Black American
From Slave To the Summit of White House
• Great contribution to American Revolution， Anti-fascist war and American economic culture.
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• Agriculture The iron and steel industry • Automobile industry • Athlete
Western Africa
Virginia 1619
Southern United States
Congo Angola
More and more slaves
Hard word
Sickness or death
Arrival the port
American Revolution
1775—1783 The independent war broke out in 1776.
Middle of 19th century
The armed struggle between western farmers and free state immigration and southern slave owners broke out in Kansas.
Civil War(1861-1865)
1865（Lincoln died）—now
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The first Klan was founded in 1865, as a terrorist organization by veterans of the Army. As a secret group, the Klan targeted freedmen (free black man) by threats and violence, including murder.
Barrack Hussein Obama II the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office.
Friends
White and Black
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Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King
“I’m not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
Colin Powell
the 65th United States Secretary of State the first African American in that position.
Condoleezza Rice
the 66th United States Secretary of State the second woman
As the leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American.
16th century— 1865（Lincoln died）
The Atlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries.
The first batch of black slaves
• The 16th president of American (1861) • The symbol of black liberation
In Sep, 1982, he enacted the “Emancipation Proclamation” to abolish the slavery completely in the system. What’s more, Lincoln also ordered to free slaves formally in 1863.
Black people were put to death illegally.
At the same time, the 14th case of the American Constitution was approved. From then on, black people could enjoy the equal right just as the white did. In 1870,the 15th case came to the public, black people achieved the voting right.
In Mississipi, Hilemu liphils as the first black man came on the political stage. He worked as the senator for an entire year. It was almost a miracle at that time.
However, there stillБайду номын сангаасexisted the slavery.
American Constitution (1787)
“All people are equal” (exclude the black) No right to vote No freedom, property and dignity
The Bus Boycott was led by King and it lasted for 385 days. King's role in the bus boycott transformed him into a national figure and the best-known spokesman of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots were a race riot and the subsequent lootings, arsons and civil disturbance. In total, 53 people were killed during the riots and over 2,000 people were injured, 10000 people were arrested.
Hilemu liphils
Rosa Parks(Born 1913) , her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Alabama, resulted in a city-wide boycott of the bus company and stirred the civil rights movement across the nation.
Since then, black people began to free from the chains of slave. In the same year, the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted.
Slavery was formally treated as illegal.