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| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
| Notice: | Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome! |
| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
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| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1362 |
| Total number of notes: | 61362 |
855.0. "Black History in the US" by TNPUBS::PAINTER (Planet Crayon) Mon Feb 14 1994 16:25
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** The attached memo is from the Black History Committee **
** of the **
** Dallas LSSN Diversity Forum **
** Theme: Come, Let Us Celebrate Our History Together **
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3 Centuries of Laws Pertaining to Slaves and their Descendants
Listed below are some of the laws/legal precedents which have
affected Blacks from slavery to today.
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* Background: In 1619, on a ship named "Desire", twenty Africans *
* arrived in Jamestown, Virginia to become the first slaves in *
* America. *
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During the 1600's Slave Law
Slaves cannot...
1. Own property
2. Testify in court
3. Strike a white person
4. Learn to read or write
5. Buy or sell goods
6. Possess firearms
7. Beat drums
8. Assemble in groups of more than 5 persons
9. Conduct religious services without a white person present
1672 Virginia Colony
A law was enacted providing a bounty for slave fugitives.
1777 Vermont Colony
Abolished slavery in Vermont.
1807 Slave Importation Ban
The US Congress banned the importation of slaves. The British
Parliament abolishes slave trade.
1834 Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
1841 Freedom for Slaves in Transit
The US Supreme Court declared freedom for slaves who revolted aboard
the ship Amistad and ordered their return to Africa.
1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Enacted by the US Congress stating that it is a criminal offense to
harbor a fugitive slave or to prevent arrest.
1857 Dred Scott Decision
US Supreme Court upheld that Blacks, free or slave, were not
entitled to American citizenship because Blacks were still
considered as property. Dred Scott sued his owners for his
freedom...they were residents of Minnesota, "free state".
1863 The Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in September 1862,
effective January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all territory still
at war with the Union.
1865 The Thirteenth Amendment
The ratification of this amendment to the US Constitution resulted
in the abolishment of slavery.
1865 "Juneteenth"
On June 19, 1865, slavery is formerly abolished in Texas when
General Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston with Union forces.
1870 The Fifteenth Amendment
The ratification of this amendment to the US Constitution resulted
in Blacks receiving the right to vote.
1873 Slavery Abolished in Puerto Rico
1888 Slavery Abolished in Brazil
1896 Plessey vs Ferguson
The US Supreme Court upheld "Separate but Equal" laws in Louisiana
which marked the beginning of "Jim Crow" laws.
*1938 Sweatt vs Painter (Thurgood Marshall, prosecuting attorney)
Ordered University of Texas Law School to admit Blacks.
*1944 Smith vs Allwright (Thurgood Marshall, prosecuting attorney)
Established voting rights for Blacks. Nullified Grandfather Clause
pertaining to voting rights.
*1946 Morgan vs Virginia (Thurgood Marshall, prosecuting attorney)
Outlawed segregation on interstate buses.
*1948 Shelley vs Kramer (Thurgood Marshall, prosecuting attorney)
Barred restrictive housing covenants.
1948 Education Act
The US Supreme Court decision giving Blacks the right to study law
at state institutions.
1953 Segregation Laws in Washington DC
US Supreme Court issues ruling to ban segregation in Washington DC
restaurants.
*1954 Brown vs Board of Education; Topeka, Kansas
(Thurgood Marshall prosecuting attorney)
Removed legal basis for segregation in public schools.
1957 Civil Rights Act
Passed by the US Congress, nine children integrate Central High
School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
*Legal precedents set which later resulted in the Civil Rights Act.
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| 855.1 | lots more | CVG::THOMPSON | An other snowy day in paradise | Mon Feb 14 1994 16:36 | 7 |
| Left off US V. Cruikshank (1876) which ruled that blacks could be prevented
from owning firearms. This was a major victory for the KKK and is
used by racist organizations to this day to support the
Constitutionality of discriminatory gun laws against the poor and other
minorities.
Alfred
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| 855.2 | | AIMHI::JMARTIN | | Mon Feb 14 1994 17:44 | 7 |
| There were many Black men who entered the ministry during pre civil war
times. Many of them hated their masters and felt this gave them a
level of autonomy.
Being ministers, were these men allowed to learn how to read?
-Jack
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| 855.3 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Mon Feb 14 1994 18:02 | 4 |
| February 13th is the Feast Day for Fr. Absolom Jones, black Episcopal priest,
who served in Philadelphia, and died in 1818.
/john
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| 855.4 | Yo' home boy from the holy hood. | APACHE::MYERS | | Tue Mar 08 1994 14:27 | 5 |
| Heard a news blurb the other day. A minority publishing group called
*Black Chronicles* has published a new Bible translation. The entire
Bible is translated into urban street slang.
Eric
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| 855.5 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Friend will you be ready | Tue Mar 08 1994 14:50 | 10 |
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This was discussed in the 7/26/93 issue of Time Magazine. If I can
get permission, I'll cross post a note from another conf that talks about
it (and a few other translations).
Jim
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