Black History Month

Black History Month

1. People

   • Rose Parks
     • Went on a bus and sat in the front to stop racism
     • Did not give up seat to a white person
   • Lincoln
     • lincoln put laws against slavery
     • assassinated on April 14, 1865
   • J.F.K
     • November 22 1963 j.f.k got shot
     • was going to pass a bill to stop racism
   • Martin luther king jr
     • Stood up against racism to be a leader
     • Martin luther king jr gunned down by an assassin
   • Jackie robinson
     • jackie robinson stopped racism in baseball
     • first black person to play in the mlb
   • Carl Stokes
     • Carl Stokes is the first african american to be a mayor
   • Malcolm X
     • He founded islam to stop racism
     • Killed on 1965
   • Gandhi
     • Stopped racism in his country
     • January 30, 1948

2. Groups

   • NAACP
     • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
   • KKK
     • ku klux klan kills black people
   • SCLC
     • african american civil right organization
   • freedom riders
     • people were killed and badly beaten when they came to a stop
     • they ride to stop racism
   • Black panther party
     • fight for there own rights

3. Movements

   • Voting rights act of 1965
     • The right to vote
     • war about rights
     • Millions starting to get the right to vote
     • The right to vote is taken away again
   • civil rights bills
     • Civil rights bill in 1964
     • supreme court passed a law with no mixed schools
     • civil rights act of 1957

4. problems

   • violence between jobs
     • Black people want rights but have none
       • white people were limiting the black peoples rights
   • Usa erupted in violence
     • rasism
   • Shootings,Bombings,Beatings
     • Just cause they were different, people thought that they deserved to die
   • Racist riots
     • White people didn't want black people around
   • racism
     • white people didn't like black people
   • attacked and some were raped
     • White people thought that they were different
   • Police brutality
     • Police were against black people