Black History Month

People
1. Rose Parks
  1. Went on a bus and sat in the front to stop racism
  2. Did not give up seat to a white person
2. Lincoln
  1. lincoln put laws against slavery
  2. assassinated on April 14, 1865
3. J.F.K
  1. November 22 1963 j.f.k got shot
  2. was going to pass a bill to stop racism
4. Martin luther king jr
  1. Stood up against racism to be a leader
  2. Martin luther king jr gunned down by an assassin
5. Jackie robinson
  1. jackie robinson stopped racism in baseball
  2. first black person to play in the mlb
6. Carl Stokes
  1. Carl Stokes is the first african american to be a mayor
7. Malcolm X
  1. He founded islam to stop racism
  2. Killed on 1965
8. Gandhi
  1. Stopped racism in his country
  2. January 30, 1948
Groups
1. NAACP
  1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
2. KKK
  1. ku klux klan kills black people
3. SCLC
  1. african american civil right organization
4. freedom riders
  1. people were killed and badly beaten when they came to a stop
  2. they ride to stop racism
5. Black panther party
  1. fight for there own rights
Movements
1. Voting rights act of 1965
  1. The right to vote
  2. war about rights
  3. Millions starting to get the right to vote
  4. The right to vote is taken away again
2. civil rights bills
  1. Civil rights bill in 1964
  2. supreme court passed a law with no mixed schools
  3. civil rights act of 1957
problems
1. violence between jobs
  1. Black people want rights but have none
    1. white people were limiting the black peoples rights
2. Usa erupted in violence
  1. rasism
3. Shootings,Bombings,Beatings
  1. Just cause they were different, people thought that they deserved to die
4. Racist riots
  1. White people didn't want black people around
5. racism
  1. white people didn't like black people
6. attacked and some were raped
  1. White people thought that they were different
7. Police brutality
  1. Police were against black people

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