You must (1) identify two significant ways that Black people and their allies fought against antiblack racism, one of which should be through legal means; (2) write a one-page, double-spaced explanation of what you identify, including how fighting back changed the lives of Black people; and (3), contextualize your answers by briefly explaining what was happening during a given period that most significantly impacted the lives of Black people. For instance, race-based enslavement defined Black life during the first period indicated.You must (1) identify two significant ways that Black people and their allies fought against antiblack racism, one of which should be through legal means; (2) write a one-page, double-spaced explanation of what you identify, including how fighting back changed the lives of Black people; and (3), contextualize your answers by briefly explaining what was happening during a given period that most significantly impacted the lives of Black people. For instance, race-based enslavement defined Black life during the first period indicated.
1619 – 1865: Chattel Enslavement of Africans and their Descendants, predicated on race
1865 – 1877: Reconstruction & Black Codes
1877 – 1965: Jane/Jim Crow Era, Constitutional Racial Segregation
Post-1965 – Present: Ongoing Civil Rights Struggles, Mass incarceration, and Continued Race-based Segregation and Separation (barriers to meaningful interaction between racialized groups) 1619 – 1865: Chattel Enslavement of Africans and their Descendants, predicated on race
1865 – 1877: Reconstruction & Black Codes
1877 – 1965: Jane/Jim Crow Era, Constitutional Racial Segregation
Post-1965 – Present: Ongoing Civil Rights Struggles, Mass incarceration, and Continued Race-based Segregation and Separation (barriers to meaningful interaction between racialized groups)
