What Happened in Ferguson? What Happened on the Anniversary of the Michael Brown’s Death? Demonstrations commemorating the killing of Michael Brown one year ago ended Sunday night when an 18-year-old was shot and critically wounded by the police. The shooting was on West Florissant Avenue, where other violence, fires and looting occurred last year. Main area of demonstrations Sunday night Previous areas of fires, violence and looting Ferguson Police Department Site of Michael Brown’s death Site of Sunday’s shooting Previous areas of violence What Events Led to the Shooting of Michael Brown? Canfield Green Apartments Location of Mr. body Ferguson Market and Liquor Location of Mr. Brown’s body Ferguson Market 11:54 a.m. 12:01 p.m. 12:02 p.m. There is an altercation between Officer Wilson and Mr. Mr. What Evidence Was Presented About an Altercation at the Police Vehicle? Several witnesses reported seeing an altercation in the S.U.V. between Officer Wilson and Mr. Examiners found Mr. Office of the St. Some witnesses said Mr. Mr. Fires Mr.
Is Everyone a Little Bit Racist? Let’s start with what we don’t know: the precise circumstances under which a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., shot dead an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown. But here’s what evidence does strongly suggest: Young black men in America suffer from widespread racism and stereotyping, by all society — including African-Americans themselves. Research in the last couple of decades suggests that the problem is not so much overt racists. Rather, the larger problem is a broad swath of people who consider themselves enlightened, who intellectually believe in racial equality, who deplore discrimination, yet who harbor unconscious attitudes that result in discriminatory policies and behavior. Scholars have found that blacks and Hispanics treated by doctors for a broken leg received pain medication significantly less often than white patients with the same injury. I’m typical. “There’s a whole culture that promotes this idea of aggressive young black men,” Correll notes.
10 must-watch films for perspective on civil rights The struggle for racial equality is vividly depicted in these 10 films that incorporate the civil rights movement. On the list are movies made by both black and white filmmakers, and they represent a variety of genres — crime thriller, documentary, biography, family drama, inspirational sports film and classic literary adaptation. Here, in alphabetical order, are our picks for movies that offer a well-rounded view of the movement and its times. 1. The Butler (2013): The civil rights movement is presented memorably through the juxtaposed stories of the title character (Forest Whitaker), a White House butler who served under eight presidents, and his activist son (David Oyelowo). The performances are deeply affecting, and the era's dramatic sociopolitical changes are depicted in an often-electrifying fashion. 2. RELATED: Oscar proved Sidney Poitier was second to none 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Claudia Puig is the film critic for USA TODAY. Read or Share this story:
Slavery in the United States The slave market in Atlanta, Georgia, 1864 (Library of Congress) When the North American continent was first colonized by Europeans, the land was vast, the work was harsh, and there was a severe shortage of labor. Men and women were needed to work the land. White bond servants, paying their passage across the ocean from Europe through indentured labor, eased but did not solve the problem. Early in the seventeenth century, a Dutch ship loaded with African slaves introduced a solution—and a new problem—to the New World. Slaves were most economical on large farms where labor-intensive cash crops, such as tobacco, could be grown. By the end of the American Revolution, slavery had proven unprofitable in the North and was dying out. Cotton replaced tobacco as the South’s main cash crop and slavery became profitable again. Torn between the economic benefits of slavery and the moral and constitutional issues it raised, white Southerners grew more and more defensive of the institution.
Slavery in America - Black History When Did Slavery Start in America? Slavery and the Presidency In the 17th and 18th centuries, enslaved Africans worked mainly on the tobacco, rice and indigo plantations of the southern coast, from the Chesapeake Bay colonies of Maryland and Virginia south to Georgia. After the American Revolution, many colonists—particularly in the North, where slavery was relatively unimportant to the agricultural economy—began to link the oppression of enslaved Africans to their own oppression by the British, and to call for slavery’s abolition. Did you know? One of the first martyrs to the cause of American patriotism was Crispus Attucks, a former enslaved man who was killed by British soldiers during the Boston Massacre of 1770. But after the Revolutionary War, the new U.S. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton. Cotton Gin
Rassenscheiding in Amerika nog altijd aan orde van de dag Hoewel de hoofdbewoner van het Witte Huis zelf een Afro-Amerikaan is, voelen veel zwarte Amerikanen dat grote gebieden van het land nog altijd segregatie (rassenscheiding) kennen. De lont ging in het kruitvat in Ferguson toen een witte agent de zwarte Michael Brown doodschoot, maar het had net zo goed ergens anders kunnen gebeuren. Ferguson is een voorstad van St. Bij de volkstelling van 2010 was twee derde van de inwoners zwart. De blanken gingen juist steeds verder van de steden af wonen, om te ontsnappen aan de stijgende criminaliteit en omdat ze hun kinderen niet naar zwarte scholen wilden sturen. Het bestuur in Ferguson, en in vergelijkbare kleine gemeenten, bleef intussen ferm in handen van blanken. Ferguson zag bij de laatste verkiezingen slechts 12 procent van de inwoners naar de stembus gaan, veelal juist de blanke minderheid. Van de 53 agenten zijn er maar drie zwart en het schoolbestuur in het district bestaat uit zeven blanken. Verkeersboetes Volkswoede Ligging Ferguson:
Top 10 Civil Rights Protest Songs Of All Time Source: Getty Images / Getty Images Martin Luther King knew that the Civil Rights movement needed a soundtrack and that every hero needed theme music. The Civil Rights movement incorporated jazz, folk, R&B and gospel to use music that everybody could relate to and be inspired by to help change America in the 1950s and 1960s. 10. “Oh Freedom” harkened back to the slave days with phrase “Before I’ll be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave, and go home to my Lord and be free,” inspiring the call for freedom in the Civil Rights movement. 9. This song represented the determination of those in the Civil Rights movement in the face of government and social oppression, “like a tree that stands by the water, we shall not be moved.” 8. This song uses Biblical analogies and the story of Moses freeing the Jews from Egypt as an analogy for Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Also On News One: 55 Photos That Will Make You Miss The Obama Family Already 1. Source:Toni L.
"Mississippi Burning" murders resonate 50 years later The postcard looks ordinary enough. It's a message written from a 20-year-old to his parents, informing them that he'd arrived safely in Meridian, Mississippi for a summer job. "This is a wonderful town and the weather is fine. I wish you were here," Andrew Goodman wrote to his mom and dad back in New York City. "The people in this city are wonderful and our reception was very good. All my love, Andy." The card was postmarked June 21, 1964. Fifty years have passed since Goodman and two other civil rights workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were ambushed and shot dead by the Ku Klux Klan in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three young men had been volunteering for a "Freedom Summer" campaign to register African-American voters. 50 years ago: When all eyes were on Mississippi Andy Goodman's fateful journey to Mississippi began in Manhattan, where he grew up in an upper-middle class family on the Upper West Side. That sense of social justice led Andy Goodman to Ohio in June 1964.