African Americans

Christina PrestidgeShea CrouchDavid Emery

History 1619 - The first African slaves were bought over

the Atlantic.1773 - Phyllis Wheatley publishes her first

collection.1808 - U.S. bans the import of slaves. Domestic

sales still legal.1831 - Nat Turner rebellion1839 - Amistad slave ship rebellion1850 - The underground Railroad reaches its peak1857 - Dred Scott decision1861 - Civi War begins1863 - Emancipation Proclemation was signed.1865 - Civil War ended, Lincoln as assassinated.

History 1857 - Dred Scott decision 1861 - Civi War begins 1863 - Emancipation Proclemation was signed. 1865 - Civil War ended, Lincoln as assassinated.

1868 - 14th Amendment passes. 1870 - 15th Amendment passes. 1881 - Tuskegee Institute, a teaching college, is

founded. 1896 – Plessy VS Ferguson decision. 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement

of Colored People, NAACP, founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others.

History 1919 - The Harlem Renaissance begins and lasts til around

the 1930’s. 1932 - A series of medical travesties called the Tuskegee

Experiments. 1954 - Brown VS Board of Education. A landmark court

case 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested and bus boycotts begin. 1963 - March on Washington, Martin Luther King’s “I Have

a Dream” speech 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated. March 7, 1965 - “Bloody Sunday” 1965 - Executive Order 11246. 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the Supreme

Court. 1968 - Martin Luther King, jr. is assassinated.

History 1980 - Robert L. Johnson becomes the first black

billionaire. 1986 - Oprah becomes nationally syndicated. 1989 - General Colin Powell is appointed

chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1993 - Toni Morrison is awarded the Nobel Prize 1995 - Louis Farrakhan organized the million man

march. 2001 - Colin Powell appointed Secretary of State 2006 - Coretta Scott King dies 2008 - Barak Obama becomes the 44th President

of the U.S.

Demographics

 12% of US population

◦55% live in South◦20% live in Midwest ◦20% live in Northeast ◦10% live in West

African Americans > 25% of population◦Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi,

Georgia, Maryland, and Alabama

Demographics

Demographics

 State Populations

◦District of Colombia: 313,106 51%◦New York: 3,400,757 17%◦Florida: 3,141,840 18%◦Texas: 3,138,725 12%◦Georgia: 3,044,658 31%

Demographics

 City Population

◦New York: 3,362,616 18%◦Atlanta: 1,707,913 32%◦Jackson, MS: 257,021 48%◦Memphis, TN 257,021 46%

Demographics

 Kansas City

◦African American Population: 254,509 13%

Demographics

Segregation of African Americans in the U. S.

DemographicsEric Fischer on Flickr

DemographicsMilwaukee-Waukesha, WI

DemographicsOrange County, CA

Education Statistics

Attending Public Schools: 8,166,353

Private Schools: 430,972Charter Schools: 488,233

Education Statistics

Education Statistics

Religion

Values, Beliefs and Life Ways• Strong kinship bonds • Strong work orientation • Strong religious orientation • Adaptable family roles • Use informal support network – church or community

Distrust of government & social services

Most are assimilated to the Anglo-American culture

Take care of their ownStrong sense of prideSeniors are highly respected Tend to keep things hidden within

the family system

Core Values

SharingExpressing personal styleBeing real and genuineBeing assertiveExpressing feelingsBouncing backDistrust mainstream establishment

Stereotypes

African Americans are more violent than others

African Americans are less intelligent than others

African Americans are lazy & irresponsible

They blame everyone else for their problems

Many African Americans are resentful troublemakers

Food

http://www.oprah.com/food/The-Origin-of-Soul-Food-African-American-Cooking_1/1

“Adversity breeds resourcefulness”

“Sure enough, patience turns out to be a key element in soul cooking. Certainly, it and creativity were required to transform whatever ingredients the first African-Americans could scrape together into some semblance of dinner. Arriving in this land with little but the traditions they carried in their hearts and minds—fishing, gardening, foraging, and open-fire cooking among them—they invented a vibrant cuisine. "Their food was a way of surviving with dignity in a very oppressive situation," said Professor Opie.”

Soul Food

"Soul cooking just means you put your patience and love into the food.”

Musical Influences in America Instruments, such as the banjo, were brought in and took

root in American culture. Chants and spirituals were commonly heard on plantations. This emphasis on beat and rhythm was incorporated into

later genres, like: Jazz, Different style Blues 50’s Rock Motown Modern Rock Golden age of rap 90’s 00’s Today

Literary Figures

Classroom Integration

In Our Village: Kambi ya Simba through the eyes of its youth by Barbara Tucker Cervone

Do you have any questions?

Kwanzaa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kV-6qVp98Q

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor of Africana Studies at California State University in 1966.

◦Kwanza means “first fruits” in Swahili.

KwanzaaMkeka (place mat)http://www.youtube.com/w

atch?v=s8rsEodZ8tc

Kwanzaa

Unity: Umoja (oo-MO-jah)

◦To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.

Kwanzaa

Self-determination: Kujichagulia

(koo-gee-cha-goo-LEE-yah)

◦To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak fro ourselves.

Kwanzaa

Collective Work and Responsibility: Ujima (oo-GEE-mah)

◦To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and solve them together.

Kwanzaa

Cooperative Economics: Ujamaa

(oo-JAH-mah)

◦To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Kwanzaa

Purpose: Nia (nee-YAH)

◦To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

Kwanzaa

Creativity: Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah)

◦To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

Kwanzaa

Faith: Imani (ee-Mah-nee)

◦To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Andrew Lyles