Black History through the study of Literature:
Timelines

1750

1762 - Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima was born in Fouta Dallon

1775

1781 - John Coates Cox, a ship's surgeon, stumbled into one of their villages

1788 - Ibrahima is now twenty-six years old and has reached Mississippi

1800

1807- By this year the area had become the Mississippi Territory

1816- Ibrahima wrote the letter that Marschalk suggested

1825

Feb. 7, 1829 - Ibrahima and his wife sailed on the ship Harriet to Africa

July, 1829 - Ibrahima died in Liberia

1843 - Elijah McCoy was born

1850

1872 - McCoy received his patent on the lubricating "drip cup"

1875

1892 - McCoy invented and patented a device for lubricating locomotive engines

1900

1920 - McCoy applied his system to air brakes on vehicles

1925

1929 - Elijah McCoy died

1950

1961 - In January Bebe Moore Campbell skipped 5B and went to sixth grade

By Kate

1750

1762 - Ibrahima was born

1800

1807 - The area had become the Mississippi Territory

1816 - Dr. Cox died

1829 - Ibrahima died

1843 - Elijah McCoy was born

1850

1868 - Amendment 14 giving slaves their freedom was passed

1872 - McCoy received his patent for the drip cup

1887 - land was up for sale

1892 - he made lubricating locomotive engines

1900

1918 - Grampa bought 100 acres of land (Roll of Thunder)

1920 - McCoy applied his system to air brakes on vehicles

1929 - Elijah McCoy died

1950

1961 - Bebe Moore Campbell skipped 5B and went to the 6th grade

1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. told his speech about his dream

1968 - Martin Luther King died

By Dean

1750
1762 - Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima was born

1775
1781 - A white man came to Ibrahima's village
1788 - Ibrahima was 26 and reached Mississippi

1800

1807 - Ibrahima was 45 and the area had become the Mississippi Territory
1816 - Dr. Cox died and Ibrahima wrote a letter

1825

1829 - Ibrahima and his wife sailed to Africa. Ibrahima died.
1843 - Elijah McCoy was born on May 2 in Canada

1850

1872 - McCoy received his patent for the drip cup

1875

1887 - Cassie's Grandpa bought some land (Roll of Thunder)
1892 - McCoy invented a number of devices for lubricating locomotive engines

1900

1918 - Cassie's grandpa bought 200 acres of land.
1920 - McCoy applied air brakes on vehicles

1925

1929 - Elijah McCoy died
1930 - The price of cotton dropped
(Roll of Thunder)
1931 - Papa went looking for work
1933 - Papa was laying tracks in Louisiana. Got books at school.

1950

1961 - Bebe Moore Campbell skipped 5B
1962 - Civil rights protesters
1963 Martin Luther King's speech
1968 - Martin Luther King's assassination

By Kayla

1750

1762 - Ibrahima born

1775

1781 - Dr. Cox came to the Fulla land with an infected leg

1788 - Ibrahima reached Mississippi, in August Thomas Foster bought two more slaves.

1800

1807 - Mississippi Territory was born

1825

1829 - Ibrahima and his wife go to Africa. Ibrahima died in July

1843 - Elijah McCoy born

1850

1872 - Mr. McCoy got patent for the drip cup

1875

1892 - McCoy invented drip cup

1900

1920 - McCoy invented air brakes

1925

1929 - Elijah McCoy died

1950

1961 - Bebe Moore Campbell skipped 5B

1963 - Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" speech

1968 - Martin Luther King was assassinated

By Ace









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