General Timeline of Events Covered in the DVD

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS General Timeline of Events Covered In the DVD

vents presented in, The Historic Journey: “Yes • The Campaign – Challenges, Prayer, Speeches, We Can: The African American Experience in Debates; Voting Rights in the Past and Present EAmerican History, reflect significant moments in the African American story. Through images set • List of those who have contributed to the to the music, “Never Could Have Made It” written by African American journey (found at end Marvin Sapp, the DVD provides a brief glimpse as of DVD): to how the past and the present are connected. The Sojourner Truth Denmark Vesey following themes are explored in the video: Malcolm X Crispus Attucks • Footprints on the Sands – representing the Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson Laetoli Footprints of Africa Marcus Garvey Elijah Muhammad W. E. B. DuBois Carter G. Woodson • Slave Ship Crossing the Atlantic Ocean Booker T. Washington Madame C. J. Walker The Middle Passage and Captivity Rosa Parks James Farmer • African American Images of people and events Stokley Carmichael Ida B. Wells associated in the struggle for freedom Fredrick Douglas Freedom Riders Sojourner Truth Nat Turner Viola Luizzo Medgar Evers Fredrick Douglas Harriet Tubman Tom Benjamin Fannie Lou Hamer Marcus Garvey Ida B. Wells H. Rap Brown Adam Clayton Powell Emmett Till Malcolm X Jackie Robinson Huey P. Newton Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Julia Carson A. Phillip Randolph Rosa Parks Coretta Scott King Thurgood Marshall Mickey Schwerner Andrew Goodman • Freedom Marches Selma, Alabama James Chaney Dr. Charles Drew “I Have a Dream Speech” in Washington, D. C. Benjamin Banneker John Henry Clark – (1963) Ernest Everett Just Daisy Bates • Images in the Life of Barack Obama: Marian Anderson Gabriel Prosser Family Dorothy Height Graduation Teaching • Election Night – The Announcement and World Wide Reactions Senator The Historic Journey • Connections “YES WE CAN” • Parallels in the Lives of Barack Obama and The Kennedys and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. M. L. King, Jr., The Past; Slavery; • Inauguration Day – January 20, 2009 The Civil Rights Era • Selection for the Nobel Peace Prize

COMMEMORATIVE DVD • Footprints on the Sands