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Black History Timeline

BRI's Black History Timeline follows Plainest Demands of Justice: Documents for Dialogue on the African American Experience, a social studies resource highlighting the African American experience from the colonial period to present day.

Choose a date or time period below and curate the best resources for your classroom. Save the lesson plans and activities when you create an educator account. Plus, access our series of self-questions for students to review the material.

Save Black History Resources

The Declaration of Independence and the Promise of Liberty and Equality for All, 1796-1791

Slavery and the Struggle for Abolition from the Colonial Period to the Civil War, 1791-1865

The Lost Promise of Reconstruction and Rise of Jim Crow, 1860-1896

The Struggle Continues: Stony the Road, 1896-1941

Continuing the Heroic Struggle for Equality – The Civil Rights Movement , 1954-1967

Where Do We Go from Here? 1967 – Present Day , 1967-2020