| 1501 |
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Inc., 1999).
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Present 3 (2d ed. 1997).
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& James Williams eds., John Wiley & Sons 4th ed. 1983). |
| 1502 |
Leslie B. Rout, Jr., The African Experience in Spanish America: 1502 to
the Present Day (Cambridge University Press, 1976)
The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on The Afro American 1 (Harry A Ploski
& James Williams eds., John Wiley & Sons 4th ed. 1983). |
| 1522 |
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A Historiographical Scenario on the Theses of Genovese and Others,
26 Journal of Black Studies 381 at 388 (March 1996).
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Inc., 1999). |
| 1562 |
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25 J. Negro Hist. 60 at 60 (Jan. 1940).
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49 Shakespeare Quarterly 168 at 168 (Jan. 1924).
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52 J. Negro Hist. 251 at 253 (Oct. 1967).
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Present 5 (2d ed. 1997).
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& James Williams eds., John Wiley & Sons 4th ed. 1983). |
| 1619 |
Alden T. Vaughan, Blacks in Virginia: A Note on the First Decade,
29 Wm. and Mary Quarterly 469 at 469 (July 1972).
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Present 5 (2d ed. 1997).
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(last visited Dec.10, 2003).
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& James Williams eds., John Wiley & Sons 4th ed. 1983). |
| 1638 |
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| 1704 |
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Slavery 1784-1848, 111 Yale L. J. 183 (Oct. 2001).
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Hopkins Press,1893).
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Present 10 (2d ed. 1997). |
| 1776 |
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Archives website at: http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/declaration_transcript.html.
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| 1777 |
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Vermont’s State Constitution is online at: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/const2.htm. |
| 1783 |
Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967, 345-350 (Fred L. Israel
ed., Chelsea House Publishers 1967).
Information about the Treaty of Paris is available from the U.S. Department
of State's website:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ar/14313.htm. |
| 1789 |
U.S. Constitution adopted
at the Constitutional Convention in 1787; ratified in 1788; first government
under the Constitution was in 1789 (see note 1 at http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html) |
| 1855 |
Mass. Acts 1855, c. 256
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| 1861-1865 |
Timeline of the Civil War: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society, via the American
Memory at the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html |
| 1865 |
Theodore Brantner Wilson, The Black Codes (1965) |
| 1866 |
Civil Rights Act of 1866 (April 9, 1866); 14 Stat. 27
National Civil Rights Museum online: http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org |
| 1867 |
http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html
(Southern Poverty Law Center Report)
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/KK/vek2.html
http://www.centerforhistory.org/indiana_history_main7.html
|
| 1877 |
C. Vann Woodward, Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877
and the End of Reconstruction (1951)
|
| 1890-1920 |
Historical Statistics of Black America, pp. 493-494 (Jessie C. Smith &
Carrell Peterson Horton, eds., Gale Group, 1995) |
| 1920s |
http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html
(Southern Poverty Law Center Report) |
| 1957 |
President Eisenhower orders National Guard to Little Rock, Arkansas, to
escort nine black students to Central H.S. to enforce Brown
President Eisenhower’s Executive Order 10730 to desegregate Central
High School in Little Rock, Arkansas: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=89 |
| 1961 |
Freedom Rides to integrate Southern bus terminals
“Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and Demonstrations,” American Memory
website of the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9b.html |
| 1968 |
Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, enacted
in 1968, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et. seq. (2000)
http://www.usdoj.gov:80/crt/housing/title8.htm
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