1852 ⟶ Frederick Douglass Delivers "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"
Frederick Douglass delivers his speech "The Meaning of July ...
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🛺 First Major Wagon Train Departs Missouri
The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.⟶
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United States🗣️ Seneca Falls Convention Launches Women's Rights Movement
Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for women's suffrage.⟶
Women's RightsSuffrageSocial ReformFeminismGender EqualityUnited States HistoryActivism
United States🗣️ Frederick Douglass Delivers "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"
Frederick Douglass delivers his speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" in Rochester, New York.⟶
African American HistorySlaveryAbolitionismCivil RightsOratoryEquality
United States✍️ William Wells Brown Publishes Clotel, First Novel by an African American
William Wells Brown (1814–1884) wrote first novel published by an African American, Clotel.⟶
LiteratureAfrican American HistoryNovelSlaveryAmerican LiteratureCivil Rights
United States🏃🏿♂️ Enslaved Man Gordon Escapes Louisiana Plantation
Gordon (slave) Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", was an enslaved African American who escaped from a Louisiana plantation in March 1863.⟶
SlaveryAmerican Civil WarAfrican American HistoryLouisianaEmancipationAbolitionismResistance
United States🎤 Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers 'I Have a Dream' Speech at March on Washington
August 28: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSocial JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.ActivismEquality
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