alabama Church

Explosion Kills 128 at Mine That Disregarded the Safety of Black...

Explosion Kills 128 at Mine That Disregarded the Safety of Black "Convict Laborers"

Banned from Indoor Venues Because of Her Race, Renowned Opera Singer...

Banned from Indoor Venues Because of Her Race, Renowned Opera Singer Marian Anderson Performs for 75,000 Outside Lincoln Memorial

White Men Attack Nat King Cole During Performance in Birmingham,...

White Men Attack Nat King Cole During Performance in Birmingham, Alabama

President Wilson Authorizes Segregation Within Federal Government

President Wilson Authorizes Segregation Within Federal Government

Bull Connor Orders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dozens More Civil...

Bull Connor Orders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dozens More Civil Rights Marchers Violently Arrested in Birmingham

Armed White Mob Kills 150 Black Citizens After Gubernatorial Election...

Armed White Mob Kills 150 Black Citizens After Gubernatorial Election In Colfax, Louisiana

Horace Duncan and Fred Coker Lynched in Springfield, Missouri

Horace Duncan and Fred Coker Lynched in Springfield, Missouri

White Mob Lynches Black Man and Attacks Black Neighborhoods, Forcing...

White Mob Lynches Black Man and Attacks Black Neighborhoods, Forcing Every Black Person Out of Joplin, Missouri

Major League Baseball Refuses to Integrate After Black Players Were...

Major League Baseball Refuses to Integrate After Black Players Were Abused

White Mob Lynches Black Man Accused of Stealing Meat in Georgia

White Mob Lynches Black Man Accused of Stealing Meat in Georgia

New Jersey Orders Black Servitude for Life

New Jersey Orders Black Servitude for Life

Five Innocent Teens Arrested and Prosecuted for Rape in New York City

Five Innocent Teens Arrested and Prosecuted for Rape in New York City

Segregationist and Future Georgia Governor Lester Maddox Threatens...

Segregationist and Future Georgia Governor Lester Maddox Threatens Three Black Students at Gunpoint; All-White Jury Acquits Him

White Parents Protest Georgia High School Holding First Racially...

White Parents Protest Georgia High School Holding First Racially Integrated Prom

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Racial Bias "Inevitable" in Criminal Justice...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Racial Bias "Inevitable" in Criminal Justice System

Civil Rights Marcher Killed in Alabama

Civil Rights Marcher Killed in Alabama

President Withdraws Federal Troops from Last Southern State House,...

President Withdraws Federal Troops from Last Southern State House, Ending Reconstruction

White Mob Murders Mack Charles Parker In Mississippi

White Mob Murders Mack Charles Parker In Mississippi

California Targets Chinese Immigrants with Tax to “Protect Free...

California Targets Chinese Immigrants with Tax to “Protect Free White Labor”

White Georgia Mob Lynches Man for "Talking Too Much" About Another...

White Georgia Mob Lynches Man for "Talking Too Much" About Another Lynching

White Mob Lynches Lint Shaw in Georgia Eight Hours Before Trial

White Mob Lynches Lint Shaw in Georgia Eight Hours Before Trial

All-White Jury Acquits Officers Who Beat Rodney King Despite Video...

All-White Jury Acquits Officers Who Beat Rodney King Despite Video Evidence

White Police, Mobs Kill and Terrorize Black Residents in Memphis,...

White Police, Mobs Kill and Terrorize Black Residents in Memphis, Tennessee