Charities

Here are various charities that will not only help the protests but also the communities most impacted by racial injustice. If you have any suggestions for additions please leave a comment.

Black Lives Matter:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

NAACP:

https://www.naacp.org/

Know your Rights Camp:

https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/

Color of Change:

https://colorofchange.org/

Black Movement Law Project:

https://bmlp.org/

Black Voters Matter:

https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/

Survived and Punished:

https://www.alliedmedia.org/survived-and-punished/donate

Black Journalism Fund:

https://www.localmedia.org/journalism-fund-for-black-newspapers/

Equal Justice Initiative:

https://eji.org/

Black Emotional and Mental Health Reform:

https://www.beam.community/

Fair Fight:

https://fairfight.com/

Transgender Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project:

http://www.tgijp.org/

ACLU:

https://www.aclu.org/

Campaign Zero:

https://www.joincampaignzero.org/

Reclaim The Block:

https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home/#about

Community Justice Exchange:

https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

Act Blue Bail Funds for Protesters:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd

Communities United Against Police Brutality:

https://www.cuapb.org/what_we_do

Fayette Village:

https://www.facebook.com/FayetteVillage/

June 11, 2020 0

Historical Evidence of Black Oppression in American History

This list is not in chronological order nor is it anywhere near complete, as I continue to learn I will add to this list. Please leave comments on events you think should be included.

The Beginning of Slavery:

https://www.history.com/news/american-slavery-before-jamestown-1619

Slavery in the United States:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States

Fugitive Slave act of 1850:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

The Civil War:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

Tulsa Massacre:

https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hbo-2019/the-massacre-of-black-wall-street/3217/

Redlining:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20redlining,the%20selective%20raising%20of%20prices.

The Green book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book

Segregation in schools:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

Jim Crow Laws:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws#:~:text=Jim%20Crow%20laws%20were%20state,blacks%20during%20the%20Reconstruction%20period.

Tuskegee Syphilis experiment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

Attacks against African- American churches:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_against_African-American_churches

Confederate Monuments:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials

Black Suffrage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_suffrage_in_the_United_States

Segregation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States#:~:text=De%20jure%20segregation%20mandated%20the,Fair%20Housing%20Act%20of%201968.

Seneca Village:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village

Wilmington Insurrection/Massacre:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898

Rosewood Massacre:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre

East St. Louis Riots:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_riots

Red Summer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer

Selma to Montgomery Marches:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches

Elaine Massacre:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_massacre

June 10, 2020 0

Black Leaders, Movements, and Persons of Note

This is only the beginning and focuses more on the historical icons of the fight for equality in America currently. I will continue to build this list and bring in more current examples. If you have suggestions for additions please leave them in the comments

Medgar Evers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers

Myrlie Evers-Williams:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrlie_Evers-Williams

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Coretta Scott King:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King

Malcolm X:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

Rosa Parks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks