https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7 I chose this group because right now there is a lot of tension around and for Black Americans, so I thought it would be helpful and important to reflect on Black oppression and resistance en-us 2020-06-09 20:15:18 UTC 2026-01-11 03:09:26 UTC hello@padlet.com sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619545133 The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote, and was ratified by the majority of states and state legislatures. Although this by the late 1870s discriminatory practices were used to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote. This was an act of resistance followed by oppression]]> 2020-06-09 20:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619545133 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619570160 The Robert Started on July 23 in New Orleans when Robert Charles fatally shot a white police officer during an altercation and escaped arrest. A Manhunt for him ensued.  A white mob started rioting, attacking blacks throughout the city. Charles was killed on July 27th 1900 
The mob shot him hundreds more times, and beat the body. At the end of the riots 28 people were dead and 50 were wounded which were mostly blacks.

]]> 2020-06-09 20:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619570160 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619582346 The Springfield race riot of 1908 were events of mass racial violence committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white Americans and European immigrants in Springfield, Illinois. 2 African Americans were arrested as suspects of rape. The alleged victims were two young white women and the father of one of them. A white mob went out to lynch them but the sheriff had transferred them out of the city. The whites went out and attacked Black neighborhoods, destroyed black business, and murdered blacks in the street. This was a very large act of oppression  at least 16 people had died and 150,00 dollars was lost in property damage.]]> 2020-06-09 20:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619582346 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619596352 The NAACP was established in February 1909 in New York City by an interracial group of activists, partially in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot in Illinois. Which is meant to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. This is a big action of resistance because it helps stop race based discrimination.]]> 2020-06-09 21:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619596352 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619611401 The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to integrate the all white marines during world war 2. By October only 600 recruits had begun training although the call was for 1,000 for combat in the 51st and 52nd Composite Defense Battalions. This is a great act of resistance because they are fighting and commanding for the whole country not just the white people]]> 2020-06-09 21:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619611401 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619639222 The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its verdict in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment’s mandate of equal protection of the laws of the U.S. This is an act of resistance because it shows blacks fighting for the rights to have the same resources as everyone else and it shows perciverence. ]]> 2020-06-09 21:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/619639222 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621557511 Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights activist  Martin Luther King Jr. Was shot at  the balcony of a motel in Tennessee. King’s death opened a huge rift between white and black Americans. This is an act of oppression because it get rid of a civil rights activist, and shows that lots of people still disregard African American's civil rights.]]> 2020-06-10 23:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621557511 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621573981 Hundreds of thousands of black men gathered in Washington, D.C. For the million man march which is one of the largest demonstrations of its kind in the capital’s history. This is an act of resistance because it shows how many black men are there and are gathering/]]> 2020-06-10 23:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621573981 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621578435 Barrack Obama was the first African American president to ever hold the office of the United States President. This is an act of resistance because it shows how far African Americans have come and that they can accomplish everything even with hardships]]> 2020-06-10 23:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621578435 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621582889 The protests started when 46-year-old George Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. Floyd had been accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a local deli in Minneapolis. All four officers involved in the incident were fired and Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. This is an act of oppression because it shows how African Americans are still vulnerable racism and police, but the protests that came after even during a pandemic show resistance even during tough times.]]> 2020-06-10 23:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621582889 sorenfarny https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621589022 History.com Editors. “Black History Milestones: Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones.

“Home.” Black Lives Matter, 31 May 2020, blacklivesmatter.com/

“Brown v. Board of Ed Is Decided.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brown-v-board-of-ed-is-decided.

Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge. “Here's Everything We Know about the Death of George Floyd.” New York Post, New York Post, 29 May 2020, nypost.com/2020/05/28/everything-we-know-about-the-death-of-george-floyd/.]]> 2020-06-10 23:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sorenfarny/w4z5r2gdrvr7bfi7/wish/621589022