Staying “Woke” to history.
Slavery in America: 1619 – 1865
Holocaust in Europe: 1933 – 1945
Segregation in America: 1896 -1964
“In 1619 the first black Africans came to Virginia. With no slave laws in place, they were initially treated as indentured servants, and given the same opportunities for freedom dues as whites. However, slave laws were soon passed—in Massachusetts in 1641 and Virginia in 1661—and any small freedoms that might have existed for blacks were taken away.” The distinction between indentured servitude and slavery. Humanity must never allow these enormous evils to ever occur again.
The italic quote that follows was drawn from a statement made by a non-Black intellectual contributor to the “Black and Jewish America (An Interwoven History)” series co-hosted and narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. The contributor stated the following: “American Jewish history has been a history of rapid social mobility. African American history has been a history of enslavement and institutional racism. At what point in the alliance are those historical differences going to be seen?”
“Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)” laid the foundation for ending segregation in the United States, and “The Civil Rights Act of 1964” officially ended it.
This may also interest you: the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” | And this, “A Brief History of a Terrible Idea” | And this, “Facts About The Holocaust” | And this, “What Year Did Segregation End?” | And this, “The (underground) movement that wants to destroy democracy” (NRx aka: the Dark Enlightenment) | And this, “Afrolumens Glossary of Enslavement Terms” | And this, “The Modern Slavery Glossary” (PDF) | And lastly, this, “Corporatocracy”
Image inset provided by thefreethoughtproject.
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