The document discusses the history of black people in America from slavery through the civil rights movement. It describes how slavery began in 1760 BC and slaves were imported from Africa. The civil war was fought from 1861 to 1865, ending slavery. After the civil war, Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation until the civil rights movement started challenging unfair treatment of blacks through protests and boycotts in the 1950s and 1960s. Significant people mentioned include President Lincoln, President Truman, Eisenhower, and author Harper Lee who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird".