Curriculum - African American History

  1. Malcolm X
  2. Marcus Garvey
  3. Marian Anderson
  4. Marian Anderson Is Barred from Constitution Hall
  5. Marley’s Natty Dread Establishes Reggae’s Popularity
  6. Marshall Becomes First African American Supreme Court Justice
  7. Martial Law is Declared in Oklahoma in Response to KKK Violence
  8. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  9. Martin Luther King, Jr., Delivers his “I have a Dream” Speech
  10. Martin Luther King, Jr., Is Assassinated in Memphis
  11. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leads a March from Selma to Montgomery
  12. Martin Luther King, Jr., Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
  13. Massachusetts Recognizes Slavery
  14. Maya Angelou
  15. Meredith Integrates University of Mississippi
  16. Meredith Registers at “Ole Miss”
  17. Meredith’s Enrollment Integrates the University of Mississippi
  18. Miami Riots
  19. Million Man March Draws African American Men to Washington, D.C.
  20. The Miniseries Roots Dramatizes the African-American Experience
  21. Mississippi Disfranchisement Laws
  22. Missouri Compromise
  23. Mitchell Founds the Dance Theater of Harlem
  24. Montgomery Bus Boycott
  25. Muhammad Ali
  26. Multiculturalism Dominates the Dance World
  27. Nat Turner
  28. Nat Turner’s Insurrection
  29. Nation of Islam Is Founded
  30. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Is Founded
  31. National Council of Colored People Is Founded
  32. New Black Codes
  33. New York City Slave Revolt
  34. Niagara Movement
  35. The North Star Begins Publication
  36. Northeast States Abolish Slavery
  37. O. J. Simpson Is Acquitted
  38. Oprah Winfrey
  39. Parker’s Playing Epitomizes Bebop
  40. Parks is Arrested for Refusing to Sit in the Back of the Bus
  41. Paul Laurence Dunbar
  42. Paul Robeson
  43. Peary and Henson Reach the North Pole
  44. Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery Is Founded
  45. Poitier Emerges as a Film Star in The Blackboard Jungle
  46. Proslavery Argument
  47. Race in the U.S. Military
  48. Race Rioting Erupts in Detroit
  49. Race Riots Erupt in Detroit and Harlem
  50. Race Riots in the South