{"id":1155,"date":"2019-06-06T06:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2020-06-02T03:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T03:46:02","slug":"african-americans-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/learn\/origins-and-traditions\/african-americans-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"African Americans in History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Angela Davis<\/span><\/h1>\n

Angela Davis is a political activist and professor. \u00a0She was an active member of the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party. \u00a0She became well-known for her alleged involvement in the attempted escape of prisoner George Jackson. \u00a0Davis served 18 months in jail before she was acquitted. Today, she is a retired professor from the University of California, Santa Cruz. \u00a0She taught History of Consciousness and was director of their Feminist Studies department. Davis has also authored several books, including the classic, \u201cWomen, Race, and Class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and wife to Martin Luther King Jr. \u00a0Although, less is written about her she was equally involved in the Civil Rights Movement. \u00a0She was an accomplished singer, and put together Freedom Concerts, to raise awareness and fund much of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, MLK\u2019s organization. \u00a0After her husband\u2019s assassination, she worked hard to build the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia. The center provides education on nonviolence, and still stands today. \u00a0Scott King was also instrumental in the creation of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Throughout her life, she remained an activist and traveled the world raising awareness for nonviolence, and human rights. \u00a0She died in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ella Baker was a civil rights activist. She started her activism by working as a field secretary for the NAACP, and later branch director. \u00a0Baker preferred grassroot movements. She believed that it is better to help others find the ability in themselves to make change, rather than following a leader. \u00a0She also worked for voter registration and was involved in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. After she saw the student sit-ins in Greensboro, she put together a student meeting and assisted in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. \u00a0She became a life-long mentor to its members. Baker died in 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Huey Newton<\/span><\/h1>\n

Huey Newton co-founded The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense with Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, in 1966. \u00a0The Black Panther Party focused on educating blacks about their right to self-defense in order to protect their community, better education, jobs, and housing, and the creation of social programs. \u00a0These programs included the Free Breakfast for School Children and free medical clinics. Some of them lasted into the 1980s and were precursors to federal programs. Newton received a PhD in social philosophy. \u00a0He was in and out of jail, and dealt with drug and alcohol dependence in his later life. Newton was shot in Oakland in 1989.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Malcolm X was born Malcom Little, in Omaha, Nebraska. \u00a0His father was killed at a young age and his family was torn apart. \u00a0When he was an adolescent, he moved to New York. Here he was arrested for criminal activity. \u00a0During his time in jail, Malcolm reinvented himself to become a devout member of the Nation of Islam. \u00a0After his release, he quickly rose to prominence within the Nation of Islam community. He was known for delivering fiery and radical speeches, including his most famous, \u201cThe Ballot or the Bullet.\u201d \u00a0He was a strong advocate for black nationalism and separatism. Malcolm went through a contentious split from the Nation of Islam shortly before his death. After this split, he formed the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. \u00a0He viewpoints started to become less radical and he traveled throughout Africa promoting Pan-Africanism. He was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City, on February 21, 1965.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Martin Luther King Jr. was the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement. \u00a0He was a Baptist minister and became spokesperson for the movement during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. \u00a0Dr. King was an advocate for non-violence. This principle was central to his philosophy and guided him during the marches and protests he led. \u00a0He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and delivered numerous speeches throughout his life, including his famous, \u201cI have a dream\u201d speech. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 while organizing the Poor People\u2019s Campaign in Memphis, Tennessee. \u00a0Martin Luther King Jr. is often considered one of the most influential people in the history of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stockley Carmichael, who later changed his name to Kwame Ture, was born in Trinidad. \u00a0He moved to the United States when he was 11. He was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and one of the original freedom riders. \u00a0He made the term \u201cBlack Power\u201d popular by chanting it in speech. Carmichael also became an honorary prime minister of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, he moved to Guinea and became an advisor to president, S\u0450kou Tour\u0450, and Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah. \u00a0They became his mentors. Towards the end of his life, he founded the All-African People\u2019s Revolutionary Party, which focused on unifying Africans throughout the world. He died in 1998.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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