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Mexico declared its independence from Spain in 1821. Slavery was abolished and full citizenships rights for guarantee to everyone regardless of there colors.
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Between 1830 and 1850 seventy thousand Native American relocated to Oklahoma. Ten thousand Americans walked on the Trail of Tears, and 175 died on the way to an unfamiliar life on the American Plains.
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in 1836 the new Republic of Texas declared its independence and adopted slavery. Transforming Texas into a vast slaveholding empire.
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between the 1850 and 1860, four thousand African American reached the Golden State. These people created the first English speaking black urban communities.
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Establish numerous black communities within Oklahoma. He was the highest-ranking African American he also encourage the mass migration of blacks to Oklahoma.
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California was not the only one that boasted the largest gold rush. Some African-American migrants ventured into Colorado after the Pikes Peak gold rush.
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Born a slave in Virginia he escaped at the age of twenty five and began his successful career. During the Civil War he gave financial assistance to the escaped free African American.
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in 1862 the Homestead Act was applied to Kansas and other western states and territories. The settlers were allowed to pay a small filing fee and would receive 160 acres of land in return. Although, they had to agree that they would improve the land over a five year period.
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A native Louisiana who is best known as the representative of Denver's. In 1906 she launched a career in making and marketing African American women beauty products. With the help of her husbands advertisement her business became successful she was able to open up her own beauty school. In 1914 her company became one of the most successful African American cosmetic manufacturer in the United States.
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The abolition of slavery lead to potential mass migration of African- American to the west. some migrated there by wagon trains, some were more like to take the train or steamboat, and majority walk.
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Between 1874 and 1890 at least ten thousand African Americans journey to the sunflower state.
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In 1877 a white developed with six other prospective black homesteaders from the south founded the town of Nicodemus. They envisioned that it would be a self-sustaining, self governing black agricultural community.
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white prospective settlers persuade the federal government to further reduce the indian lands
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African American mainly from Arkansas and Tennessee migrated to the Indian Territory and became farmers on lands that were not own by them.
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in 1890 the middle class African Americans began to concentrate in the five point district creating a stable, if increasing segregated community.
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Native Americans did not willingly surrender reservations lands. When the federal government reclaimed land for settlement and establishment of National Parks. The Calvary was called in to protect new national borders. African America Calvary fought native trying to hunt on former reservation property
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In 1903 the Souther Pacific Railroad brought two thousands black laborers where brought to break a strike of Mexican American construction worker.
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In 1910 Los Angeles had the largest black urban population of 7,599 people.
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Between 1910 and 1920 the African American starting owning there own small business elite class of entrepreneurs were a source of pride to the community. They also had Jazz clubs for entertainment and created lively social scene that attracted back musicians and writers in the city.
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In the early 1920's state's black farm families left Oklahoma and Kansas and moved on to cities.
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in 1947 as troops returned from overseas job competition became intense white women had to leave the workforce. The African American laborers were closed out of job or passed over for promotion in favor of white veterans. This lead to poverty and frustration which gave a growing demand for equal treatment.
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The Black Panther protected the black communities and neighborhood from police brutality. The black Panther Party had two thousand members many prominent members were arrested in gun battles with police in New York and Chicago.
