Black History Month Presentation
Transcript: By. Avianna Peterson Black History Month Intro Black History Month is a big part in sharing what black people have contributed to this world. To show everybody that black people are much more than victims of the past. But they are life changers, inventors and people that have made a change for the better in of our lives today To me To me Black History Month means that schools take a month out of their curriculum to share the same stories about the same people every year. But at home my family looks at all of the great black inventors and look to see what we wouldn't have today without black people. It is always nice to see that people with the same color skin as me have made a difference in this world Just realizing that Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans. A time designated to recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history. Overview Overview History --13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865) Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Source : Our Documents . gov : 100 Milestone Documents of American History --15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870) passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Source : Our Documents . gov : 100 Milestone Documents of American History At the same time, however, the first "Jim Crow" or segregation law is passed in Tennessee mandating the separation of African Americans from whites on trains, in depots and wharves. In short order, the rest of the South falls into step. By the end of the century, African Americans are banned from white hotels, barber shops, restaurants, theaters and other public accommodations. By 1885, most southern states also have laws requiring separate schools. --First Jim Crow Segregation Law Passed, 1871 Tennessee passes the first of the "Jim Crow" segregation laws, segregating state railroads. Other Southern states pass similar laws over the next 15 years. A Brief History of Jim Crow Laws --Plessy v. Ferguson (May 18, 1896) The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." Source : Our Documents . gov : 100 Milestone Documents of American History --NAACP Established (1909) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term colored people.. More --Brown v Board of Education (May 17, 1954) In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 --Plessy v. Ferguson case. Source : Our Documents . gov : 100 Milestone Documents of American History. Another The Supreme Court : Expanding Civil Rights. --Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, December 1955 --Civil Rights Act of 1964 This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. --Obama Election, 2008, and Presidency, 2009-2016 1.)The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organization, was founded in 1909 2.)Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” Created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher 3.)February was chosen to coincide with Frederick Douglass’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays Woodson built Negro History Week around traditional days of commemorating the black past to extend public’s study of black history 4.)During the Civil Rights Movement in the South, some schools incorporated Black history into the curriculum with the hopes of advancing social change 5.)As early as 1940s, blacks in West Virginia began to celebrate February as Negro History Month 6.)Became a national month-long celebration in 1976 7.)Canada celebrates Black History Month in February 8.)The U.K. celebrates Black History Month in October 9.)In the 1940s, efforts increased within black community to expand the study of black history in the schools 10.)The 1920s was the decade of the New Negro, the Post-War I generation with rising racial pride and consciousness Facts 1.)First Woman Representative: Shirley Chisholm was the first African How
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