Black History Month: At the Crossroads of Freedom

and Equality.

1863 & 1963

1863 & 1963 - Two Important Years

EMANCIPATION INTEGRATION

50 Year and 150 Year Anniversaries

The year 2013 marks two important anniversaries in the history of African Americans and the United States.

1863

January 1, 1863, the Emancipation

Proclamation set the United States on the

path of ending slavery.

1863Increasingly those in bondage streamed into the camps of the Union Army,reclaiming ownership of their bodies.

1863The actions of both Lincoln and the slaves made clear that the Civil War was in deed, as well as in theory, a struggle between the forces of slavery and freedom. The dismantlement of slavery had begun.

1963On August 27, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched to the memorial of Abraham Lincoln.

1963It was on this occasion that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech, “I Have a Dream.”

1963 - Led to the passage of the

Civil Rights Act.

Just as the Emancipation Proclamation marked the beginning of the end of slavery, the March on Washington, as it became known, numbered the days of second‐class citizenship.

REFERENCES Davenprort University – Library Serviceshttp://libguides.davenport.edu/content.php?pid=303298&sid=2495766

Association for the Study of African American Life & History www.asalh.org

PICTURESSlide 2- Clip ArtSlide 4- Retrieved from http://www.mfa.org Slide 5- http://www.sirinet.net/~project/BuffaloSoldiers.htmlSlide 6 -http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=slavery&N=18342&N=4294939057Slide 7- Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003688163Slide 8- http://cronkitehhh.personal.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/i-have-a-dream-speech1.jpgSlide 9- http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search#Ntt=civil rights&N=4294939057+18342