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Black History Facts
Some Important Events In Black History
National Offices
COLIN POWELL
Jan. 20, 2001: Colin Powell is appointed the first Black Secretary of State. The appointment was made by President George Bush wh0 received unanimous con- firmation and eventually served four years in the posi- tion.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE
Jan. 26, 2005: Con- doleezza Rice takes office as the first Black woman Secre- tary of State. She was also ap- pointed by President George W. Bush and served for 4 years.
State Official
BETTY REED
Mrs. Betty Reed served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 until 2014. While in the position, she repre- sented the 59th District from 2006 to 2012 and the 61st Dis- trict, which included down- town Tampa in northern Hillsborough County from 2012 until 2014.
Reed campaigned on ed- ucational reforms, including closing the achievement gap in students of different races, smaller classrooms, and pro- viding new teachers with men- tors.[
In 2012, following the re- configuration of legislative dis- tricts, Reed was moved to the 61st District, which included most of the territory that she had previously represented.
Reed was unopposed in the general election, and won her final term in the legislature entirely uncontested.
The Black Lives Matter Movement
ALICIA GARZA
PATRISSE CULLORS
OPAL TOMETI
The term “Black lives mat- ter” was first used by organizer Alicia Garza in a July 2013
Facebook post in response to the acquittal of George Zim- merman, a Florida man who shot and killed unarmed 17- year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. Martin’s death set off nationwide protests like the Million Hoodie March.
In 2013, Patrisse Cul- lors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi formed the Black Lives Matter Network with the mission to “eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in vi- olence inflicted on Black com- munities by the state and vigilantes.”
The hashtag #BlackLives- Matter first appeared on Twit- ter on July 13, 2013, and spread widely as high-profile cases involving the deaths of Black civilians provoked re- newed outrage.
Blacks Die At Hands Of Police
A series of deaths of Black Americans at the hands of po- lice officers took place in cities all over the country, sparking outrage and protests, includ- ing New York City; Ferguson, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland.
ERIC REID
ELI HAROLD
The Black Lives Matter movement gained renewed at- tention on September 25, 2016, when San Francisco 49ers players Eric Reid, Eli Harold, and quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem before the game against the Seattle Seahawks to draw attention to recent acts of police brutality. Dozens of other players in the NFL and beyond followed suit.
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