African American history by Iselin Spolén https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a Key points and facts en-us 2017-12-14 09:28:47 UTC 2017-12-14 09:55:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Slavery iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216081306 About 4 million African American were forced into slavery.

"During the 1800s, it is estimated that more than 100,000 enslaved people sought freedom through the Underground Railroad" [source: Freedom Center]

Harriet Tubman  were one of the ones helping slaves through the underground railroad. She is often reffered to as black moses.
]]> 2017-12-14 09:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216081306 the civil war (1861-1865) iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216082708 After the civil war ended, and slavery were dissolved, Freeman's Bureau were established. It was established  to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.

]]> 2017-12-14 09:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216082708 Jim Crow's laws iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216083571 Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. The laws were valid from 1876 to the end of the U.S Civil War.]]> 2017-12-14 09:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216083571 Harlem Renaissance iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216084440 Harlem Renaissance were a cultural, social, and artistic explosion in black history that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.]]> 2017-12-14 09:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216084440 iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216084951 2017-12-14 09:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216084951 iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216085376 2017-12-14 09:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216085376 iselinspolen https://padlet.com/iselinspolen/r4sxk3ncxb6a/wish/216085776 What was the March on Washington, and when did it take place?

What was the Black Power movement?

Why has voter registration been important for blacks?

When was Barack Obama first elected president?

Why do some fear that the black community is split today?

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