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

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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

James Baldwin:

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

Angela Davis:

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

Fred Hampton:

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

Victoria Gray Adams:

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

Thurgood Marshall:

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

Endesha Ida Mae Holland-

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

Muhammad Ali:

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

Fannie Lou Hamer:

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

Harry Belafonte:

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

Langston Hughes:

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

Bob Moses:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Moses_(activist)

SNCC:

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

James Forman:

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

Deacons for Defense and Justice:

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

Robert F Williams:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Williams

SCLC:

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

Huey P. Newton:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton

Bobby Seale:

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

Black Panthers:

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

Bayard Rustin:

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

Ella Baker:

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

The Underground Railroad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad#:~:text=The%20Underground%20Railroad%20was%20a,the%20cause%20of%20the%20escapees.

Harriet Tubman:

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

Abolitionists:

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

Frederick Douglass:

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

Freedom Riders:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders#:~:text=Freedom%20Riders%20were%20civil%20rights,ruled%20that%20segregated%20public%20buses

Sojourner Truth:

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

Ida B Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells

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The Legend of Her

There was a legend

Lost to the ages

Before the time

Of quills and pages

Surely though

There was a maiden

Who bore an axe

Who was armor laden

Many urged her

Toward a gown

But by her blade

Foes were cut down

A champion

No one expected

N’er heralded

Or genuflected

Just a maiden

And her skill

I hope she knows

I dream her still

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