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Discrimination is not okay and it is against the law.

You are not alone and we are all here to support one another.

BLM 2020

Red: the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and shed for liberation (freedom from limits).

Black: black people whose existence as a nation.

Green: the abundant natural wealth in Africa.

Pan-African Colours

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The year 1619 marked the beginning of African American history, with the arrival of the first slave ship in Jamestown, Virginia.

Slavery put African Americans not only in physical shackles. They were prevented from gaining any type of knowledge, including learning to read or write during their enslavement.

Illiteracy was a means to keep control as it was believed that intellectual stimulation would give African Americans ideas of freedom and independence.

5 people you didn't know you needed to know:

1.Richard Allen - Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church, minister, abolitionist, educator, writer, and one of America's most active and influential black leaders

2.Maya Angelou - Writer, poet, civil rights activist

3.Crispus Attucks - An icon of the anti-slavery movement, first person killed in the Boston Massacre & American revolution.

4.James Baldwin - Novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist.

5.Ralph Bunche -  Political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize.

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an event in which people gather to show disapproval of something.

What is a Protest?

Google These:

Black Lives Matter 2013-2020

March for our Lives 2017-2018

Million Man March 1995

March for LGBQ equal rights 1987-1993

Birmingham & March on Washington 1963

The Freedom Ride 1961

The Sit-ins 1960

The Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955