1870 |
Mississippi’s Hiram Revels becomes 1st black senator. J.H. Rainey, along with 4 others, join House of Representatives. |
1870 |
15th Amendment ensures right to vote, regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. |
1871 |
Ku Klux Klan Act is passed granting federal jurisdiction over terrorist activity and allows the President the ability to declare martial law. It expires a year later. |
1871 |
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was founded with 8 teams. |
1872 |
Charlotte Ray is the first black woman to complete the program at Harvard Law School. |
1872 |
Baseball is introduced to Japan. |
1874 |
Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi is elected to full term in the Senate, a first for African Americans. |
1875 |
Congress passes Civil Rights Act guaranteeing blacks equal rights in public places, and inclusion in jury duty. |
1875 |
The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell. |
1876 |
Sioux Indians defeat American Troops in Battle of Little Big Horn. |
1876 |
National League is created to "organize" baseball. |
1877 |
Federal troops withdraw from the South and end Reconstruction, enforcement of 14th and 15th Amendments. |
1877 |
Henry O’Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate from West Point Academy. |
1879 |
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb. |
1879 |
A mass exodus of African Americans move to Kansas and other destinations in the North and West. |