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slavery
- It was accepted institution of human chattel slavery in the USA between 16th and 19th centuries.
- The slavery actually started I the 16th century and ended in the 19th century. (1860)
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The American civil war
The war started, 7 southern states formed the confederate states of America. Often just called the south. The issues of the war was slavery. -
Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Lincoln was fighting for the black people’s rights; he was not up for the way the community treated the black people as slaves. He thought that the black and the white should live equally.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke, it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million slaves in the designated areas of the South from "slave" to "free” -
American civil war
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Black codes in southern America
The black codes were a way to suppress the freedom the black people were given. the black codes were laws that restricted their rights. The codes declared that people of color had no right to acquire, own or dispose of property fx.
Even though the laws never went in to affect, they still lived in some kind of slavery in form of contracts. -
The American civil war
The war ended. Gereral Lee surrenderd to Grant.
4 years of war left 600.000 soldiers dead. -
Ku Klux Klan
the first organization of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was formed in 1865 in Pulaski Tennessee, they aought to overthrow the republican state goverments in the south during the reconstruction era, especially by violence against African-American leaders. in 1915 KKK resurrected again in Georgia the founder was Willam J Simmons. in 1960 KKK had their 3'rd resurrection in connection with the civil rights movements. Today KKK barely exist, only in neo-Nazi fractions, who fight each other mutually -
The fifteenth amendment
The fifteenth amendment granted the blacks the right to vote. The law came about in February 25, 1869, though it would not fully realized for almost a century. The law was passed so that every citizen would be able to vote despite race, gender or previous condition of servitude. -
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing in USA the law was valid in the period 1876-1965. The law made black and white people equals, but made separation in schools, busses, restaurants, so in reality the law made it more difficult for black people. this law was mainly applied to southern United states.
The remaining laws were overruled by the civil rights act of 1964 ande the voting act of 1965. -
NAACP
Official website
- Stands for National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
- Founded the 12th Feburary in 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA by Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois ect. - founded by a multiracial group of activists
- Its mission: "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination"
- Largest and oldest civil rights organization -
Malcolm X Part 1
Malcolm X: also called Malcolm Little
Born the 19th may 1925 in Omaha Nebraska, but grew up in Lansing.
Malcolms father was probably killed by Ku Klux Klan, he was run over by a street car in 1931
Some people proclaiming him to be an even better speaker than Martin Luther King.
Describing himself as the “angriest man in America” -
Martin Luther King was born
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Martin Luther King
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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old teenager from Chicago, visiting relatives in Mississippi, was speaking to an 21 year old white woman. Several days later, her boyfriend and his friends came to Till’s house and took him away. They tortured him and dumped him in the river with a fan tied to his neck. Till’s mother insisted on a public funeral with open casket. Tens of thousands people viewed his casket. Till’s case became emblematic of the disparity for blacks in the south. -
Rosa Parks
1913-2005
She was one of the first persons who refused to give up her seat for a white person. She was arrested and later arrested again, accused of being one of the starters of the Montgomery bus boycott, which started the day her trial started.
She was later called The Mother Of Civils Rights Movement. -
Maritn Luther King
Helped found the southern christian leadership -
Martin Luther King
Held his famous speach " I have a dream " at the march in Washington -
Malcolm X Part2
The 21th February 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated.
Malcolms family was often exposed to racial harassment. Like in 1929 the house was sat on fire.
When Malcolm was teenager, he drifted into a life of pretty crime, involving robbery and drug selling.
He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in 1946. In prison Malcolm read a lot of books and converted to Islam,, and became a member of the Nation of Islam/Black Muslims. Preaching separation of the races.
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The black Panthers (Melcolm part 3)
The black Panthers:
Some historians suggest that the Black Panther Party used Malcolm X philosophy of gaining freedom “by any means necessary”.
The Black Panther Party(BPP) was founded in 1966.
Based on ideas such as black nationalism and staunch belief in necessity of violence and armed self-defense in order to obtain freedom from white oppression. -
Civil right acts 1968 President Johnson
The Civil Rights Act signed into law in April 1968–popularly known as the Fair Housing Act–prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. Intended as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the bill was the subject of a contentious debate in the Senate, but was passed quickly by the House of Representatives in the days after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The act stands as the -
Rodney King
•Rodney King was an American taxi driver who became famous for the infamous videotape that depicted him being beaten by LAPD following a high-speed chase which took place March 3, 1991. The videotape sparked an outrage that had the whole world following as riots arose, engulfing entire cities to succumb to chaos and demonstrations. Concerns surrounding whether the police had gained too much power over the minority. Rodney King passed away on June 17, 2012 -
Barack Obama
4.11.2008- Americans placed their faith in Obama, turning their backs on a past of slavery and segregation and electing the first African-American President. Obama became the 44th president. His victory made a powerful statement about how far the country has come on the issue of race; his journey represents a triumph of the American story
Born in Hawaii 4.08.1961
Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review
1995- Obama published his autobiography- a story of race and inheritance
