I'm Gonna Build Right On Dat Shore (1808) by Norfolk Jazz and Jubilee Quartet

White Generational Wealth

Black/African American Generational Wealth

1783 - 1815

Events included, but not limited to: The New Nation, Articles of Confederation Ratified, Policies and Problems of the Confederation Government, Government Policy Toward Native Americans, The United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

1815 - 1860

During this time period, the following, but not limited to, events took place: National Expansion and Reform, Pre-Civil War African-American Slavery, Reformers and Crusaders, Trail of Tears, Women’s Suffrage started, and the Traveling on the Overland Trails.

1860 - 1880

Events included, but not limited to: Civil War and Reconstruction, Abraham Lincoln's Presidency, The South During the Civil War, The North During the Civil War, African-American Soldiers During the Civil War, Civil War Soldiers' Stories, The Freedmen, Reconstruction and Rights, and The Travails of Reconstruction.

1783 - 1815

Slavery continues. Some Africans escape to the freedom. Black people who fought in the Revolutionary War in order to earn their freedom, and survived, were now free from slavery. There is a rise in the cotton industry as slaves begin working the cotton fields.

1815 - 1860

First school for black girls is opened. First black woman, Maria W Stewart, writes and publishes a political manifesto. Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society is established by and for free Black women. James Forten invented a sail that helped guide ships in the wind. The Dred Scott Decision is issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. Slavery still carries on.

1860 - 1880

Harriet Tubman starts The Underground Railroad in order to free black people from slavery. Famous black people of this era included: Booker T Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Sojourner Truth. Slavery ends. The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws are created, issued, and enforced. The very first Juneteenth Celebration happens in Galveston, TX.