 | | Understanding the Black Manifesto | | by balisunset, Sep 10, 2008 | | The Black Manifesto, which was created in 1969, includes a demand for monetary reparations; a summary of the violence, crimes, and other oppressive acts that justify redress; and an outline of how the reparations ought to be spent for the creation of numerous black self-help programs, businesses, and institutions. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Understanding the Black Codes | | by balisunset, Sep 10, 2008 | | Black codes were a series of laws that dictated rights and restrictions on the freedoms of the newly emancipated slaves in the South. Southern states established black codes in 1865 and 1866 during Andrew Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction, which was established at the end of the Civil War. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Bensonhurst (New York) Incident (1989) | | by balisunset, Sep 2, 2008 | | The widely publicized death of Yusef Hawkins, a young African American man killed by a group of whites in Bensonhurst, New York, in August 1989, created outrage across the country and severely aggravated racial tensions in New York City. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Beaumont Texas Riot of 1943 | | by balisunset, Sep 1, 2008 | | A little-known World War II race riot occurred in Beaumont, Texas, on June 15 and 16, 1943. East of Houston near the Gulf of Mexico, Beaumont became heavily populated as workers moved there to support the war effort through shipbuilding and petroleum production. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 2 |
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 | | Augusta (Georgia) Riot of 1970 | | by balisunset, Sep 1, 2008 | | The Augusta (Georgia) Riot of 1970 began on the evening of May 11 and ended before dawn the next day. During the riot, six people were killed, all black men, each one shot in the back by police. In addition to those deaths, 80 people were injured, 200 were arrested, and 50 businesses in the city’s center, many owned by Augusta’s Chinese residents, were burned. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Antiwar Protests Among Black Communities | | by balisunset, Aug 27, 2008 | | Protests against the undeclared war in Vietnam, which occurred from 1963-1975, first appeared in 1963, grew in magnitude as the war escalated, peaked in 1969, and began to wane after the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970, and the Jackson State University shootings on May 14, 1970. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | The Anti-Lynching Bureau | | by balisunset, Aug 27, 2008 | | The Anti-Lynching Bureau was established in 1899 in response to the increasing brutalization of African Americans during the post_Reconstruction era. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Asbury Park (New Jersey) Riot of 1970 | | by balisunset, Aug 27, 2008 | | The 1970 July 4th holiday weekend began with a period of civil unrest for Asbury Park, New Jersey. Although the trouble started Saturday evening with a few groups of young people breaking windows, Asbury Park’s West Side community had been plagued by a significant lack of jobs, adequate housing, and recreation facilities that contributed to the unrest for many years. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Accommodationism and the Black Struggle | | by balisunset, Aug 27, 2008 | | Accommodationism refers to an ideology that endorses cooperation and concession to the viewpoint or actions of the opposition. Booker T. Washington and, to a disputable extent, Martin Luther King, Jr., are examples of black leaders who have embraced this concept as a strategy against racial segregation. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | History of the Anti-Lynching Legislation | | by balisunset, Aug 27, 2008 | | Lynching permeated American life for almost 100 years. Lynchings often focused on African Americans and their perceived violations of Jim Crow etiquette, whether real or not. The result was mob action and the violent death of men who were usually innocent. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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