This document provides an overview of black history in the United States, including slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow laws, and the civil rights movement. It discusses how slavery began in the 1400s and the rules slaves had to follow. It notes that the Civil War abolished slavery and that Jim Crow laws separated and disadvantaged blacks. The civil rights movement of the 1950s fought for racial equality. Specific events discussed include the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Scottsboro trials. The document also provides brief biographies of Harper Lee and her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

1. BLACK HISTORYDone by: Cheng Tong Wen 2P305

2. Agenda SlaveryThe civil warJim crows lawThe civil rights movementMontgomery bus boycott and Scottsboro trialsTraits of a true Southern Belle and Southern GentlemenHarper Lee

3. SlaveryBegan in the early 1400sMost slaves came from AfricaThe first slaves were brought to Portugal from northern MauritaniaSlaves were forced to do whatever the owner told them to doThey would be punished severely if they were caught escapingRules that slaves must obey are the fact that slaves must please the owner and always ask permission before doing anything

4. SlaveryIt is related to To Kill A Mockingbird as there were racial discrimination against the blacksBlacks are always at fault

5. The Civil WarSouthern states includes: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina Abraham Lincoln proclaimed war against the South, in order to stop slavery.The war started in 1861 and ended in 1865

6. The Civil WarIt abolished slavery as a legal institution in the United StatesThis relates to the novel as it shows that both the blacks and the whites have equal rights

7. Jim Crow LawsJim Crow is not actually a personIt is a songBlacks were unhappy as they were treated unfairlyIt separated the blacks and the whitesThis gave an advantage to the whites

8. The Civil Rights MovementStarted in 1950political movement for equality before the law Chicano Movement sought political empowerment and social inclusion for Mexican-Americans around a generally nationalist argumentBlack Power  argued for black self-determination, and asserted that the assimilation inherent in integration robs Africans of their common heritage and dignityPresident John F Kennedy supported the civil rights movementLead to improvements in the legal rights of previously oppressed groups of peoplesIt relates to the novel where Atticus fights for Tom Robison's case

9. Montgomery Bus Boycott and Scottsboro trials An African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white personFor Scottsboro trails, 9 teenaged boys were accused of rape in Jackson Country, Alabama Similar to the novel as both these teenaged boys and in the novel, Tom Robinson, was accused of rape

10. Traits of a true Southern Belle and Southern GentlemenA true southern belle must have proper etiquette, penmanship and ballroom dancingA true southern gentleman must be well educated and must have respectIn the novel, Atticus is a gentlemen as he is polite and he readsIn the novel, Bob Ewell is not a gentlemen as he very cunning and violent.

11. Harper LeeBorn on 28 April 1926 in AlabamaStudied in the university of AlabamaNovels written by her to Kill a Mockingbird, "Love—In Other Words, "Christmas to Me“, "When Children Discover America”, "Romance and High Adventure” Awarded 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a MockingbirdThe plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbours, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old

12. Bibliographywww.google.com.sghttp://www.google.com.sg/imghp?hl=en&tab=wihttp://www.wikipedia.org/

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