So.....You Wanted A Summary?

So,here is a break up of our time line:

After the civil war(1865) the north won. The south decided that they didn't want to listen to the north.They obviously were not going to give in.Then reconstruction took effect.The north did not want anymore problems so they passed the thirteenth amendment which guaranteed that slavery was over!!! The south could not care less,they did not want their African American citizens getting comfortable so they made "Jim Crow Laws",thinking they would get around the constitution these codes practically made black people slaves again.During this period of time the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments were made,these rights stated that all people that live or are born in the United States were citizens,and that each citizen has the right to vote and no other state has the right to take it away from you.Now not all people agreed with this in fact there was a very famous, very important case that dealt with a man named Plessy.Plessy sat on a white train cart (when the train was segregated)and refused to give up his seat.He ended up in court arguing that separate is NOT equal and that this violated the fourteenth Amendment.What ended up happening was that the Supreme Court ruled that separate IS equal .

Then came the Brown vs. Board this case said that separating schools by race was unconstitutional and this court actually agreed!!!They ordered that all segregated schools be integrated this lead to the Little Rock Nine.Nine black students were chosen to be the first black students in a all white school this started a whole lot of chaos.Then came the Children's March of 1963 it is called the "children's" march because mostly 'kids' participated.This all took place in Birmingham,Alabama.In 2008 America elected their very first African American president named Barack Obama.

what happened after the civil war?

1865:

* North wins Civil War-Slavery abolished.

(1865-1880)* Reconstruction Period-As soon as the Civil War ended Reconstruction began.This was "the process of reuniting the southern states".

*Thirteenth Amendment-This Amendment abolished slavery.

1866:

* Civil Rights Act-This act gave blacks the same rights as white people.

* Fourteenth Amendment-This Amendment said if you were born in the united states or living in the united states that you are a citizen and no other state can take that right away from you.

* Black Codes Abolished-Black Codes that were made after the civil war were abolished and former slaves were able to vote.

(1865-1965)* Jim Crow Laws-These laws were made by the south so that they could get around the constitution.These laws practically made black people slaves again.It took one hundred years to abolish!!!!

1870:

* Fifteenth Amendment-This Amendment said that all people that are citizens of the united states have the right to vote and no other state can take that right away from you.

.1895:

* Plessy vs. Furgison-The court cased that ruled separate is equal as long as each race is treated equally.

1950-1960:

* Brown vs Board-"The US Supreme court rules that segregated schools are unconstitutional."

*Federal National Guard-"Federal and national guard Troops intervene on behalf of nine black students blocked from entering all white Central High School in Little Rock ,Arkansas"

1963:

* Children's March-Children marched for rights and to stop segregation between races.

2001:

* 9/11 Twin Towers-Terrorist attack hits the world trade center.

2009:

* Barack Obama elected president-He is the first African American President.

WHAT I THINK OF THESE "STATISTICS?!"

The statistic that I'm most interested in says, "Among black children whose parents are high-school dropouts; half of those children had a father in prison compared with one in 14 white children with dropout parents."It isn't that I'm mad about the statistic it's that I just find it unfair because I don't think they surveyed an equal amount of students ( like half Caucasian half African Americans).It angers me because my father has been in jail once but it was only because of a misunderstanding. Not only that but one of my closest friends father has been in jail as well but she does not know his current location at the moment. Although my teacher said not to be offended by the statistic that it was research, I can't help but feel angery. It seems that it's not fair because a lot of kids have dropout parents not just African Americans. -yamilex:)

critic of statistics

Today we discussed our own opinions of the achievement gap statistics.I personally thought that there would be more African Americans in public schools because of were public schools are located.I was very surprised to find out that African American students only make up 50% of graduating students, but then again I see these examples in my school every day when Latinos and blacks act out and refuse to work, but there are no whites inside my school so I wouldn't know hoe to prove this.I also think that we make most of our new york city public schools because of the area that they are located in but that's not the case either,Latinos actually make most of our public schools,Latinos are around mostly all neighborhoods and there are a lot of us well that's what I think.I learned.....well what I concluded........I concluded that blacks and Latinos are one of the smallest of races who are likely to succeed in life and school. I'm going to change that statistic.........-Melody:)