1. Caption: Black history –Then and Now Black history month reflects, celebrates and honors African American culture and experiences from the time of slavery to the present day… Every way you look, Black culture, talent and expression have played and enormous role in shaping America’s past and present

2. Caption: 1500s – 1750 Slaves Arrive in America From the 1500 to the mid 1800 Europeans shipped about 12 million slaves from Africa to the western hemisphere…The first black African slaves arrive in America in the early 1600

3. Caption: 1800 -1865 Abolitionist Movement Abolitionists used their homes to help black slaves escape the south … this was called the underground railroad… Harriet Tubman, a runaway slave herself, helped about 300 slave scape to freedom

4. President Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on January 1st 1863, this declared the slaves free in parts of the south…In 1865 the 13th amendment to the US constitution abolished slavery

5. Caption: 1865 -1872 New Beginnings In 1865 congress established the freedmen’s Bureau to help former slaves resettle…despite its accomplishments, the Freedmen’s Bureau did not solve the serious economic problems of black Americans

6. Caption: 1905 – 1909 The NAACP is Organized In 1909 a group of black and white citizens of New York City committed to social justice founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP

7. Caption: 1920 The Harlem Renaissance During the 1920s many black artists and poets writers and musicians moved to Harlem, a section of New York City, where they became well known for their art and music

8. Caption: 1954 – 1956 Civil rights Struggles in Schools In the 1950s the civil rights movement began…. On May 17th, 1954 The US supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

9. December 1st, 1955 in Alabama, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress was asked to give her bus seat to a white person…she refused and was arrested by

police… The US supreme Court ruled against racial segregation in public transportation

10. Caption: 1960 – 1965 Malcolm X Malcolm X gained recognition as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, a group of Black Muslims that supported the idea of creating as separate Black Nation... He spoke up forcefully about the unfair treatment of Blacks Americans

11.Caption: 1963 – 1965 The March on Washington On August 26th, 1963, 200,000 marchers gathered around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC and Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream speech” his words are still heard today thought out the world

12.President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the civil rights act into law… the law guaranteed equal rights for black Americans in employment voting and use of public facilities

13. Caption: 1968 -Martin Luther King Jr. is Killed 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed in Memphis TN at the age of 39

14.Caption: 1972 -America Takes an Affirmative Action In 1972 Congress passed affirmative action laws that helped expand job opportunities to black workers… it requires government and public institutions to hire more minorities because of past discriminations against these minorities as a group

15.Caption: 1983- Run Jesse Run! In 1982 The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a famous civil rights leader, announced his plans to run for president…he receives 6.7 million votes in the 1988 elections placing him in third place

16.Caption: 1995 -The Million Man March On October 16th, 1995 the nation of Islam organized The Million Man March…The speakers urged Black men to be leaders in their communities and to work together to improve life for all black Americans

17. Caption: Today - Achieving Power In Government November 4th, 2004 Americans went to the polls and gave Barack Obama a resounding victory….He won more votes than any candidate in US history…Obama is officially the first African American President of the united States

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