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This film should be a required watch in all Art & History classrooms! It feels like the art piece in a museum that everyone is standing around analyzing and discussing from various perspectives. It’s so cinematically enthralling and full of lessons that are guaranteed to lead to great conversations. It’s currently available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Youtube, & Fandago. Enjoy ✨ #BLKNWS #BLKNWSTermsAndConditions #BlackNews #Documentary #Movie
This film should be a required watch in all Art & History classrooms! It feels like the art piece in a museum that everyone is standing around analyzing and discussing from various perspectives. It’s so cinematically enthralling and full of lessons that are guaranteed to lead to great conversations. It’s currently available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Youtube, & Fandago. Enjoy ✨ #BLKNWS #BLKNWSTermsAndConditions #BlackNews #Documentary #Movie
How TV Scripted the Civil Rights Movement‼️
How TV Scripted the Civil Rights Movement‼️
The first major step toward Black Americans earning legal rights came with the end of slavery during the Civil War. In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate states free, and in 1865 the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery across the United States. This was followed by the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, and the 15th Amendment, which aimed to protect the right to vote for Black men. During the Reconstruction era, Black Americans briefly gained political power, holding public office and building institutions, schools, and businesses—progress that was extraordinary given the centuries of oppression that came before it. However, those rights were violently undermined for decades through Jim Crow laws, segregation, voter suppression, and racial terror. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that many of these promised rights began to be enforced in practice. Through protests, boycotts, court cases, and immense personal sacrifice, activists pushed the nation to pass landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These laws outlawed segregation and discriminatory voting practices, marking a turning point where Black Americans gained stronger legal protection of rights that had long been denied, though the struggle for true equality continues today.
The first major step toward Black Americans earning legal rights came with the end of slavery during the Civil War. In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate states free, and in 1865 the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery across the United States. This was followed by the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, and the 15th Amendment, which aimed to protect the right to vote for Black men. During the Reconstruction era, Black Americans briefly gained political power, holding public office and building institutions, schools, and businesses—progress that was extraordinary given the centuries of oppression that came before it. However, those rights were violently undermined for decades through Jim Crow laws, segregation, voter suppression, and racial terror. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that many of these promised rights began to be enforced in practice. Through protests, boycotts, court cases, and immense personal sacrifice, activists pushed the nation to pass landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These laws outlawed segregation and discriminatory voting practices, marking a turning point where Black Americans gained stronger legal protection of rights that had long been denied, though the struggle for true equality continues today.
Women leaders of the Civil Rights movement worked under the triple constraints of gender, race, and class. Their contribution hasn’t gotten its due.
Women leaders of the Civil Rights movement worked under the triple constraints of gender, race, and class. Their contribution hasn’t gotten its due.
BLACK LIBERATION AESTHETICS WEEK 8 DAY 1 “BLACK NATIONALISM” #blackhistory #blacknationalism #malcolmx #liberation #denzelwashington
BLACK LIBERATION AESTHETICS WEEK 8 DAY 1 “BLACK NATIONALISM” #blackhistory #blacknationalism #malcolmx #liberation #denzelwashington
On March 12, 1932, civil rights leader Andrew Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would later become a key strategist for the Civil Rights Movement and a close advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Young helped organize major campaigns that led to historic legislation like the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. His leadership later extended to politics, serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta. . . . . . #Blacksin #TheresaMerrittWatson #msocialmg #blacksinhistory #AndrewYoung AndrewYoungBirthday
On March 12, 1932, civil rights leader Andrew Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would later become a key strategist for the Civil Rights Movement and a close advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Young helped organize major campaigns that led to historic legislation like the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. His leadership later extended to politics, serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta. . . . . . #Blacksin #TheresaMerrittWatson #msocialmg #blacksinhistory #AndrewYoung AndrewYoungBirthday
#civilrights #KnowYourRights
#civilrights #KnowYourRights
#blackhistory #knowyourhistory✊🏾 #blackfolks #blacktiktok #reparations
#blackhistory #knowyourhistory✊🏾 #blackfolks #blacktiktok #reparations
4 million people built this country. Not just field hands... carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, inventors, musicians. Rice. Tobacco. Sugarcane. Railroads. From sea to sea. For free. And when the war ended, they signed the order. Special Field Order No. 15. January 1865. 400,000 acres of Southern land... set aside for freed Black families. 40 acres per family. It wasn't a promise. It was law. Then Lincoln was killed. Andrew Johnson took over. And he gave the land back... to the same Confederate plantation owners who had just lost the war. The check was signed. Then ripped up. 159 years later, we celebrate Juneteenth. But the account? Still outstanding. The descendants? Still here. The 40 acres? Never delivered. You can keep the mule. We're taking the 40. Media: @disneyplus | @theproudfamily 👉🏾 Click the link in our bio to reclaim the history they erased. #juneteenth #blackhistory #reparations #40acres #hiddenhistory #blackculture
4 million people built this country. Not just field hands... carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, inventors, musicians. Rice. Tobacco. Sugarcane. Railroads. From sea to sea. For free. And when the war ended, they signed the order. Special Field Order No. 15. January 1865. 400,000 acres of Southern land... set aside for freed Black families. 40 acres per family. It wasn't a promise. It was law. Then Lincoln was killed. Andrew Johnson took over. And he gave the land back... to the same Confederate plantation owners who had just lost the war. The check was signed. Then ripped up. 159 years later, we celebrate Juneteenth. But the account? Still outstanding. The descendants? Still here. The 40 acres? Never delivered. You can keep the mule. We're taking the 40. Media: @disneyplus | @theproudfamily 👉🏾 Click the link in our bio to reclaim the history they erased. #juneteenth #blackhistory #reparations #40acres #hiddenhistory #blackculture
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