Important People
this includes many key people in black equality
Frederic douglass is an revolutionary and an states man. Douglas was an Abolitionist leader. Douglass was born into slavery around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights and Irish home rule. Frederick Douglass is one of the key people in aiding the black society in getting their rights.
important people
Frederick Douglass
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas was a american founding father who was a big part in the american, and During the American Revolution, Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia. After the war, Jefferson was appointed minister to France. after he was elected, he served as the nation's first secretary of state. Jefferson helped to found the Virginia Committee of Correspondence in 1773. Jefferson then went on to argue against the Parliament's authority over the colonies, saying that the colonists were only united with England through their voluntary allegiance to the king. Jefferson was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776, when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. Afterwards, he returned home to Virginia and campaigned for democratic reforms and religious freedoms in the new state government. Though the support of many communities, Jefferson's policies were altogether different when it came to the African Americans he owned and the Native Americans his fellow colonists had been battling for land on the frontier, later bringing awareness to the unfair and unjust life style of the African American society.
Malcolm X
After The fact
Malcolm X is an African american minister and an human rights activist. Malcolm X was an major activist for black's; especially rights. Malcolm X was a big part after 1914 in the process of equality for the African American community.many speeches gave large inside to equality "there is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains it's own seed, it's own lesson on how to improve your performance next time." with every speech , he gained more traction, more followers and supporters, eventually he became so influential that he was able to make political changes giving the black society rights and the ability to be closer to equality and to freedom of the chains holding back their morals, ethics, beliefs, and practices.