1. African Americans was taken as slaves in the 17 th hundreds. They came from Africa and was transported to America. Black people worked on plantations and farms for the most part. They were treated poorly.
The civil war in 1865 liberated 4 million slaves. Black people were treated as second-class citizen.
They didn’t have any rights or freedom. They couldn’t vote, take the same busses or go to the same schools. Martin Luther King Jr was an activist in the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s in America. He fought for equal rights between blacks and whites in America. He didn’t use any violence in his protest. 2. Triangular trade was the trade between America, Britain and Africa. America sent Tobacco, cotton and sugar to Britain which was produced by slaves. Britain sent steam
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3. The situation today is a lot different for the 1960s. Everyone has the same rights in America today.
Black people can go to the same schools, use the same busses and use the same restrooms as white people. America got their first black president in 2008, which was Barack Obama
The civil rights act was passed in 1964 that prohibits discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex or nationality. This ended should have ended racism, but in practise people of colour still received hate and were looked down upon. You may argue that this is still a problem. When searching for a job, people with a “white” sounding name are more likely to get a job than people with a “black” sounding name.
We have come a long way since the 60s, but there are still things to fix.
4. A lot of people were angry at Martin Luther King Jr. He wanted people of every race to be treated equally. In his “I have a dream” speech, he said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.” This was what he was all about. Your skin colour shouldn’t matter, but your