https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1 Made with a hint of memes en-us 2022-12-20 17:16:34 UTC 2022-12-20 18:03:48 UTC hello@padlet.com lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426002330 Cheap labor was desperately needed in the North American colonies, and so settlers turned from indentured servants to enslaved Africans brought over seas. The first Slave was brought to the colonies in 1619, and slavery exploded soon after. ]]> 2022-12-20 17:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426002330 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426003041 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which made it a federal crime to assist an enslaved person trying to escape.]]> 2022-12-20 17:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426003041 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426003698 Congress banned the continued arrival of black slaves from Africa]]> 2022-12-20 17:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426003698 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426004830 The Missouri Compromise sectioned off states as free states or states that allowed slavery.]]> 2022-12-20 17:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426004830 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426005345 The owner of enslaved man Dred Scott had taken him from Missouri to Illinois, where slavery was outlawed. Upon return to Missouri, He sued for his freedom “on the basis that touching free soil made him legally free”. His claim was denied by the supreme court on the grounds that the congress could not deny a man his rightful property. ]]> 2022-12-20 17:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426005345 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426006192 Abraham Lincoln declared that every black slave “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”]]> 2022-12-20 17:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426006192 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426006590 14th amendment granted black people the same protections under the constitution as white people.]]> 2022-12-20 17:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426006590 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426007155 “a citizen's right to vote will not be denied on grounds of race, color or previous servitude:]]> 2022-12-20 17:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426007155 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426007736 Many Jim crow laws were passed in several white supremacist states, separating black people from white people. The “separate but equal” doctrine was established by the court. ]]> 2022-12-20 17:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426007736 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426008562 During world war two, some 3 million African American men volunteered to fight for “the four freedoms”; freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear, despite lacking these freedoms at home. Black and white soldiers were often put in different companies and frustrated African Americans needed to fight racism even while helping further America's goals in combat.]]> 2022-12-20 17:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426008562 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426009427 President Harry S. Truman mandated that “there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.”]]> 2022-12-20 17:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426009427 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426010026 1945 - The first black baseball player, Jackie Robinson, Joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, something that angered many other teams.]]> 2022-12-20 17:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426010026 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426010739 In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregated public schools violated the 14th Amendment’s mandate of equal protection.]]> 2022-12-20 17:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426010739 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426011787 African American woman Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She was arrested and her arrest sparked a boycott of the local bus system. While the bus company was struggling to stay afloat, the Supreme Court declared the bus company’s segregationist seating policy unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.]]> 2022-12-20 17:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426011787 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426012137 After nearly a decade of suffering, demonstrations, and violence, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. gave his great speech, “I Have a Dream”.]]> 2022-12-20 17:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426012137 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426012956 In July the Civil rights act was passed. The Civil Rights Act gave the government more power to protect its citizens against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin. It desegregated almost every public accommodation, including busses, shops, swimming pools, and even lunch tables. It removed the biases on voting, granting equal voting rights. It was signed into law by Lyndon Johnson with 75 pens.]]> 2022-12-20 17:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426012956 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426013524 “Affirmative action” was used as essentially reverse discrimination. Starting in the 1960’s JFK used it as an executive order to begin hiring more African Americans. It was used more by others such as institutions and companies until it was believe that the black population did not need more help overcoming their disadvantages in society.]]> 2022-12-20 17:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426013524 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426015686 George W. Bush appointed Colin Powell as secretary of state, the first African American to serve as America’s top diplomat.]]> 2022-12-20 17:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426015686 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426016733 Barack Obama becomes the first Black President. His presence in the candidates spark widespread support among the populace.]]> 2022-12-20 17:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426016733 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426018139 The black lives matters movement starts after a unarmed black 17 year old was shot to death by a police officer. The movement gained momentum after 46-year-old George Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin. The movements goal was “eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.”]]> 2022-12-20 17:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426018139 lavinetrittkiernan https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426019216 As it stands, most if not all of the legal prejudices against black people are gone, but the personal prejudices are not. Everywhere, people of color are still being mistreated. Fortunately, I believe that these prejudices are slowly fading away. There is not much we can do to hurry the process, only fix the problems that arise for thoses who still hold the color of their skin against African Americans.]]> 2022-12-20 17:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lavinetrittkiernan/queoi4a2z5zltkz1/wish/2426019216