To Celebrate our African and Caribbean heritage during Black History Month in October.
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer, university administrator, and writer who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady.
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How long did Nelson Mandela stay in prison for?
What did Michellle Obama become ?
What jobs did Maya Angelou do ?
Where did nelson Mandela become president ?
What other jobs did Michelle Do?
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Maya Angelou is an author, actress, and a civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical writings, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. The poem I would recommend is Still I rise
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 to December 5, 2013) was a nonviolence anti-apartheid activist, politician and philanthropist who became South Africa’s first black president from 1994 to 1999. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. Beginning in 1962, Mandela spent 27 years in prison for political offenses.
Information About Black history
What is Segeration
The act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated. 2 a : the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.
Why was there so much racial inequality in the USA between 1929 and 1945?
The USA constitution and federal law declared that everyone was equal. The southern states passed the Jim Crow Laws which related to segregation. This meant that white people and black people had to live separately. The areas of society affected by segregation included churches, hospitals, theatres and schools.
Black people had the worst jobs and the poorest standard of education. Black people also found it difficult to register to vote because of the following:
Poll Tax – A tax had to be paid in order to be able to vote, and most black people were too poor to pay the tax.
Literacy Tests (reading) – In order to be able to vote, people had to prove that they could read difficult extracts. If black people passed these tests, they would then be threatened and attacked so that they would not vote.
The impact of the Depression and the New Deal (1930s)
It was black people who suffered the most during the Depression. By mid 1934 over half the black people in the north were dependent on government support. President Roosevelt's New Deal helped black people a little – over a million received support and found jobs. However, the New Deal discriminated against certain groups and did not help everybody. In 1936 many black people voted for the Democrats and, as a result, there was an increase in the number of black people elected to national and local government. By 1940 there were 100 black people working for the country’s government.
Black history
In the United States, the month of February is observed as Black History Month or National African American History Month, and we use the month to remember the important contributions and achievements of African Americans throughout our nation's history. The celebration can be felt nationally and worldwide as many
