From Slavery to the White House is a 2009 Special Edition Keepsake Wall Calendar.

This educational/historical wall calendar shares the evolution of a people from the bondage of slavery to emancipation and the prospering in a free world society taking advantage of the opportunities available.

From the dark past of slavery to those unshackled and freed by people such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad through the abolishing of slave trade in America to civil rights, desegregation and the acceptance, recognition and legislation of the African American as a man equal to all other men of all races.

1619:
The first African slaves are landed in the English colony of Virginia. Slavery is to become a key motor in the development of what will become the United States.

1776:
American patriots declare independence from Britain in a quarrel over taxes. But there is no dispute over slavery, which is even practiced by the new country’s first president, George Washington.

Early 19th Century:
Slavery and the slave trade are gradually abandoned by most European states.

1861- 1865:
Slavery, widespread in the Confederate south but generally opposed in the north, is the main issue behind the American Civil War, which ends with victory for the north.

1865:
The 13th amendment to the constitution formally abolishes slavery. The Ku Klux Klan, a violent white supremacist secret society, is founded.

1896:
A Supreme Court ruling authorises racial segregation, a widespread practice in the southern states. The ruling says the races may be “separate but equal”, the ruling allows so-called “Jim Crow” discrimination laws.

1909:
Foundation of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP).

1941- 1945:
African-Americans fight for the United States in World War II, but generally in separate units.

1949:
A presidential decree formally ends segregation in the armed forces.

1954:
The Supreme Court outlaws segregation in schools.

1955:
A black civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, sparks a mass movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white person in an Alabama bus. Rise to prominence of Martin Luther King, a charismatic civil rights leader.

1957:
Congress enacts the Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing all black people the right to vote. But it remains a dead letter in many southern states.

1960:
An amendment to the Civil Rights Act introducing penalties for anyone who obstructs a person’s attempt to register to vote or vote.

1963:
At the apogee of the civil rights movement, which has seen serious violence in many parts of the country, Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech to 200,000 people in Washington DC.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin,” he declares.

1966:
Radical activists in California form the Black Panther Party.

1968:
Martin Luther King is assassinated and race riots shake the country. Athletes taking part in the Olympic Games in Mexico give black power salutes.

1989:
Colin Powell becomes the first African-American to head the US armed forces. He goes on to become the first black secretary of state.

1992:
Race riots, sparked by the beating of a black motorist by police, leave at least 59 people dead in Los Angeles.

1995:
A rally organised by the Nation of Islam attracts some 800,000 African American men to Washington.

2005:
Condoleezza Rice becomes the first black woman to serve as secretary of state.

November 4, 2008:
Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President-elect.

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