This document provides an overview of black history and the civil rights movement in the United States. It discusses the origins of slavery, how slaves were treated, and the rules that governed their lives. It then outlines key events and developments in the fight to end racial discrimination, including the Civil War, Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and To Kill a Mockingbird. The document concludes with biographical details about author Harper Lee.

1. By Alexander ChenBlack History

2. Can be traced back to 1760 BCSpanish enslaved Native Americans through their policy of encomiendaSpanish failed to bring Africans to America and the white revolutionaries saw the opportunity to make Africans work for themAfrican slaves brought to America by Dutch in 1619Whites bought and owned slavesSlavery

3. Rules of the slavesSlaves could not gather in groups of 4 or moreSlaves caught escaping would be beaten or have their limbs cut offSlaves could not own weaponsSlaves could not learn to read or writeSlaves could not leave their owner’s propertyThis was to ensure the slaves would not escape and think of freedomSlavery

4. In relation to the novelSlaves, mostly blacks, were discriminatedThey were not thought of highlyThe study of slavery helps me understand how the blacks were treated and how their white counterparts saw themSlavery

5. Southern states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and LouisiannaLed by Abraham Lincoln Was fought to curb slavery from expanding to other states where slavery did not existWar was fought from 1861 to 1865The civil war

6. Begun in 1950Movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring voting rights in Southern statesSupported by John KennedyOutcome was that Blacks were equal to WhitesCivil rights movement

7. Brown v. Board of EducationBlacks were unhappy about over populated school premises and unsuitable conditions in their schoolJudge ordered segregation to be phased out over timeDesegregating Little Rock9 Black students were sent to Little Rock Central High SchoolOne of Nine black students turned up because she did not receive a phone call about the dangers of attending schoolShe was harassed and was brought into a police car for her protectionThe nine black students had to be escorted by federal troops but still were harassed and attackedCivil rights movement

8. A woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passengerParks was arrested, tried, and convicted for disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinanceAfrican-Americans demanded a more humane bus transportation systemPushed for desegregation and boycott lasted 381 daysReduced bus revenue to up to 80% which led to the desegregation in busesMontgomery Bus Boycott

9. 9 Black boys were accused of raping 2 white girlsThey were trialed in an unfairly, which included a set-up and an all white juryTom Robinson was falsely accused of raping MayellaEwellScottsboro trials

10. A Southern Belle is a a young woman of the American Old South's upper class.A Southern Gentleman is a man who is polite and is someone worth respectingAtticus – He is polite and is respected, and even decided to defend a black in courtBob Ewell – He is ruthless as he raped his own daughter and accused someone else of doing soTraits of a true Southern Belle and Southern Gentleman

11. Born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, AlabamaPursued a law degree at the University of Alabama from 1945 to 1949Studied for a summer in Oxford, England, before moving to New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerkContinued as a reservation clerk until 1958, when she devoted herself to writingPublished To Kill a Mocking Bird on July 11, 1960TKMB was the only book Lee publishedWon the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fictionAwarded Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007

12. Thanks you for you kind attentionThe end