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iscrimination.Booker T. Washington was the dominant black leader in the 1800s to early 1900s and later founded Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute which became Tuskegee University.Marcus Garvey fought for negro rights through the establishment of the Univeral Negro Improvement Association in 1916.George Washington Carver promoted education and alternative crops to cotton and others that depleted the soil in the late 1800s to 1900s.Jackie Robinson was the first American American to play in the National Baseball League in 1947.Medgar Evers fought for black rights through the NAACP and was assassinated in 1963.Thurgood Marshall was the first black elected to the Supreme Court in 1967.Rosa Parks refused to move while on a bus when blacks had to sit in the back of the bus in 1955.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the effort against civil rights in the 1960s bringing much change and awareness.Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974.Rodney King’s beating by the Los Angeles police sparked the LA Riots in 1992 and said can’t we all get along?</p

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Dr. Cornell West taught at Harvard and Princeton Universities in the late 1990s to early 2000s. West was arrested for his civil rights protesting against apartheid in South Africa and has supported civil rights.Barack Obama became the first black President of the United States in 2008.George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police sparks demonstrations, riots, and worldwide support for CHANGE.Since slavery ended in 1863, has much really changed?Countless deaths at the hands of the police and lengthy prison sentences over minor infractions continue to this day. After all of these successes and accomplishments, is African Achievement going forward or still heading backward?<a href="https://medium.com/@tomhandy1">Tom Handy</a> is a top Investment and Bitcoin writer on Medium, and father of two kids. He retired from the Army and sits on several non-profit boards. Tom is the top Yelper in his community and a top Google Guide. He’s on several social media channels and you can find him on Twitter<a href="http://www.twitter.com/tomhandy1"> @tomhandy1</a> and Instagram<a href="http://www.instagram.com/tomhandy1"> @tomhandy1</a>.</article></body>

Will Protests, Demonstrations, and Murder Spark Change in You?

A Look at the Struggle and Accomplishments of Black America

Past accomplishments from slavery to now are not leading blacks out of the hate and prejudice they face every day.

Harriet Tubman was a slave and escaped to help rescue about 70 slaves in the late 1800s.

Sojourner Truth was a slave and escaped to lead women’s rights and racial inequality in the 1800s.

Frederick Douglass was a slave and leader of the abolitionist movement in the 1800s.

W.E.B DuBois was the first black to earn a doctorate at Harvard, a civil rights activist, and help found the National Association for Colored People in 1909. DuBois was strongly against Jim Crow laws, lynching, and discrimination.

Booker T. Washington was the dominant black leader in the 1800s to early 1900s and later founded Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute which became Tuskegee University.

Marcus Garvey fought for negro rights through the establishment of the Univeral Negro Improvement Association in 1916.

George Washington Carver promoted education and alternative crops to cotton and others that depleted the soil in the late 1800s to 1900s.

Jackie Robinson was the first American American to play in the National Baseball League in 1947.

Medgar Evers fought for black rights through the NAACP and was assassinated in 1963.

Thurgood Marshall was the first black elected to the Supreme Court in 1967.

Rosa Parks refused to move while on a bus when blacks had to sit in the back of the bus in 1955.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the effort against civil rights in the 1960s bringing much change and awareness.

Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974.

Rodney King’s beating by the Los Angeles police sparked the LA Riots in 1992 and said can’t we all get along?

Dr. Cornell West taught at Harvard and Princeton Universities in the late 1990s to early 2000s. West was arrested for his civil rights protesting against apartheid in South Africa and has supported civil rights.

Barack Obama became the first black President of the United States in 2008.

George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police sparks demonstrations, riots, and worldwide support for CHANGE.

Since slavery ended in 1863, has much really changed?

Countless deaths at the hands of the police and lengthy prison sentences over minor infractions continue to this day. After all of these successes and accomplishments, is African Achievement going forward or still heading backward?

Tom Handy is a top Investment and Bitcoin writer on Medium, and father of two kids. He retired from the Army and sits on several non-profit boards. Tom is the top Yelper in his community and a top Google Guide. He’s on several social media channels and you can find him on Twitter @tomhandy1 and Instagram @tomhandy1.