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The Slave Trade
Race based slavery in America began in 1650 where an estimated 12.4 million Africans were stolen and forced into slavery in the U.S -
Criminalization of Race
Rhode Island General Assembly passes a law that states " “If any negroes or Indians either freemen, servants, or slaves, do walk in the street of the town of Newport, or any other town in this Colony, after nine of the clock of the night, without a certificate from their masters, or some English person of said family with them, or some lawful excuse for the same, that it shall be lawful for any person to take them up and deliver them to a Constable.” -
Slave Patrols
Slave Patrols were part of the first large scale policing systems in America, in which all able-bodied white men were required to serve in, and its main goal was property protection. -
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The Constitution Disregards POC
Congress limited naturalized citizenship towards white men while 2/3 of the founding fathers held slaves during and after the ratification of the Constitution -
The Indian Removal Act
Refers to the forced migration of thousands of Native Americans overturned by former president Andrew Jackson, who sought for a better economy regardless of the sorrow and misery brought to almost 15,000 Natives. -
Jim Crow Laws Passed
Jim Crow laws were a collection of statutes that legalized racial segregation, ironically immediately after the abolishment of slavery. The laws were meant to separate African Americans from white people by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities. -
The Emmett Till Trial
Emmett Till was an African American boy who was tortured and murdered by a women's husband and brother in Mississippi for apparently flirting with her. The trial lasted for five days in which the jurors decided that the two men would be acquitted of the murder. After a month from the trial the two even admitted killing Emmett Hill, but there was still no justice. -
The Murdering of Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor was a Black medical worker who was shot and killed by police officers in March 2020 during a "botched" raid on her apartment. -
George Floyd's Death
George was an African American man who was suspected of using counterfeit money from a store clerk. Derek Chauvin, one of the police officers called to scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, until he was killed.