Black History Month Celebrating the achievements of African-Americans

Introduction Do you know about any famous African Americans? Do you know anything about the struggles and achievements of African Americans in the United States?

Slavery in the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries First slaves brought to Virginia in 1619 Slavery more common in the South (Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina)

Frederick Douglass ( ) Former slave Author and orator (speaker) Leader of the abolitionist movement

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S. ( ) President during the Civil War ( ) Freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s

Rosa Parks Refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 Her arrest started a year-long boycott of the bus system in Montgomery

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Most well-known leader of the Movement Christian minister Peaceful protestor Assassinated in 1968

The Sit-ins beginning in Greensboro, NC February 1, 1960 Four college students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (NC A&T) Woolworth diner in Greensboro is now a Civil Rights Museum (opened in 2009)

NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Founded in 1909 Supports people of all minority races

Law changes to “end” discrimination