1、history of the black,Origin and history Slave trade,The sale of blacks from western Africa to the New World took place from the 16th through the 19th century. This Atlantic slave trade took millions of men, women, and children to the Americas to meet labor needs there. It played an important part in
2、 the settlement of the New World and the growing prosperity of Europe but brought great misery to its victims.,Civil War,Key Civil Rights Activities,Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) - This began with Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus. The boycotts goal was to protest segregation in publ
3、ic buses. It lasted more than a year. It also led to the rise of King as the foremost leader in the civil rights movement.,National Guard Called to Force Desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957) - After the court case Brown v. Board of Education ordered that schools be desegregated, Arkansas Go
4、vernor Orval Faubus would not enforce this ruling. He called out the Arkansas National Guard to stop African-Americans from attending “all-white“ schools. President Dwight Eisenhower took control of the National Guard and forced the admission of the students.,Freedom Rides (1961) - Groups of college
5、 students would ride on interstate carriers in protest to segregation on interstate buses. President John F. Kennedy actually provided federal marshals to help protect the freedom riders in the south. March on Washington (1963) - On August 28, 1963, 250,000 individuals both black and white gathered
6、together at the Lincoln Memorial to protest segregation. It was here that King delivered his famous and stirring “I have a dream.“ speech.,Freedom Summer (1964) - This was a combination of drives to help get blacks registered to vote. Many areas of the South were denying African-Americans the basic
7、right to vote by not allowing them to register. They used various means including literacy tests and more overt means like intimidation through groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Three volunteers, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman, were murdered and seven KKK members were convicted of t
8、heir murder.,Selma, Alabama (1965) - Selma was the beginning point of three marches intended to go to the capitol of Alabama, Montgomery, in protest to discrimination in voter registration. Two times the marchers were turned back, the first with a lot of violence and the second at the request of Kin
9、g. The third march had its intended effect and helped with the passage of the Voting Rights of 1965 in Congress,Martin Luther King,Martin Luther Kings Childhood and Education Montgomery Bus Boycott Southern Christian Leadership Conference Martin Luther Kings “I Have a Dream“ Speech Nobel Peace Prize Assassination,In 2009, the United States, the first African American president Barack Obama (Barack Obama) took office, giving special significance to African American History,thanks for watching,
