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Slavery
Black oppression dates back all the way to 1619 with the first African American slaves to arrive in Virginia. Throughout the years they faced inequality hardships and abuse at the hands of their slave holders. -
Nat Turner
Black oppression dates back all the way to 1619 with the first African American slaves to arrive in Virginia. Throughout the years they faced inequality hardships and abuse. After 200 years of suffrage Nat Turner leads the most significant slave uprising in American history. In 1831 the revolution began wthe next two days 60 white men and some 100 slaves were killed , before state militia came and over whelmed the slaves. Nat Turner was soon after tried and hanged. -
Chicago Race Riots
July 27 1919 the initial start of the Chicago Race Riots started because an African American teenager Eugen Williams was stoned by a group of white teens. The young man drowned in Lake Michigan and died. The teens that were involved were not arrested for his death. The injustice for Eugene Williams caused an uproar in the black community, for five days the rage of the riots consumed the streets of the south side of Chicago. 38 people died 23 blacks, 15 whites and 500 people injured. -
Martin and Malcolm
The injustice of African Americans in the later 1950s and early 1960s sparked two very powerful but different kinds of leaders. One was Martin Luther King who was a very peaceful protester and brought love and Christianity to his message. The other leader was Malcolm X who served the message of protecting yourself by any means necessary. However, both leaders wanted the same outcome and that was equality and justice for the black community. -
Emett Till
August 28th 1955 a 14 year old boy by the name of Emmett louis till, was on vacation in Mississippi from Chicago visiting family. Emmett supposedly flirted with a white woman inside of a store, three nights later two white men beat,shot,drug his corpse behind the back of the car, making him unrecognizable for his funeral. -
Jim Crow
Jim Crow Laws 1877- mid 1960s – Under the Jim crow law African Americans were treated as 2nd class citizens, not able to eat with whites , whites had separate restrooms, drinking fountains schools etc. Prevented interracial relationships also. -
Sit Ins
After Till’s killing it caused several major events and movements to happen. One is the February 1st 1960 college students walked in to a store in Greensboro, North Carolina where they were not only refused service but they were threatened, spit on and had items thrown at them. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, there were organizations doing freedom rides and we cannot forget the March on Washington. -
Civil Rights Act
Dr. Martin Luther King’s message was to get the right people in the White House and government seats so that laws could be passed to solve the injustice against black people. The Civil Rights act of 1964, is considered the most monumental legislative achievement of the civil rights movement. It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Black Panthers
Malcolm X message of protect yourself by any means necessary provoked the Black Panther movement. Which encouraged people to fight back and no longer be victims to unjust violence and police brutality. On the 15th of October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers. This militia was created with the intention of patrolling and protecting African American communities against severe acts of police brutality. -
Black Panthers
Together they spread a message of empowerment to the marginalized classes, drawing in more followers to the organization. The panthers aspired to represent themselves as youthful revolutionaries. The assassination of Malcolm X inspired group leaders to exercise their 2nd amendment rights freely, “the right to bear arms.” The Panthers boldly stepped outside of the boundaries set by the civil rights movement and openly advocating fighting fire with fire. -
Assasination of a Community
The killing of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X caused chaos in the black communities. The power of the message from these two leaders was BLACK POWER, confidence, and relentless courage. Their deaths cause a bit of a set back with not only the movement but peoples courage as well. Their deaths rob America of the most vigorous change we could have seen in history. The demand for economic justice seemed one step short, Black Americans felt they had missed the mark. -
Rodney King
The black community was still disheartened by the injustices and inequality in America. The beating of Rodney King set the black community over the edge. In 1991 Rodney King was caught on camera being brutally beaten by Los Angeles police. The officers were acquitted, which sparked riots throughout the city of Los Angeles. -
Trayvon Martin
In 2012, racial profiling lead to the death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was walking back from a convenient store in Sanford, Florida when he was followed by neighborhood watchmen George Zimmerman under assumptions of suspicious activity, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by Zimmerman, who was later acquitted of murdering Martin. -
Black Lives Matter
The death of Trayvon Martin sparked an outcry in African American communities. These outcries evolved into a movement, one that would rebuild the Black liberation movement, labeled Black Lives Matter. This was a campaign against violence and systemic racism toward black people. Creating nationwide attention to police brutality on African Americans. -
Black Lives Matter
Other deaths at the hands of police include the death of Eric Garner, a 43 year old male who suffered a heart attack after being pinned down and placed in a chokehold during an arrest by an NYPD officer; The death of Michael Brown an unarmed teenager that was killed in Ferguson, Missouri; And Tamir Rice a 12 year old boy who was shot and killed by a Cleveland, Ohio police officer for carrying a toy gun. -
#BlackLivesMatter Goes Global
In 2016 was the year that #BlackLivesMatter went global The United State Movement spread as far as South Africa, France, Australia and Brazil were activists took over the streets and all kinds of social media in support of the victims of police killing. They used the #BlackLivesMatter’s movement and call for racial justice.
