African-American History- A Timeline by Miriam M. https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua en-us 2023-10-09 15:19:51 UTC 2023-10-10 09:04:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Early Settlers miriammaerkl1 https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738351554 - 1619 : majority of the country remained white, white people relied on Native American slaves 
- 1661 : law prohibiting marriage between black and white people was established -> first anti-miscegenation statute
- 2000 : Alabama was the last state to repeal the ban on marriage between races ]]> 2023-10-09 15:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738351554 American Revolution miriammaerkl1 https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738351928
  • 1776: the Declaration of Independence ->equality and unalienable rights but didn't extend them to slaves or African Americans
  • Jefferson removed the reference to the denunciation of slavery after receiving criticism 
  • Slavery flourished; especially in tobacco and rice producing areas 
    • ->More than half of the population were slaves 
    • 18th century slave trade = one of the biggest businesses (British operated) 
    • 1808: slave trade - not slavery - banned by Congress 
    • 1860: 13% of population are enslaved black people (four million)
    • Eight of the first 12 US presidents were slave owners
    • 19th century: tens of thousands of free black people sent to Liberia to prevent disruption
    ]]>     2023-10-09 15:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738351928     Civil War miriammaerkl1 https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738352261 1865: Abraham Lincoln’s goal was to keep America whole, not to free the slaves; southern states pretended to secede to protect states rights (really they were fighting to keep people enslaved); Lincoln was scared that the British would support the south

    1868: reconstruction: widening the racial divide; the end of the war left African Americans free but their status ‚undetermined‘; 
    Codes to prevent black people from being truly free, but at the same time some rights were granted

    1898:  knight riders burning African Americans homes; demanding change as southern white democrats; demanded to take African Americans rights again ]]>     2023-10-09 15:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738352261     Jim Crow Era miriammaerkl1 https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738352607 -era of segregation against African Americans 1926-1965

    -1926: 2mil African Americans migrated to Southern America after WW1 due to being shut out of jobs and opportunities
    -> „sundown towns“: black people were not allowed outside after sunset

    -1954: BvB forced schools to integrate black people

    -1960: anti-segregation marches
    -> 1964: civil rights act was signed into law

    -1965: Voting Rights Act ]]>     2023-10-09 15:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738352607     Modern Day miriammaerkl1 https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738353131
    - issue of how to settle the financial debts of 250 years of slavery 
    - racial inequality still exists to this day
    Examples: 
    - median income of white households are the times higher than that of black households 
    - since the voting rights act in 2013 there is some visible voters suppression against poor people or minority groups 
    -> this suppresses 33 million Americans who are likely to vote democratic ]]>     2023-10-09 15:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/miriammaerkl1/17wyst4lb8drqqua/wish/2738353131