About Me

I am a priest of the Archdiocese of Tororo, Uganda since my ordination on July 4, 1998. I am currently assigned as Professor of Theology and formator at Notre Dame Seminary in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Saturday, March 2, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS OF BLACK HISTORY IN AMERICA


Since my high school history education did not include much regarding American history, and particularly African-American history, I have had to teach myself many aspects of this history.  But I have also been amazed at the paltry or erroneous knowledge of African-American history by some of my friends, especially evidenced in their denials of some of the sad aspects of this history. 

And so during the month of February, Black History Month, I posted an article a day, drawn mainly from the website www.history.com, on the history of African-Americans. 

I recap those posts here. 

THE SLAVE-TRADE 
DAY 1: Slave Trade; Where it all started 
DAY 2: Where in Africa did the slaves come from? 
DAY 3: Life aboard a slave ship. 
DAY 4: More brutal details about the trans-Atlantic voyage 
DAY 5: Landing ports in the Americas: Brazil 
DAY 6: Landing ports in the Americas: Charleston SC 

THE LIFE OF A SLAVE 
DAY 7: The Cotton gin and the expansion of Slavery 
DAY 8: Le Code Noir (the Black Code) governing slave life in French Colonies 
DAY 9: How slavery became the Economic Engine of the South 
DAY 10: The Catholic Church and the institution of slavery 
DAY 11: Slave rebellions 
DAY 12: Indentured Servitude and other myths about slavery 
DAY 13: The Underground Railroad 

THE "END" OF SLAVERY 
DAY 14: Slavery: cause and catalyst of the Civil War 
DAY 15: The Slave that became America’s First African-American Priest 
DAY 16: The 13th Amendment: Slavery becomes illegal  

THE PERIOD OF RACIAL SEGREGATION 
DAY 17: The brief "honeymoon" period of Reconstruction 
DAY 18: Jim Crow Period of segregation: de facto slavery returns  
DAY 19: Supreme Court Decision Plessy v Fergusson legalizes segregation 
DAY 20: Black involvement in World War I: The Harlem Hellfighters 
DAY 21: Black involvement in World War II: The Tuskegee Airmen 
DAY 22: Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study 

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
DAY 23: The Civil Rights Movement Timeline 
DAY 24: Executive Order 9981: Desegregation in the Military 
DAY 25: Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education ends segregation in schools  
DAY 26: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott 
DAY 27: Civil Rights Act of 1964 ends segregation in public places etc. 
DAY 28: Martin Luther King Jr.: Iconic leader of the Civil Rights Movement 

BONUS: Why are Mixed-race people considered Black?  The One-drop Rule 
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1 comment:

  1. Sue ChurchJune 3, 2020 at 2:30 PM

    Have not read these yet, but your outline alone is impressive!
    (your friend, Suzanne Moore from Facebook)

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