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African presence in the Americas
Schomburg Exhibit: A timeline of the African presence in the Americas. It is divided into three sections for easy viewing. Click on a time period to view its timeline.... |
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Slavery and Religion in America
The years 1450-1750 brought enormous changes to the North American continent. The native Americans, or Indians, as the Europeans came to call them, first encountered Euro... |
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The Underground Railroad
You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never t... |
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Guide to Black History: Timeline
The BRITANNICA Guide to Black History: From Slavery to Michael Jordan... |
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Timeline of African-American History
Enchanted Learning Software creates children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.... |
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Black History Month - Timeline
Events in African-American History... |
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Slavery Abolition Act
In 1805 the House of Commons passed a bill that made it unlawful for any British subject to capture and transport slaves, but the measure was blocked by the House of Lord... |
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Booker T. Washington, Educater
Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856–1915, American educator, b. Franklin co., Va. His mother was a mulatto slave on a plantation, his father a white man. After the Civil... |
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George Washington Carver
Scientist and early advocate for industrial uses for farm crops (bio-energy). Carver earned a B.S. from the Iowa Agricultural College in 1894 and an M.S. in 1896. He beca... |
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Henson, 1st on the North Pole - 1909
Matthew Alexander Henson was an American explorer and associate of Robert Peary during various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition which claimed to be th... |
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Du Bois, Civil Rights Leader
W.E.B. Du Bois was an early African-American civil rights leader and scholar and the first non-white person to receive a doctorate from Harvard University. He was an outs... |
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Jack Johnson, American Boxer
John Arthur Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. He was t... |
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Lead Belly, Folk and Blues Musician
Huddie William Ledbetter, was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich so... |
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Anton de Kom, Surinamese Activist
Cornelis Gerard Anton de Kom was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
On May 10, De Kom was sent to The Netherlands without trial and exiled fr... |
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Harlem
An African-American Community Schomburg Exhibit Timeline... |
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