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In his book, the Politics, Aristotle defines what constitutes a person as a slave. Aristotle also preached Greek superiority and created Climate Theory, which stated that "the climate of Africa made Africans "inferior."

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Prince Henry capturing the main Muslim trading depot

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Prince Henry capturing the main Muslim trading depot

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what year was this??

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The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea (1415)

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The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea (1415)

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Gomes Eanes de Zurara and  was the world's first racist, as he stated stated in his book, The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, that there were white people and black people and white people were good while black people were savage.

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This theory was created and propagated by English writer George Best. It went against Aristotle's Climate Theory by stating that "it couldn't have been climate that made darker people inferior, and instead determined that all Africans, were in fact, cursed." He argues this point by citing the story of Ham in the Bible.

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John Cotton and Richard Mathers, the two men who founded Harvard, made it so that Greek and Latin texts could not be disputed and their teachings, which contained ideas of human hierarchy, were to be taken as truth.

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Bacon's rebellion, an attempt at class solidarity, led to the destruction of class solidarity and the creation of racial solidarity through the creation of white privilege (e.g. Whites who participated in the rebellion were let off much easier than Blacks and were even encouraged to physically punish the Blacks who they rebelled alongside with)

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This was the first anti-slavery petition created by Mennonites who came from central Europe. They came from a place of oppression and didn't want this new land to also be oppressed. This petition was quickly shut down by slave holders because they didn't like how the Mennonites were saying that their business methods were wrong, that slaves were wrong.

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Benjamin Rush argued that Africans only became savages because of slavery, that they'r "dumb" because they were slaves (around 1772)

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Benjamin Rush argued that Africans only became savages because of slavery, that they'r "dumb" because they were slaves (around 1772)

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This compromise, proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman,  politically and economically valued slaves as 3/5 of a person. This resulted in slaves losing even of their human value in the eyes of Whites.

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This assimilationist strategy aimed to integrate blacks into a White society by making them become like White people.

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The Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave(June, 1845)

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The Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave(June, 1845)

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This narrative helped the abolition of slavery's case because it explained how slaves were treated, the life they lived, and exemplified why slavery should be abolished. Became a very popular book and help the abolition of slavery gain more followers.

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This novel was written by Booker T. Washington. It outlined the diligence, faith and fortitude it took to survive America, coupled with the idea of the "White savior"

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This book was written to exemplify white supremacy and remind society about the "horrors" of black people. It denounced black individuals and categorized them as animals.

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This blockbuster movie sparked the revival of the Ku Klux Klan and catalyzed the "popularity" of white supremacy in America

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The Red Summer was the bloodiest summer since the reconstruction. Both white and black people were injured or killed due to the angry black community over housing shortage for slaves who migrated North, discrimination, and unemployment. Riots broke out in 25 cities and these riots became known collectively as the Red Summer.

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President Truman imposed this act of freedom for black citizens in society despite the very well known disapproval. Truman did what he thought was right and promoted this antiracist mindset due to the Civil Rights Act.

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This trial is one that conducted an antiracist jurisdiction. The final decisions of this trial was to make sure that there were no "white only" real estate in Northern cities to keep slave migrants from the south or stop house desegregation. This allowed black individuals and families to live in any neighborhood they desired without restrictions. They were given a bit of equality, but it came with disagreement of white citizens.

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In this famous trial, a major change in society was made. A step towards equality, integrated schools. This trial decided that racial segregation of schools was unconstitutional, and that every child should have the same educational opportunities. This was yet another step towards equality, and another thing that white people were upset about.

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The head of police in Birmingham publically brutally murdered black children and teens who followed or preached Dr. King. He used bloodhounds and had them ripped apart on live television all because he didn't want black people to ever become equal in society.

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This day was when Jonathan Jackson stormed into a court room and took the judge, prosecutor, 3 inmates and 3 jurors. Jonathan was shot and killed by a police officer with no hesitation, but the murder was pinned onto Angela Davis, a black woman. The police officers automatically saw Angela as guilty because she was a minority and convicted her of giving the guns to Jonathan which was false, they were only racist humans trying to exert their power and been seen as the good guys.

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This movie was racist because it symbolized the white boxer as superior to the black boxer who represented black power.

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President Johnson passed the

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This band wrote a song that was placed in Spike Lee's Black rebellion movie "Do the Right Thing". The song was a forceful and empowering mantra. Their music as well as other rap bands inspired Black angry teenagers about racist mistreatment.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology historian Evelyn Hammonds mobilized to defend against the defamation of Black Womanhood. Over two thousand Black female scholars from around America gathered at MIT on January 3, 1994 for "Black women in the Academy: Defending our name, 1894-1994."

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1994 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

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1994 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

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Richard Herrnstien and Charles Murray (Harvard scholars) book "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" was published during the final weeks of the midterm elections. Murray started to rally voters and campaign for the Republicans by encouraging the anti-welfare bill called the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.

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In 1995, O.J. Simpson's trial took place. Simpson was accused of killing his wife and her friend. The trial split America in half, where Black citizens mainly advocated for his innocence and White people mainly rooted for his imprisonment.

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The term "Super Predator" was created by Princeton University scholar John J. Dilulio in 1995. The term was meant to describe Black fourteen- to seventeen- year- olds.

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This march was proposed by Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Activists from around the country would come together to defend Mumia Abu- Jamal, the world's most famous Black male political prisoner. He had been convicted of killing a White police officer in 1982, however he claimed that he was innocent. He was supposed to be executed on August 17, 1995, however these protests allowed him to be granted an indefinite stay of execution.

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At this time, Clinton gave a commencement address at Angela Davis's alma mater, UC San Diego. Here. he pledged to lead "the American people in a great and unprecedented conversation on race."

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October 25, 1997 Black women gather in Philadelphia 

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October 25, 1997 Black women gather in Philadelphia 

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Sister Souljah, Winnie Mandela, Attallah and Ilyasah Shabazz (daughters of Malcolm X) and Dorothy Height all spoke this day to have their voices heard. This caused an uprising in White men arguing about this in the media. The White men told Clinton that the way to fix racism was to not focus on it.

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Scientific evidence proved this day that races are 99.9 percent the same.

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August 31-September 7 2001 UN world conference against racism

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August 31-September 7 2001 UN world conference against racism

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In Durban, South Africa, nearly twelve thousand women and men gathered for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Participants started to travel to Senegal, the United States, Japan, Brazil, and France to carry their antiracist movement around the world.

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After the World Peace Conference, around three thousand Americans lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center, on the Pentagon, and on United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Bush condemned the "evil-doers" while promoting anti-Islamic and anti-Arab sentiments.

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This act set high goals for kids K-12 in school and required them to be tested often to make sure that these goals were being met. Although the name seemed forward, the act actually encouraged mechanisms that decreased funding to schools when students would not make improvements.

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Barack Obama subverted Bill Cosby's racist message and blame on Black parents for their problems in his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston on July 27, 2004.

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Obama's Memoir, "Dreams from my Father: A story of Race and Inheritance" was republished. It made its way high up in rankings on all the charts.

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Hurricane Katrina struck in August of 2005, taking more than 1,800 lives. The storm forced millions to migrate, flooded the Gulf Coast, and costed billions in property damage. It had been warned that in previous years, that if southern Louisiana took a direct hit from a huge storm then it could fail, and the region (a poor Black community) would be destroyed. Once the storm happened, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was delayed. It was a rumor that Bush and his administration delayed the response to amplify the destructive reward for those who would benefit.

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February 10, 2007 Obama announces presidential candidacy

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February 10, 2007 Obama announces presidential candidacy

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On this day, Barack Obama stood in front of the Old State Capitol building in Illinois and announced that he would be running for President. This spot is important because this was where Abraham Lincoln had delivered his famous "House Divided" speech in 1858.