HI410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emancipation Proclamation, Underground Railroad, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• School: Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
• Department: Health Information Technology
• Course: HI410
• Professor: John

Document Summary

Slavery is present in every colony (grows slowly) South: large scale farming bc it was ideal weather. North: small farms (enough to provide for urself) bc it wasn"t ideal. Cotton becomes main cash crop when cotton gin is invented. If they wanted to fight, their owner would have to free them. Some northern groups (notably the quakers) begin to free their slaves. Ppl didn"t wanna stay in the union anymore rip. Fepc [ fdr exec order 8802 ] a. philip randolph. 1947 jackie robinson: first african american to play major league baseball. Gives 2,500 speeches and travels 6,000ish miles. 1963 writes letters from a birmingham jail . 1960 sit ins at segregated lunch counters in south. Alabama is the most segregated and racist state in tht time pd. George wallace (gov of al) pro-segregation (ew ) Aug 28 1963 march on washington. Mlk gives i have a dream speech. Sept 15 1963 bombing of 16th st baptist church.