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1688 Germantown petition against slavery 

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1688 Germantown petition against slavery 

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A group called the Mennonites were a Christian group originally from Germany but settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania. They created an antislavery petition on April 18th, 1688, which denounced oppression due to skin color by equating it with oppression due to religion. This petition was the first piece of writing that was antiracist among European settlers in America

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Jefferson started as an antiracist, he treated slaves as his friends and saw them as no different from himself. As he grew up he studied law as an antiracist, but his actions did not necessarily reflect his ideals. He owned many slaves but tried to slip words into the DOI to help slaves become freed later on in history.

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Almost half a million slaves revolted in Haiti against French rule. The Haitian slaves defeated the French and were able to set up the own government. This revolt inspired African Americans and scared White Americans

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Gabriel Prossers attempted slave revolt in Virginia (1800)

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Gabriel Prossers attempted slave revolt in Virginia (1800)

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In 1800 over 50,000 slaves were going to rebel in Virginia. The plan was to go to Richmond and overwhelm the government. However, two slaves informed their master of the revolt and the Virginia Militia shut down the revolt before it was really able to start. Gabriel, two of his brothers, and 23 other people were hanged because of their involvement in the revolt.

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Editor of a quaker run abolitionist newspaper, that would relaunch the abolitionist movement with white people. Favored abolition and not colonization.

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(AASS) it was formed by Garrison. The society had over 250,000 members that included Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. It was a group of abolitionists that distributed over a million antislavery pamphlets in a year.

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Douglass was a former slave who wrote an autobiography about his life as a slave that was an important piece of anti-slavery literature. The biography was published by Garrison. He was also gave many important anti-slavery speeches including 'What to a Slave is the Fourth of July'

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Abe freed the slaves as well as passing the 14th amendment, which would be crucial in the desegregation of schools later on in American history. Lincoln started as a congressman with abolitionists ideas, and although he showed he was an abolitionists, many established abolitionists did not believe he truly was one until he freed the slaves.

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Was an assimilationist for most of his life and even gave credit to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis in a speech. However, at the end of his life he made the transition to anti-racist thought.

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An anti-racist investigative reporter that challenged racist beliefs in her pamphlet, "Southern Horrors'. Among other things this pamphlet stated that only a third of lynch victims had ever been even charged with rape. (not even including those who were innocent of those charges.)

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Was a jewish man who immigrated to America to avoid persecution in Germany. He drew similarities between anti-semitism and American racism. Boas spoke at Atlanta University and argued against idea's that Black people were inferior or had been made inferior by slavery.

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Angela Davis was raised an Anti-Racist. She also decided at a very young age that she would never desire to be white

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Martin Luther King Jr. is the most famous civil rights activist. He's known for his ideas about how to gain equality. The most infamous part of his legacy is his peaceful protests. He would encourage his followers to go protest somewhere peacefully, and often times the protestors were attacked and beaten by police.

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Malcolm X was a minister for the Nation of Islam, which was a religious organization focused on the liberation of black people. He was an anti-racist who was unfortunately shot at a Harlem rally. However, after his death his autobiography was published that became a very important anti-racist text. It said that white people weren't racist but that America made them that way, and he critiqued black assimilationists.

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An organization that was created to  challenge police brutality of African Americans. They created a 10 point program outlining some of the changes they wanted to see that would help bring equality to America. These changes included: Decent housing, good education, and an immediate end to police brutality. The Black Panther organization 'policed the police' and started many charitable initiatives like providing free breakfast for children.

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Barack served in congress in the early 2000's. He announced he would be running in the 2008 election, and was the Democratic party nominee. He proceeded to win the 2008 election, becoming the first black to be a president in the U.S.. Obama's victory was a huge step for equality in America.