Sharpville Massacre

RoseWood Florida Massacre of 1923 American History April 20th 2017 Noah Edmisson Mr.Laffoon On January 1, 1923, In a very small black neighborhood called Rosewood. A rumor started that Fannie Taylor, a white female, had been sexually harassed by a black man in her house. She claimed that a black man had gotten into her house and assaulted her, but she had no obvious injuries other than her word that she was unconscious for a long time.

On September of 2015 on the CSU Sacramento Campus a disagreement between a student and professor took place. The disagreement started when the student, Chiitaanibah Johnson who is a member of the Navajo and Maidu tribes, was offended by a statement made to the class by the U.S. History professor. Johnson stated in an interview with Vincent Schilling (2015) of Indian Country Today Media Network “He was talking about Native America and he said the word genocide. He paused and said ‘I don't like to use that word because I think it is too strong for what happened’ and ‘genocide implies that it was on purpose and most native people were wiped out by European diseases.’”. Johnson then researched the topic, gathered evidence and presented the information

On April 16, 2007 a student, Seung Hui Cho, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, went on a shooting rampage and opened fire on his fellow students and Virginia Tech community members. The shooting took place in the early hours of the morning when many students were preparing for classes. The first two shootings occurred at 7:15 am at West Ambler Johnston Hall. 21/2 hours later after Cho had changed his blood stained clothes, deleted his e-mails, removed the hard drive, mailed videos to NBC television; he again went on another shooting spree which killed 30 people. In total Cho killed 32 people and wounded 25 others before killing himself.

Blacks were treated with tremendous cruelty in many different ways. Black lives before the civil rights movement were treated cruel and unfair. African Americans did not have the same opportunities that they have today. Before the movement they could not get an education, a good job, or a place to live. These men and women who worked for white landowners were pretty much treated like slaves. They were barely paid anything for the work that they did. Many blacks lived in the streets and did not even have a place to get out of the weather. Due to these factors many blacks lived in poverty and were treated very cruel. A staff Writer wrote, “For black Americans, the pre-Civil Rights era was a time of danger and turmoil, as they set out to claim

Julissa Knapinski CBA- Everett Massacre February, 2016 What Caused the Everett Massacre? Did you know, the bloodiest labor confrontation (The Everett Massacre) occurred in Washington state, on November 5th, 1916? Well, it’s true! That Sunday, a group called the Wobblies went on ships from Seattle, Washington to Everett, Washington. The biggest causes of the Everett Massacre are assumptions, fear, and most importantly, dissatisfaction.

Protests, such as Soweto, and boycotts are examples of internal unrest that ultimately led to the end of apartheid. On June 16th, 1976, over 360 blacks were killed by South African police

The Everett massacre took place November 5,1916 and took place in Everett washington it was the biggest battle of labor unions. The Everett massacre was a conflict between local authorities and members of the industrial workers of the world (IWW) commonly called “Wobblies”. Everett washington was in a serious depression.there

Charles R Jones Derek Stanik History 225 July 9, 2015 Count Down to the Sand Creek Massacre On November 29, 1864 approximately 700 U.S. troops attacked a village of 500 Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians. The village consisted of men, women, and children, who thought they were at peace with the U.S. government. The attack at Sand Creek was part of a chain of bad events and battles the Plains Indian tribes were experiencing with migrating settlers arriving from the east and U.S. soldiers. An 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie condensed Cheyenne and Arapaho land but promised them yearly payments in exchange for safe passage of settlers through their tribal lands. The discovery of gold in Colorado in 1858 brought a greater inflow of settlers coming in a hunt

Black South Africans living in South Africa, had to endure fifty years of oppression and racial discrimination. Apartheid was a policy implemented by the South African government across South Africa. It was used to control the Black South African population since they make up the majority of the population. The government created Apartheid, due to their fear that the Black population will overthrow them. Living as a Black South African meant that they had to live a more oppressive and undesirable life.

3. How white violence and intimidation prevented black people from exercising their civil rights. White violence and intimidation created fear among the black people as they feared for their lives. The hostile environment against the black people was a major factor in preventing them from exercising their civil rights. They feared if they exercised their civil rights, they would be accused of killings, rape or theft and be lynched. They opted to stay put rather than risk their lives.

Violence against black people in America began when slaves were kidnapped from Africa and sent to America. White slave owners would beat them, breed them, make them work without pay and sell them as if they were animals. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860,

Thesis Statement: Apartheid may have been a horrible era in South African history, but only so because the whites were forced to take action against the outrageous and threatening deeds of the blacks in order to sustain their power.

Doing Business in South Africa For years, South Africa’s Afrikaner Nationalist Party was conducting all types of racial attacks that were raising ethical issues. Along with the South African government, they reshaped racial laws and regulations, continuing with violence against blacks. Nonwhites outnumbered whites by about 5 to 1. Violence consisted

One large problem that occurred because of apartheid and was the cause of many protests was from 1961-1994, 3.5 million colored people and their families were forced out of their homes while their property was sold for very low prices to white farmers. This was just one example of events that were completely unfair to the colored population. Nelson Mandela was the person who stopped these acts from happening. In 1994, Mandela became the country’s first colored president. Instead of trying to make the people who put him into jail for 27 years suffer in consequences, he embraced them and used peace to unite everyone as equals, and not oppressing the people who had oppressed him for most of his life. Apartheid was a very rough time for anyone who lived in South Africa before Nelson Mandela and his peace helped to stop it.

Racial (History, 2013) The population of South Africa were segregated into categouries of Coloured, Black, White and Indian. Black South African lives were affected in many different ways and it still is today. Apartheid meant great hardship, it meant that Black people were unable to live a reasonable life. All natural civil rights were taken away from them. Public beaches, drive-in cinema parking spaces, graveyards, parks and public toilets are just a few things that were racially segregated. You can say that the church was on of few places races could mix without breaking the law. (Wikipedia, 2013)