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1641 – Massachusetts Legalizes Slavery     mic motley/ african american history

1641 – Massachusetts Legalizes Slavery mic motley/ african american history

1641 – Massachusetts Legalizes Slavery Backstory: The Massachusetts Body of Liberties explicitly legalized slavery, making it one of the first legal codes to do so in the English colonies. Afro-American peoples of the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas who have African ancestors. Most African Americans are the descendants of […]

1640 – John Punch Case     mic motley/ african american history

1640 – John Punch Case mic motley/ african american history

1640 – John Punch Case Backstory: John Punch, an African servant, was sentenced to serve for life as punishment for trying to escape servitude. This case marked one of the first legal distinctions between African and European indentured servants. Afro-American peoples of the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas who […]

Black Mayors Of Small Towns Are Under Attack By White Bigots #news

Black Mayors Of Small Towns Are Under Attack By White Bigots #news

Black Mayors of small towns are under attack by White bigots. This video is a update and awareness about Black Mayors Of Small Towns and the racism, the White supremacy they deal with. Patrick Braxton a Black man who says he was elected mayor of of a Alabama town but has been kept from taking […]

Shirley Chisholm: 6 Facts in 60 Seconds #shorts #history

Shirley Chisholm: 6 Facts in 60 Seconds #shorts #history

6 facts about the first black woman in American history to be elected to Congress. #historyfacts #historyshorts #netflix SOURCES: Fact 5: https://speakingwhilefemale.co/war-chisholm/ Fact 4: https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/09/archives/mrs-chisholm-joins-campaign-to-collect-bail-for-joan-bird.html Fact 3: Chisholm, Shirley “Unbought and Unbossed.” (1970) p.160, p.183 Fact 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-failed-assassination-attempt-pushed-george-wallace-to-reconsider-his-segregationist-views-180980063/ Fact 1: Winslow, Barbara “Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change” (2013) p.143 source Related Posts Why Not Everyone […]

Martin Luther King Jr in color | Localish

Martin Luther King Jr in color | Localish

During the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, most photographers shot in black and white as it was cheaper and the accepted way to get photos printed in newspapers. It was just luck that amateur photographer, Bernard Kleina, pulled out a roll of color film and began taking photos of Dr. Martin Luther King during […]

World remembers assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

World remembers assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Thousands gather in Memphis to mark 50 years since the civil rights icon’s assassination; Jonathan Serrie reports. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel for […]

The untold story of WWI's forgotten black regiments | Alt History – BBC

The untold story of WWI's forgotten black regiments | Alt History – BBC

Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSub Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home A collection of programmes exploring black history and culture. Historian Olivette Otele explores the untold story of a black regiment in World War One. Alt History | Series 1 Episode 3 | BBC #BBC #BBCAltHistory #BBCiPlayer All our TV […]

Malcolm X & Nation of Islam GCSE / iGCSE History

Malcolm X & Nation of Islam GCSE / iGCSE History

GCSE History overview of Malcolm X, Nation of Islam and the so-called ‘Black Muslims’. Great for students of the US Civil Rights Movement undertaking GCSE / iGCSE History courses. source Related Posts Condemning the Release of Malcolm X's Assassin On Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee (MXCC) held a press conference condemning […]

Malcolm X interview with Robert Penn Warren. 1965

Malcolm X interview with Robert Penn Warren. 1965

source Related Posts Condemning the Release of Malcolm X's Assassin On Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee (MXCC) held a press conference condemning the pending release of Read more Black Republicans and the 2008 Presidential Election Black conservatism through the lens of the 2008 presidential race. source Why Not Everyone Supports Black […]