Micah's Black History #10

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  1. 1. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, was a celebrated author whose books centered around African American heritage. His enormous hard work paid off when his book “Roots” was published in 1976 and became a massive hit.
  2. 3. Most Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established in the South after the American Civil War, often with the assistance of religious missionary organizations based in the northern United States.
  3. 6. Taught himself to read and write and later became a skilled orator and debater. In 1868, Haralson made his first unsuccessful attempt for a seat in the Forty-first Congress, representing Alabama’s First District of Alabama. Two years later he won a seat in Alabama’s House of Representatives and in 1872 was elected to the State Senate. In 1874, again he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives.
  4. 8. to Protest of Segregation more than seven hundred demonstrators, including Martin Luther King Jr., arrested in Albany, Ga., in five mass marches on city hall to protest segregation. Arrests triggered militant Albany movement.
  5. 10. Became the head of the largest black-owned business in the United States.
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  1. 1. In 1968, her first collection of poetry, Once, got published. she is primarily known for writing novels and her first work by the name of Third Life of Grange Copeland got published in 1970. In 1983, she coined the term womanism to mean Black feminism. Her third novel, The Color Purple, which highlighted the struggles
  2. 2. An American activist, former pastor and diplomat from Georgia. Andrew Young served as Mayor of Atlanta, the US ambassador to the UN and as a congressman from the 5th congressional district from Georgia.
  3. 4. Pioneering black newspaper columnist for the Boston Globe. served as the public relations director of the Boston Branch of the NAACP. First black columnist in the history of the Globe.
  4. 5. The first African-American modern dancer.
  5. 7. Emerged as a civil rights leader after his participation in the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 and the Freedom Rides the following year. helped plan the March on Washington and was one of the keynote speakers. He also served as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966.
  6. 9. In 1971, he founded an organization known as the National Youth Movement,He then founded a group called “National Action Network” which deigned to educate voters of their rights and responsibilities and to support small businesses.