Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops

Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops

Black Children Begin Movement Protesting Segregation; Face Police...

Black Children Begin Movement Protesting Segregation; Face Police Brutality

California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land

California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land

Chicago Real Estate Board Votes Unanimously to Expel Members Who Sell...

Chicago Real Estate Board Votes Unanimously to Expel Members Who Sell to Black Families in White Neighborhoods

To Prevent Interracial Marriage, California Requires That Marriage...

To Prevent Interracial Marriage, California Requires That Marriage Licenses Indicate Race

Chinese Exclusion Act Signed into Law

Chinese Exclusion Act Signed into Law

Rev. George Lee, Voting Rights Activist, Killed in Mississippi

Rev. George Lee, Voting Rights Activist, Killed in Mississippi

Ku Klux Klan Burns Cross in Black Neighborhood in Alabama

Ku Klux Klan Burns Cross in Black Neighborhood in Alabama

John Lewis and Two Others Attacked at South Carolina Greyhound Bus...

John Lewis and Two Others Attacked at South Carolina Greyhound Bus Terminal

South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740, Codifying White Supremacy

South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740, Codifying White Supremacy

Arizona Passes Unconstitutional Law Banning Ethnic Studies Programs...

Arizona Passes Unconstitutional Law Banning Ethnic Studies Programs from Public Schools

Louisiana Disenfranchises Black Voters and Jurors

Louisiana Disenfranchises Black Voters and Jurors

South Carolina Passes Bill to Maintain School Segregation Six Years...

South Carolina Passes Bill to Maintain School Segregation Six Years After Brown v. Board Decision Struck it Down

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama

Mississippi Police Open Fire on Crowd of Jackson State College...

Mississippi Police Open Fire on Crowd of Jackson State College Students, Killing Two

Floridians Burn Cross and Stockpile Weapons to Maintain...

Floridians Burn Cross and Stockpile Weapons to Maintain “Whites-Only” Beach

Supreme Court Bans School Segregation, Sparking Massive White...

Supreme Court Bans School Segregation, Sparking Massive White Resistance

Supreme Court Establishes “Separate But Equal” Doctrine as Law in...

Supreme Court Establishes “Separate But Equal” Doctrine as Law in Plessy v. Ferguson

Mary Turner, Pregnant, Lynched in Georgia for Publicly Criticizing...

Mary Turner, Pregnant, Lynched in Georgia for Publicly Criticizing Husband's Lynching

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama

White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama

White Mob Terrorizes 1,000 Black Residents Inside Montgomery, AL,...

White Mob Terrorizes 1,000 Black Residents Inside Montgomery, AL, Church

Congress Restores Confederates' Office-Holding Rights with the...

Congress Restores Confederates' Office-Holding Rights with the Amnesty Act of 1872

President George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Black Woman...

President George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Black Woman Fleeing Enslavement

White Mob in Oklahoma Abducts and Lynches Laura Nelson and Her Young...

White Mob in Oklahoma Abducts and Lynches Laura Nelson and Her Young Son

White Workers Riot After Black Workers Promoted in Mobile, Alabama

White Workers Riot After Black Workers Promoted in Mobile, Alabama

Immigration Act of 1924 Prohibits Immigration from Asia

Immigration Act of 1924 Prohibits Immigration from Asia

White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper

White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper

Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West

Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West

War Department Forces Black Veterans' Families to Travel Separately...

War Department Forces Black Veterans' Families to Travel Separately to Visit Loved Ones' Graves

White Mobs Attack Latino Youth in Los Angeles “Zoot Suit Riots”

White Mobs Attack Latino Youth in Los Angeles “Zoot Suit Riots”

White Mob Lynches 19-Year-Old Black Man at Oklahoma Jail Despite...

White Mob Lynches 19-Year-Old Black Man at Oklahoma Jail Despite Presence of National Guard Who Were Ordered to Protect Him