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Black lives Matter is a political movement born in 2013 in the United States in the African-American community campaigning against system racism against blacks. It's organized by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Its members are mobilizing against the attacks of black people by white police.

The movement becomes important during 2020 in the United States and the world, after the death of George Floyd.

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The slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas began in the middle of the 15th century and lasted until the 19th century.
In 400 years, 10 millions Africans will be transported in the holds of merchant ships to the Americas.

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Black Lives Matter was a hashtag used social network. Since 2013 the movement begins to be known because of muders of Afro-americains. Today, this slogan became one of most influential in the defense of civil rights.

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They would get up early. They  would work from sunrise at to sunset, and they have a little pause for eat. They would go to bed at sunset in cabine.

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If the slaves didn't work or if they tryed escape, they would be punish.
- They was hanged
- They was floged
- They was chained up

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Olaudah Equiano also was a slave who became a freeman. He had wrote a book about his life and spoke in public against slavery.

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H.Tubman was a slave, who, after fleeing, later helped many slaves to escape. She was one famous antislavery activists

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A.Lincoln was born in 1809, into a poor family. He was elected president of USA  in 1860 and he was re-elected in 1864 during the civil war. In 1865 He has abolished slavery with Emancipation Proclamation (he declaring the freedom) and after, he was assassinated because for his idea.
The Lincoln's memorial in Washington DC was built-in.

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The death of George Floyd is a case of American police violence in which George Floyd, a black man, dies following his arrest by several police officers.
His last sentence was : << I can't breathe >>

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To a lot of Americans, the racial disparities shown in the number of people dying of coronavirus-related causes have sadly been unsurprising.

The cities of Chicago, New Orleans, Las Vegas and states of Maryland and South Carolina are among those now starting to report data based on race, and show an over-representation of victims who are black.

While some of this could be due to the long-standing inequality issues in the US that we have become familiar with, other reasons are perhaps more unexpected and could potentially have been dealt with.

Here are the experiences of three people affected by the crisis in different ways - their stories explore why black Americans appear to be more at risk.

'It's ravaging my community'

"My sister Rhoda was the matriarch of our family. She was the first in our family to go to college, got a degree and became a public school teacher," says Reverend Marshall Hatch of Chicago.

"She was just a very warm and friendly person. Very, very genuine. Pure in her personality and very generous."

Reverend Hatch had been extremely close to his elder sister who had often played the organ in his church. But 73-year-old Rhoda Hatch passed away on 4 April after spending eight days on a ventilator.

Two days earlier Reverend Hatch's best friend, Larry Harris, also died. He was 62. Both had contracted Covid-19.

In fact, four people close to him have now died from it and he talks of it utterly ravaging the mainly African American neighbourhood of West Garfield Park in which he lives.

"We have been trying to find a grave for my sister for a Saturday burial, but it has been harder than ever," says the Reverend.

"But it's almost like we could have predicted that when a plague like this came along, that it would disproportionately affect people who are already under siege of economic violence."

According to census data, West Garfield Park already had a life expectancy a full 16 years lower than a predominantly white neighbourhood of Chicago just three miles away.

The data released so far shows 68% of the coronavirus deaths in the city have been of African Americans, when they make up around 30% of the population.

People in Reverend Hatch's area are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to live in overcrowded accommodation as compared to the general population.

Young black men have also posted on social media that they have been harassed by security guards in shops or even told to leave if they use a cloth covering for their mouth and nose.

"The customers who are coming up in there, you never know who's got something."

Twenty-four-year-old Clarionta Jones from New Orleans is scared of catching the virus, but feels she has few options. She works in a shop and as such is considered essential.

"I've got the only income that's coming into our house and even with everybody getting laid off, they have still told us we have to come up with April's rent," Clarionta tells me.

"And honestly, if I'm sick I'm just going take something for it and go to work. I don't want to miss my check, I have two kids. This is not a choice."

Clarionta tells me her managers have even told staff they cannot wear gloves and masks when interacting with customers. She did not feel she could argue for fear of losing her job.

In countries around the world we are seeing essential and service workers, often with low incomes, in the line of Covid-19's fire. In the US, "low income" disproportionately means "black" or "brown".

But then Clarionta said something surprising.

"First I heard black people weren't affected by the coronavirus. I mean there aren't really black people in China and when it started here it was a lot of other races affected."

This was not just misinformation in New Orleans but was widespread in communities across the country.

In mid-March, Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka appeared on a radio show and said: "Minorities can't catch coronavirus. Name one. It doesn't touch them soul food folks."

In retrospect, some health experts feel more could have been done to fill a vacuum in knowledge about the virus much earlier.

'Structural racism is to blame'

As health commissioner in a city where nearly 40% of the residents are black, this misinformation was something Dr Jeanette Kowalik dealt with on a daily basis in her work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

But just as her department was forming strategies to counter the narrative that the virus was something associated with foreign travel, Covid-19 struck her city.

"In the first week, there were maybe 80 cases in the city, and 70% of them were black," Dr Kowalik tells me.

She lays bare what she thinks is the major reason why African Americans are at a disadvantage when it comes to Covid-19.

"African-Americans have more of the underlying health conditions associated with fatality (among those with coronavirus); the heart disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity," says Dr Kowalik.

She also talks of more subtle ways in which the health of African Americans may be compromised, pointing to studies that suggest that prolonged raising of stress hormone levels like cortisol lead to premature aging of the body, and that some of that "weathering" has been tied to encountering racism.

"These are all things that can be tied back to the structural racism, the policies and practices that have been in place in this country for a very long time," she says.

Dr Kowalik says the way African Americans are being impacted by this crisis and the difficulties that remain in getting a coronavirus test in low-income communities has left people feeling they are being neglected yet again.

Additional reporting by Eva Artesona

Rumours that people with dark skin may be immune to Covid-19 have been circulating on social media since late January.

The speculation was apparently initially fuelled by the absence of coronavirus cases reported in Africa and the successful recovery in China of a Cameroonian student infected with the virus.

Several posts circulated on Facebook in mid-February wrongly claimed that the 21-year-old had been cured of the disease "because of his black skin".

But of course, there is no evidence that his recovery had anything to do with his complexion.

Nonetheless, the inaccurate claims were picked up by several English-language news websites and spread on social media in a number of African states, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.

The immunity myth has also been widely circulated online in the African American community, where it has featured in memes and viral jokes.

Olga Robinson, Disinformation Team, BBC Monitoring

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Coronavirus: Why has the virus hit African Americans so hard?

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To a lot of Americans, the racial disparities shown in the number of people dying of coronavirus-related causes have sadly been unsurprising. The cities of Chicago, New Orleans, Las Vegas and states of Maryland and South Carolina are among those now starting to report data based on race, and show an over-representation of victims who are black.

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Rosa parks was arrested and sent to jail one day because she refused give in her sit. This action started the civil right movement and Rosa parks became activist of the civil of the civil right movement .

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Rosa Park encourage the black people to protest. During the bus boycott the black didn't take the buses and the black had to go to work on foot or bike. He lasted one years. After the black people won voting right and stop separation of racial groups

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MLK (martin luther king) was a peaceful activist of the civil right movement. MLK wanted equality of white and black with no violence but Malcolm X wanted fought

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During the Covid pandemic lot of people was die and in the article above there is number of death :

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It's partly of a rumor :

The black people weren't affected by the Covid19. A rapper (Waka Flocka Flame) said on a radio shaw :

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"Minorities can't catch coronavirus. Name one. It doesn't touch them soul food folks."

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Martin luther king received the Nobel Peace prize in 1954.

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The black population was victim of misinformation and authorities took time to react and inform the population.

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There is a comparison between people who live in Black district (west garfield park) and people who live just 3 miles away in a white community. The result :
People who live in the Black district die 16 years earlier than in the White community.

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Main reasons of why black people are most hit by the virus :

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Main reasons of why black people are most hit by the virus :

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-Economic reason
-Bad health conditions, they more victims of heart disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity.
-19% could not afford to see a doctor
-50% are more likely to have heart disease than white population.
-They are less likely to have health insurance, and more likely to live in overcromodation.
-The increase of stress hormone levels lead to a premature aging of the body (they are confronted to racism, which raises stress).

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The Civil war started in 1861. She have oppose the South (they wanted continue slavery) against the North (they wanted stop slavery). The north won.

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The KKK is a white supremacist terrorist secret society in the United States carrying out terrorist actions of all types : assassinations, attacks, rapes, torture, kidnappings, burning of African-American schools and churches.

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Norman Rockwell, 1964

In the middle, we see Ruby Bridges and she go to school. She was the first blacks girl to enter in a white school. She passed an examen to enter the school and many of the black children chose not to go to the all-white school.

The girl was threatened and boo a lot by whites supremasist because they refuse to see a black kids in a all-white school. At the right, we see a tomatoes throw on the wall by whites supremasist. We can see on the wall graffiti : "NIGGER" is a racist insult and "KKK" represents the racist organization the klu klux klan.

There is four policeman around Ruby in order to garantee her security.

Norman rockwell share a message for say that blacks have a long way to go before no longer being discrimaneted against by whites.

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MLK delivered this speech in front of 2000 black people who listened to this speech.

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I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)

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Questions are asked, find the good answer

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Museum of afro american in the usa. (Slavery)

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Questions are asked, find the good answer

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Museum of afro american in the usa. (covid-19)

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Questions are asked, find the good answer

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Museum of afro american in the usa. (Black lives matter)