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handout: racism and discrimination against black people Manuela Stauß 10b Overview . Introduction . History 1492-1899 . Martin-Luther King JR 1899-1968 . Impressions of Mahatma Gandhi . Conclusion and the life today as a black History . America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus . First slaves came to America . 1712 - The first revolt of slaves began in New York . 1790 - Nearly 700 000 slaves lived in America . 1808 - Importing African slaves is outlawed . 1822 - revolt in Charleston . 1838 - anti-slave censorships . 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act . 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected . 1861-65 - United States Civil War . 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation . 1865 - Slavery was abolished Ku Klux Klan: Racist organization, founded in 1865 Martin-Luther King JR 1899-1968 . born in 1899 in Atlanta, Georgia . He graduated from Morehouse College 1948 . King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953 . King and Scott had four children . King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 . member of the philosophies of non-violent civil disobedience used successfully in India by Mohandas Gandhi . Biggest demonstration: March of Washington on August 28, 1963 . Received the Nobel price of Peace 1964 . Martin Luther died of a firing wound Mahatma Gandhi . Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi . born October ,1869 . studied law in London . went to South Africa . 1914 return to India . March ,1930: Gandhi's famous Salt March to the sea . Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January ,1948
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