Timeline Activity

Look up items from this timeline. Consider the people, relationships, and rules. How do these historical issues affect people of different races?

  1. 1493: Papal Bull, Doctrine of Discovery

  2. 1700’s: Slave Patrols and Police

  3. 1705: Indian Blood Law

  4. 1712: “Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and slaves”

  5. 1790: The Naturalization Act

  6. 1790-1920: Cultural Assimilation of Native Americans

  7. 1830’s - Late 1800’s: Trail of Tears

  8. 1840’s: Oregon Black Exclusion Laws

  9. 1862: The Homestead Act

  10. 1873: Colfax Massacre

  11. 1882: “The Chinese Exclusion Act”

  12. 1885: Tacoma WA Riot

  13. 1887: Jim Crow Segregation

  14. 1896: Plessy vs. Ferguson

  15. 1913: Alien Land Law

  16. 1921: Tulsa “Black Wall Street” Race Massacre

  17. 1922: Ozawa vs. the United States

  18. 1924: Virginia’s Racial Integrity Law

  19. 1930s: Redlining

  20. 1942: Executive Order 9066

  21. 1944: GI Bill and Black Veterans

  22. Mid 1940’s – Mid 1950’s: Highway System Affect on Urban Neighborhoods

  23. 1951: Cicero Race Riot

  24. Mid-1950s: Southern States Literacy Testing and Voting

  25. Until late 1960’s: Seattle Sundown Town

  26. 1980s: Race and the War on Drugs

  27. 2008: Subprime Mortgage Lending Crisis Effects on Different Races

  28. 2010: Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies HB 2281

  29. 2002-2019: Stop and Frisk Policy Racial Impact

  30. 1924-Present: Seattle Racial Covenants