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1960s Race Riots “The Friends” Historical Context

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Page 1: “The Friends” Historical Context.  Slavery: Early Colonial period  Declaration of Independence: 1776  Constitution: 1787  Civil War: 1861-1865  Emancipation

1960s Race Riots“The Friends” Historical Context

Page 2: “The Friends” Historical Context.  Slavery: Early Colonial period  Declaration of Independence: 1776  Constitution: 1787  Civil War: 1861-1865  Emancipation

Slavery: Early Colonial period Declaration of Independence: 1776 Constitution: 1787 Civil War: 1861-1865

Emancipation Proclamation: 1863 “Forty Acres and a Mule”

Brown v. Board of Education: 1954 Forced integration after forced segretation

United States Racial Timeline

Page 3: “The Friends” Historical Context.  Slavery: Early Colonial period  Declaration of Independence: 1776  Constitution: 1787  Civil War: 1861-1865  Emancipation

Norman Rockwell: Ruby Bridges

Page 4: “The Friends” Historical Context.  Slavery: Early Colonial period  Declaration of Independence: 1776  Constitution: 1787  Civil War: 1861-1865  Emancipation

Throughout the 1960s Worst ones were Detroit (1967) and Los

Angeles (several) “White Flight”: Detroit went from majority-white to

majority-black in a very short period of time Metro Detroit is now consistently the most

segregated area in the county

Race Riots