Freedom Deferred
This U.S. document, signed in 1776, proclaimed liberty but excluded enslaved Africans, women, and Indigenous people.
This U.S. document, signed in 1776, proclaimed liberty but excluded enslaved Africans, women, and Indigenous people.
🔹 What is the Declaration of Independence?
This amendment granted citizenship and “equal protection” to anyone born in the U.S.
This amendment granted citizenship and “equal protection” to anyone born in the U.S.
🔹 What is the 14th Amendment?
He delivered the speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in 1852.
He delivered the speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in 1852.
🔹 Who is Frederick Douglass?
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote—but excluded many women of color.
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote—but excluded many women of color.
🔹 What is the 19th Amendment?
This recent federal holiday honors the day when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned of their freedom, symbolizing justice delayed but not denied.
What is Juneteenth National Independence Day?
In 1863, this presidential order declared enslaved people free—but only in Confederate states.
In 1863, this presidential order declared enslaved people free—but only in Confederate states.
🔹 What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
hese laws enacted after the Civil War restricted Black freedom and upheld white supremacy in the South.
hese laws enacted after the Civil War restricted Black freedom and upheld white supremacy in the South.
🔹 What are the Black Codes (or Jim Crow laws)?
This civil rights leader’s 1968 assassination led to the passage of the Fair Housing Act.
This civil rights leader’s 1968 assassination led to the passage of the Fair Housing Act.
🔹 Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This 1965 law aimed to protect Black voting rights after years of voter suppression.
This 1965 law aimed to protect Black voting rights after years of voter suppression.
🔹 What is the Voting Rights Act?
his day in 1865 marked the delayed freedom of enslaved people in Texas—2.5 years after they were legally freed.
his day in 1865 marked the delayed freedom of enslaved people in Texas—2.5 years after they were legally freed.
🔹 What is Juneteenth?
Passed in 1964, this landmark legislation banned discrimination in employment and public spaces.
Passed in 1964, this landmark legislation banned discrimination in employment and public spaces.
🔹 What is the Civil Rights Act?
This revolutionary organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, challenged police brutality and launched community programs like free breakfast for children.
This revolutionary organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, challenged police brutality and launched community programs like free breakfast for children.
🔹 What is the Black Panther Party (for Self-Defense)?
This phrase explains why democracy isn’t automatic—it requires people to vote, engage, and stay involved.
This phrase explains why democracy isn’t automatic—it requires people to vote, engage, and stay involved.
🔹 What is “Participation is the price of democracy”?