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First African slaves arrive in Virginia
In 1619 English privateers intercepted a Spanish slave ship and brought it into Jamestown. By 1650 there were about 300 Africans living in Virginia. However, they were not slaves but worked as indentured laborers. Historians believe slavery did not begin until the 1660s. -
First African slaves arrive in Virginia (cont.)
This event impacts the current issue of racial inequality in a few ways. Mostly racism and inequality. This is because these slaves were brought into Virginia and expected to work in brutal conditions. They were treated unequally from everybody else that lived in Virginia. A possible solution here is to make slavery illegal, which we have done. -
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation (cont.)
This event impacts the current issue of racial inequality because slavery relates to racial inequality. Slaves were treated like cage animals. They were feed were little quality and quantity of food, they were physically abused, and were treated unequally from all other races and ethniticites. A solution is, again, to make slavery illegal so things like this don't happen. But we already have made slavery illegal. -
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the Confederate states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.' However this left slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. -
The Little Rock Nine
In September 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine newly admitted black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School. There were protests and fights at the school once the students arrived. Later, in order to compel the school's integration, President Dwight Eisenhower federalized the National Guard and ordered the troops to escort the students into the school. -
The Little Rock Nine (cont.)
This event impacts the current issue of racial inequality because it shows how African Americans were treated unequally. Just because they are a different skin color they are treated like street trash. Because they are a different skin color everybody hated them, wanted them gone, and there were lots of death threats. A possible solution to end racism is time. There is no immediate solution. Only time and generation gaps will solve this. No child is born a hater and racist. -
Michael Donald lynched in Mobile, Alabama (cont.)
This event impacts the current issue of racial inequality because lynching is illegal and racist. This black teen was minding his own buisness and staying out of trouble. But just becuase he is black people feel the need to form a racist group known as the Ku Klux Klan and threaten and kill African Americans. A possible solution would be to imprison the murderers, which happened. Another solution would be to figure out a way to disban the KKK to prevent future killings. -
Michael Donald lynched in Mobile, Alabama
On March 20, 1981 in Mobile, Alabama, black teen Michael Donald was beaten, strangled, slashed at the throat and hung by two United Klans of America members. On March 21, 1981 local police had investigated and initially attributed Donald's death to drug violence. However, his family insisted a more thorough investigation. After more investigation, tests showed no trace of drugs in Donald's body. The police charged Klansmen Henry Hays and James Knowles with Michael Donald's murder. -
The Murder of Trayvon Martin
On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot in a gated community in Sanford, Flordia, while walking home from a store. George Zimmerman, a local resident and neighborhood watch coordinator, saw Trayvon and labled the black teen in a hooded sweatshirt as 'suspicious'. While following Trayvon, Zimmerman called 911 while keeping close distance to Trayvon. Despite the dispatchor's contrary instructions, Zimmerman confronted the teen and fatally shot him. -
The Murder of Trayvon Martin (cont.)
This is a recent incident that impacts the issue of racial inequality. This impacts racial inequality because it was racist and sterotypical. People need to realize that any and everybody is capable of commiting any types of crimes no matter skin color or ethnicity. Just becuase a black teen is walking through and private community with a hooded sweatshirt doesn't give you the right to harass them nor to take their life. A solution is to put Zimmerman on trial. Which happened on June 2013.
