https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx The Culture of African Americans/The Conflict face 1950’s-1960’s Damen Waltemate English II Hour 1 en-us 2024-03-04 14:19:28 UTC 2024-03-21 13:27:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2917258991 Not all citizens in the United States, at one point, had the same rights as others. The world is huge, and people come from many places, leading way to much diversity. It is important to learn the past history of your place of origin, lots of conflicts have occurred throughout history. It’s imperative to learn from those conflicts so we don’t make those mistakes again. A good example of this is the fight for African American civil rights in the United States, otherwise know as the African American Civil Rights Movement. ]]> 2024-03-13 13:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2917258991 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920540575 2024-03-15 13:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920540575 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920592071 Questions the think about:

- Why were African Americans not granted the civil rights after slaver was abolished and becoming citizens?

- What caused the Harlem Renaissance? 

- What was the 15th Amendment?]]> 2024-03-15 13:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920592071 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920630251 The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, July 4. This document is the most powerful piece of paper the U.S. has, it resides the rights of the people, protection of the people, provides the principles of which government is based upon, etc. (Archives.gov)

-By the time the Declaration of Independence came to be people with native origins to Africa had already been enslaved on the continent for hundreds of years.

- Most people of this descent were African and had indeed come from Africa.

- Almost all the people enslaved were taken from Africa and shipped to this continent against their will. (Treanor 11)]]> 2024-03-15 14:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920630251 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920677808 The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans (after slaver was abolished) from the Southern states to the Northern and Western States, took place 1916-1970. (kids.britannica.com)

- After the Civil War ended, U.S. citizens (mainly white southerners), and the southern states were determined to keep the now freed African Americans dependent

- By keeping them dependent, they wanted to prevent them from gaining economic and political power. 

- So the “Black Codes” were set in place, these codes varied from state to state but they were stronger restrictions set in place specifically for African Americans, making them second class citizens. (Treanor 13)


]]> 2024-03-15 14:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920677808 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920805362 On December 1st 1955, (date we won’t so forget) Rosa Parks was seated on a Montgomery Alabama bus after she had finished work. She was a 42-year-old woman, during this time the Segregation laws made passengers of African origin designated to the seats in the back of the bus (Treanor 60). 

A white man got on the bus and couldn’t find a seat in the white’s designated selection (the front). The bus being pretty full, the bus driver told Rosa and three other black passengers to get off the bus. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested for it (history.com).]]> 2024-03-15 17:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2920805362 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2925189384 After the history of American Civil Rights movement was finally recorded, one of its most important themes was the topic of Martin Luther King Jr. He is one of the greatest politics strategists of all time, as in all of history. He was looked at as the leader of the Civil Rights movement, from 1955-1965 America was in gulped in a social revolution that transformed the politics of the nation (Treanor 71). 

- Although dedicated to nonviolent protests and nonviolence in general, King drew a lot of criticism because of these  protests  (Treanor 72) 


On April 4, 1968 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on his hotel room’s balcony. This caused a lot of pain in the African American community, riots followed after the death of this legend. No one in history will forget the sacrifice of this man (history.com).]]> 2024-03-19 14:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2925189384 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927351473 The 15th amendment is the last amendment added to the “Civil War” amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th were all put in place after the Civil War to give African Americans equal rights (history.com).

13th Amendment:

- Abolished Slaver

14th Amendment:

- Gave African Americans citizenship

15th Amendment:

- Outlawed discrimination in voting rights (this amendment doesn’t grant the right to vote to anyone) (history.com)




]]> 2024-03-20 19:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927351473 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927355602 During the Great Migration, it is estimated the between 700,000 and 1,000,000 African Americans left the southern states from 1917-1920. Most of the African Americans migrated to large industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast. Another million is estimated to have made there way to the same places after the 1920’s (Graham 31).]]> 2024-03-20 19:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927355602 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927479793 All Americans were granted the right to rote, but the southern states made it hard for colored citizens. They required voters of color to take literacy test that were confusing, misleading, and almost impossible to pass (history.com). ]]> 2024-03-20 21:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927479793 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927492795 After President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, life got a little easier for African American citizens. The Voting Rights Acts signed into date August 6, 1965, this act banned the literacy tests and provided examiners in certain voting jurisdictions (history.com).]]> 2024-03-20 22:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927492795 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927504799 2024-03-20 22:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927504799 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927536777 The Fair Housing Act became a law on April 11, 1968 (right after the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.), it prevented housing discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, and religion. The Act helped empower African Americans (history.com).]]> 2024-03-20 23:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927536777 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927547874 Harlem was a very exciting place to live during the 1920s. African Americans seen it as the most desirable place on earth to live, drawing people from all over the world (Graham 7).

After the Civil War ended thousands of slaves had been freed and left with no skills, most slaves that had been freed were actually worse off economically than they were as slaves. Tens of thousands of slaves were forced to move from the Louisiana plantations to move to New Orleans, the center of the Harlem Renaissance (Graham 13).]]> 2024-03-20 23:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927547874 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927583292 After the Civil War ended, African Americans were segregated, separated, etc. in almost every public place due to the government passing laws (Graham 14-15).]]> 2024-03-20 23:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927583292 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927615173 African-American, literature, art, and music were quickly recognized and applauded by white Americans. The Renaissance took place in the hub of American business, communication, and culture (New York) so naturally people would recognize it. The effect the Renaissance had was very big and great, African American culture started to flow in all over the world (Graham 96).]]> 2024-03-21 00:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927615173 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927635731 On February 19, 1919 people gathered in the streets of New York City to see African American 369th US Army of regiment March through Harlem. They had just returned from fighting World War I. African Americans took great pride on this day (Graham 40).

“Leaders” of the Civil Rights Movement

- Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK Jr.)
- Marcus Garvey


Marcus Garvey was a good example of someone who was a leader for the social and political change during the 19 funnies. He has looked at as one of the most influential African-American political leaders of the 20th century. The civil rights movement does not have any official leaders, but these two were considered great contributors to it. There are many other contributors like Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement (Graham 41).


]]> 2024-03-21 00:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2927635731 260710_4 https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2928541794 To conclude the one of history’s biggest conflicts/movements and the cultural shift during the Harlem Renaissance, life for African Americans was still rough compared to other U.S citizens, but life did get better. More and more Acts/Laws began to pass to help support the African American community, the fight for rights was a hard one but was well worth it. Much of world has a small amount of culture that came out of the Harlem Renaissance, because it was the first time in history where African Americans thrived. The Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movement won’t be forgotten anytime soon.]]> 2024-03-21 12:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/260710_4/n7zi2qqzrurfrzhx/wish/2928541794