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Black History

Black History. By: Wang Zhi. Agenda. Slavery The Civil War Jim Crow Laws The Civil Rights Movement Montgomery Bus Boycott Scottsboro trials Traits of southerners Harper Lee. Slavery. The first record of African slavery was made in 1619.

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Black History

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  1. Black History By: Wang Zhi

  2. Agenda • Slavery • The Civil War • Jim Crow Laws • The Civil Rights Movement • Montgomery Bus Boycott • Scottsboro trials • Traits of southerners • Harper Lee

  3. Slavery • The first record of African slavery was made in 1619. • Slavery began because the plantations needed many workers. • Before slaves were brought from Africa, some early settlers tried to make slaves of the local people. • Later, slaves where brought from Ethiopia and Eritrea.

  4. Slavery • A slave is defined as “a human being, who is by law deprived of his or her liberty for life, and is the property of another. ” • Death penalty for those who aid any slave in running away or departing from his master. • In the novel, the morals of slavery greatly clashed with the morals of Christianity. • Southern society classified Negroes as not human, but of an inferior race.

  5. The Civil War • Abraham Lincoln proclaimed war against the south. • Southern States: Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana. • It was fought from 1861 to 1865 over slavery. • In To Kill A Mockingbird, the black and white had conflicts.

  6. Jim Crow Laws • Jim Crow is not a person, but a 19th century stereotype of African Americans.  • They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans. • The blacks didn't like it because it went against everything they believed in as a race. • When Tom Robinson is being put on trial, the black people and white people are separated into different areas of the courtroom.

  7. The Civil Rights Movement • It began in 1955. • It was about  the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring voting rights in Southern states. • President John F. Kennedy supported it. • As the result, African-Americans became equal to whites.

  8. The Civil Rights Movement • Significant Events: • Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 • Desegregating Little Rock, 1957 • Sit-ins, 1960 • In the novel, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

  9. Montgomery Bus Boycott&Scottsboro trials • Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. • It intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. • Scottsboro trials served as one of the inspirations for Harper Lee's novel. • They are similar in the time they took place which is in the 1930s.

  10. Traits of a Southern Belle • Pants and trousers were not allowed on girls. • They spent time to make tea. • They clean the house. • Mrs. Dubose was a stereotypical Southern Belle.

  11. Traits of a Southern Gentleman • Calling one Sir or Ma'am • Opening doors for ladies • Removing their hats when in the presence of a lady • In the novel, Atticus is a gentleman

  12. Harper Lee • She was born on April 28, 1926. • She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007. • The book was significant as it deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.

  13. Harper Lee’s writings • "Love—In Other Words". (April 15, 1961) Vogue, pp.64–65 • "Christmas to Me". (December 1961) McCall's • "When Children Discover America". (August 1965) McCall's • "Romance and High Adventure" (1983)

  14. The End Thank You!

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