Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932)
| Author's Life | American Political and Cultural History |
| 1858- Charles's W. Chesnut was born in Cleveland, Ohio to free American blacks (BREA) | 1858- The year of the Lincoln Douglas debates over slavery (GONZA) |
| 1866- His family moves from Ohio to North Carolina (ENG) | 1860-Democracy splits and Abraham Lincoln is elected president (GUW) |
| 1871- An Marie Chesnutt (Charles' mother) dies (ENG) | 1861/65-The Civil War takes place (GONZA) |
| 1872- Charles publishes his first short story in a Fayettvill newspaper (BREA) | 1863- Year of the Emancipation Proclamation (GUW) |
| 1873- He droppes out of school and begins teaching to help support his family (BREA) | 1865- Year that the U.S. adopts the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Also the year of President Lincoln's Assasination. (GUW) |
| 1877- Charles is appointed aas assitstant principal at the State Colered Normal School in Fayetteville, North Carolina (BREA) | 1869- Ulysses S. Grant becomes president. Wyoming passes first woman's sufferage act. (GONZA) |
| 1878- He marries a school teacher by the name of Susan Perry (ENG) | 1868 - The 14th Amendment is granted garenteeing full citizenship to black Americans, and "equal protection of the laws" (GONZA) |
| 1879- His first daughter, Ethal P. Chesnutt, is born (ENG) | 1870- The 15th Amendment is granted, forbidding the denial of sufferage on account of race (GONZA) |
| 1880- He becomes principal of the Normal School (BREA) | 1876- Surpreme Court upheld racial segregation. Alexander Grahm Bell invents the telephone. (GUW) |
| 1881- His daughter, Helen M. Chesnutt, is born (ENG) | 1877- Thomas Eddison patents the phonograph (GUW) |
| 1883- Charles resigns as principal. He leaves Susan and the children at home to find work in New York at Dow Jones and Company Charles' son Edwin Chesnutt is born. Later he leaves NY for Cleveland, where he works in the accountind department of Nickle Rail Road Company (ENG) |
1882- John D. Rockefeller organizes the Standard Oil Trust (GONZA) |
| 1884- Susan and children join Charles in Cleveland (ENG) | 1890- Year of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law |
| 1885- Charles begins to study law (BREA) | 1912- The Titanic strikes an iceburg. 1,502 lives are lost. (GONZA) |
| 1900- He publishes "The House Behind the Cedars" |
1914- The Panama Canal opens for shipping 1915- Iron and steel workers strike for the 8-hour workday (GUW) |
| 1901- He publishes "The March of Progress" in Century & "Ther Marrow of Traddition" |
1920- The 18th Amendment (prohabition amendment) goes into effect as well as the 19th Amendment (voting rights for women) (GONZA) |
| 1912- Charles becomes a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce |
1922- The Surpreme Court declares the 19th Amendment to be constitutional (GONZA) |
| 1913- He recives an honerary degree from Wilberforce University |
1926- Richard Byrd makes the first flight over the North Pole (GONZA) |
| 1928- The NAACP awards Chesnutt its Spingarn Medal |
1927- Charles Lindburgh flies the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris (GUW) |
| 1932- Charles dies at home at the age of 74 (ENG) |
Works Cited
(ENG): http://www.berea.edu/ENG/chesnutt/
(BREA): http://www.berea.edu/ENG/chesnutt/biography/chestimeline.html
(GONZA): http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/chesnutt.htm
(GUW): http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/timefram.html