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BLACK HISTORYMONTH

Summary

February is the month chosen to celebrate the achievements of African Americans as well as their contribution to the history and culture of the United States.

1500s

Atlantic Slave Trade

Timeline ••

1775

American Revolution

1861

Civil War

A brief overview of African American History

1865

Reconstruction

1950s

Civil Rights Movement

RECONSTRUCTION (1865-1877)

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

right to vote

citizenship to all people born in the United States, including African Americans

abolition of slavery

Challenges ••

Ku Klux Klan

Jim Crow Laws

a secret terrorist organisation aiming to reestablish white supremacy

limiting the freedom of Black Americans in all aspects of life
"seperate but equal"

Civil Rights Movement

He passionately advocated for justice and equal opportunities for all his people, striving tirelessly to create a society where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Martin Luther King

Civil rights act

Signed by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, this law banned segregation in public places, integrated schools, and made employment discrimination illegal.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Thanks

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Civil War
Causes
  • issue of slavery
  • states' rights
  • expansion to the west
  • economic issues
1861-1865

Emancipation Proclamation

  • all persons held as slaves within the rebel states were set free
  • freed slaves became accepted into military service.
  • the Civil War turned into a fight about slavery.
  • slavery was not outlawed yet
Abraham Lincoln
End of war
President of USA 1861-1865
  • Union's victory
  • abolition of slavery (13th Amendment 1865)

Abolitionists

the Underground Railroad
  • a secretive network of people and places that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
  • about 100,000 slaves made it to free states of the north following this secret route
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass

Declaration of Independence

  • God made all men and women equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  • A government owes to respect and protect these rights
  • If a government tries to violate these rights, it is not only the right but also the duty of the people to overthrow that government
American Revolution
1775-1783