By: Alisha Moors

RACISM IN AMERICA

1. Racism in the Past

2. Present Issue in Our News

3. News Article- Racial Tensions in Ferguson

4. Charts of Ferguson 2000-2010 Census

5. News Article- Rioting in Ferguson

6. Charts of Ferguson Police stop records

7. Martin Luther King for Equality

8. Martin Luther King for Equality continue

9. Bibliography

TABLE OF CONTENTS

-African Americans have fought for equal rights for more than 300 years.

-They were forced to be slaves, not allowed to vote, had no freedom, and no civil rights.

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the civil rights movement and fought for racial equality.

-Dr. Kings vision was for everyone to judge a man off his character and not off the color of their skin.

-Though many have tried to keep his vision alive in our century…..Many have fallen away back in racism and into past being repeated.

RACISM IN THE PAST

-Racism tension happening in Ferguson, Missouri.

-An Incident of a young black man, Michael Brown, getting shot by a white cop has blown this issue forward.

-Since this incident, protesters have turned to violence.

-Protesters have smashed and burned down stores.

PRESENT RACISM ISSUES

In this article it spoke about how racial tension was

already an issue in Ferguson, long before the Michael Brown incident.

It always gave us many graphs to read and look at to see that racial profiling has been brought to the

attention of police officers for many years.

NEWS ARTICLE: RACIAL TENSION IN FERGUSON

2000 Census

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FERGUSON 200-2010 CENSUS:

MAJORITY BLACK IN 2010

2010 Census

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In this article it talks about how rioting is never the

answer, but maybe to have police to wear camera’s it

would save some discrimination.

In Ferguson, mistrust and anger towards the police

have cause even more protesters and violence.

The police force is 95% white, therefore many

believe they are racist, even though many are not.

RIOTING IN FERGUSON

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Stops by Police Made

Stops by Po-lice Made

Racial Profiling is shown by the amount of stops made by the police of

Ferguson.

It could be though because of the percentage of

blacks/white, which shown in the first

graphs were black 63% and whites 33 %

FERGUSONS POLICE STOP RECORDS

“I think for the Negro to turn to turn to violence would be both impractical and immoral”

“I think we’ve got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard and what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear the economic plight of the

Negro poor which has worsened over the last few years.”

“Riots are self defeating and socially destructive.”

MARTIN LUTHER KING QUOTES TOWARDS RIOTING

"In Ferguson Riots, Social Media Corrupts MLK’s Message." NewsCut. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

“Racial Tensions in Ferguson.” US News. U.S.News & World Report, n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

"The Lessons of Ferguson." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 23 Aug. 2014. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

Parrillo, Vincent N. Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States. Census Update, 10th Edition.

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