The document provides a detailed history of African Americans from 1619 to 2008. It covers major events and developments such as the first slaves brought to America in 1619, the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation in the 1860s, and Barack Obama becoming the first African American president in 2008. It also includes sections on demographics, education statistics, religion, cultural influences, and traditions like Kwanzaa. In over 20 sections, the document presents a comprehensive overview of the people, events, challenges, and accomplishments within the African American community throughout American history.

1. African Americans
Christina Prestidge
Shea Crouch
David Emery

2. History
 1619 - The first African slaves were bought over
the Atlantic.
 1773 - Phyllis Wheatley publishes her first
collection.
 1808 - U.S. bans the import of slaves. Domestic
sales still legal.
 1831 - Nat Turner rebellion
 1839 - Amistad slave ship rebellion
 1850 - The underground Railroad reaches its peak
 1857 - Dred Scott decision
 1861 - Civi War begins
 1863 - Emancipation Proclemation was signed.
 1865 - Civil War ended, Lincoln as assassinated.

3. History
 1857 - Dred Scott decision
 1861 - Civi War begins
 1863 - Emancipation Proclemation was signed.
 1865 - Civil War ended, Lincoln as assassinated.
 1868 - 14th Amendment passes.
 1870 - 15th Amendment passes.
 1881 - Tuskegee Institute, a teaching college, is
founded.
 1896 – Plessy VS Ferguson decision.
 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, NAACP, founded by W.E.B. DuBois and
others.

4. History
 1919 - The Harlem Renaissance begins and lasts til around
the 1930’s.
 1932 - A series of medical travesties called the Tuskegee
Experiments.
 1954 - Brown VS Board of Education. A landmark court case
 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested and bus boycotts begin.
 1963 - March on Washington, Martin Luther King’s ―I Have a
Dream‖ speech
 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated.
 March 7, 1965 - ―Bloody Sunday‖
 1965 - Executive Order 11246.
 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the Supreme Court.
 1968 - Martin Luther King, jr. is assassinated.

5. History
 1980 - Robert L. Johnson becomes the first black
billionaire.
 1986 - Oprah becomes nationally syndicated.
 1989 - General Colin Powell is appointed chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
 1993 - Toni Morrison is awarded the Nobel Prize
 1995 - Louis Farrakhan organized the million man
march.
 2001 - Colin Powell appointed Secretary of State
 2006 - Coretta Scott King dies
 2008 - Barak Obama becomes the 44th President of the
U.S.

6. Demographics
 12% of US population
◦ 55% live in South
◦ 20% live in Midwest
◦ 20% live in Northeast
◦ 10% live in West
 African Americans > 25% of population
◦ Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi,
Georgia, Maryland, and Alabama

7. Demographics

8. Demographics
 State Populations
◦ District of Colombia: 313,106 51%
◦ New York: 3,400,757 17%
◦ Florida: 3,141,840 18%
◦ Texas: 3,138,725 12%
◦ Georgia: 3,044,658 31%

9. Demographics
 City Population
◦ New York: 3,362,616 18%
◦ Atlanta: 1,707,913 32%
◦ Jackson, MS: 257,021 48%
◦ Memphis, TN 257,021 46%

10. Demographics
 Kansas City
◦ African American Population: 254,509 13%

11. Demographics
Segregation of African Americans in the U. S.

12. Demographics Eric Fischer on Flickr

13. Demographics Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

14. Demographics Orange County, CA

15. Education Statistics
 Attending Public Schools: 8,166,353
 Private Schools: 430,972
 Charter Schools: 488,233

17. Education Statistics

18. Education Statistics

19. Religion

20. Values, Beliefs and Life
Ways
• Strong kinship bonds
• Strong work orientation
• Strong religious orientation
• Adaptable family roles
• Use informal support network –
church or community

21.  Distrust of government & social services
 Most are assimilated to the Anglo-
American culture
 Take care of their own
 Strong sense of pride
 Seniors are highly respected
 Tend to keep things hidden within the
family system

22. Core Values
 Sharing
 Expressing personal style
 Being real and genuine
 Being assertive
 Expressing feelings
 Bouncing back
 Distrust mainstream establishment

23. Stereotypes
 African Americans are more violent than
others
 African Americans are less intelligent than
others
 African Americans are lazy & irresponsible
 They blame everyone else for their
problems
 Many African Americans are resentful
troublemakers

24. Food
http://www.oprah.com/food/The-Origin-of-Soul-Food-African-American-Cooking_1/1

25. ―Adversity breeds
resourcefulness‖
 ―Sure enough, patience turns out to be a key
element in soul cooking. Certainly, it and
creativity were required to transform
whatever ingredients the first African-
Americans could scrape together into some
semblance of dinner. Arriving in this land with
little but the traditions they carried in their
hearts and minds—fishing, gardening,
foraging, and open-fire cooking among
them—they invented a vibrant cuisine. "Their
food was a way of surviving with dignity in a
very oppressive situation," said Professor
Opie.‖

26. Soul Food
"Soul cooking just means you put your
patience and love into the food.‖

27. Musical Influences in America
 Instruments, such as the banjo, were brought in and took root in
American culture.
 Chants and spirituals were commonly heard on plantations.
 This emphasis on beat and rhythm was incorporated into later
genres, like:
 Jazz, Different style
 Blues
 50’s Rock
 Motown
 Modern Rock
 Golden age of rap
 90’s
 00’s
 Today

28. Literary Figures

29. Classroom Integration
In Our Village: Kambi ya Simba through the eyes of its
youth by Barbara Tucker Cervone

32. Do you have any
questions?

33. Kwanzaa
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kV-6qVp98Q

34. Kwanzaa
 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana
Karenga, professor of Africana Studies at
California State University in 1966.
◦ Kwanza means ―first fruits‖ in Swahili.

35. Kwanzaa
 Mkeka (place mat)http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=s8rsEodZ8tc

36. Kwanzaa
 Unity: Umoja (oo-MO-jah)
◦ To strive for and maintain unity in the
family, community, nation and race.

37. Kwanzaa
 Self-determination: Kujichagulia
(koo-gee-cha-goo-LEE-yah)
◦ To define ourselves, name
ourselves, create for ourselves, and
speak fro ourselves.

38. Kwanzaa
 Collective Work and
Responsibility: Ujima (oo-GEE-
mah)
◦ To build and maintain our community
together and make our brother’s and
sister’s problems our problems and
solve them together.

39. Kwanzaa
 Cooperative Economics: Ujamaa
(oo-JAH-mah)
◦ To build and maintain our own
stores, shops, and other businesses
and to profit from them together.

40. Kwanzaa
 Purpose: Nia (nee-YAH)
◦ To make our collective vocation the
building and developing of our
community in order to restore our
people to their traditional greatness.

41. Kwanzaa
 Creativity: Kuumba (koo-OOM-
bah)
◦ To do always as much as we can, in
the way we can, in order to leave our
community more beautiful and
beneficial than we inherited it.

42. Kwanzaa
 Faith: Imani (ee-Mah-nee)
◦ To believe with all our heart in our
people, our parents, our teachers,
our leaders, and the righteousness
and victory of our struggle.

43. Andrew Lyles