African American History and the Civil Rights Movement

all the questions from the presentation

the Middle Passage

a route through which millions of slaves were transported from Africa to the New World

the Triangular Trade

a supply system, in which Africa supplied America with slaves, America supplied Europe with raw materials and Europe supplied Africa with finished goods

What is going on in the clip from Amistad?

the Middle passage is depicted having brutal, inhumane conditions for the enslaved Africans

the Underground Railroad

a network of secret routes and safe houses used by the slaves to escape to the Northern states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists

the Second Fugitive Slave Law

any person who would positively interact with the Underground Railroad and help the escaped slaves would face serious legal consequences

13th Amendment

outlawed slavery on American territory

14th Amendment

granted all African Americans full US citizenship

15th Amendment

gave black men the right to vote

the Jim Craw Laws

mandated the separation of black and white people in all public facilities

‘Separate but Equal’

the status for all non white people in the US

the Ku Klux Klan

an extremely extremist white supremacist hate group

Why was there such outrage when Donald Trump declared there were “very fine” people on both sides at the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally?

The “Unite the Right'' rally was a white supremasist event. One of the white supremacist drove his car into the crowd of counter protestors, injuring a lot of people, even killing one of them

meaning of “I Have a Dream” speach

about the equality of black and white people

the Black Power Movement

focused on the Black Nationalism

what is going on in the clip from Grey’s Anatomy?

black parents are teaching their child how to act when he encounters the police. They emphasize that he needs to be extra careful with the way that he behaves and seem as unthreatening as he can

Black Lives Matter

fights against police brutality towards the black people

what is 'taking the knee’

NFL players’ “took a knee” during the National Anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement

why was the death of George Floyd so significant?

George Floyd is a black man who was unjustifiably killed by a police officer. His death hugely influenced the Black Lives Matter movement

why is Lafayette Street so significant?

During the  Black Lives Matter protest on Lafayette Square the protestors were teargassed. The street was renamed to  Black Lives Matter Plaza after the event  

Why were African Americans suffering disproportionally from the COVID-19 pandemic both physically and economically?

Black people are more likely to have underlying conditions that worsen the virus, a lot of black people are affected by poverty, medical injustice, populated more densely, and have worse housing conditions