Episode 8: Life as a Black male in Chicago during the 1960s

 

Introduction

• Born in Chicago in the 1950’s

MLK Jr.

• Turned on the TV and heard he was shot and told his mom

• He remembered the most that the HS kids throwing bottles

• Closest he had seen to civil war

• 1968 was the worst year he had ever seen

Serving in the Military

• He did not serve in the military

• His father and uncle served in the war

• He remembered his family saying “Why are you guys fighting for the white men?”

Black Panthers

• People thought very highly of him

• Some believed they were the most dangerous people in America

• The story about Black Panthers

How can we help the Black community

Work in the system in the solution

Black President help contribute

Who he believes to be an Inspiration to black men from our history

George Jackson