...There was a moderate political change in the lives of African Americans in the South through congressional actions regarding African American civil rights, including elections and legislation. For example, African Americans were granted their freedom from slavery by the 13th Amendment passed in 1865. Thaddeus Stevens, an anti-slavery radical republican, spoke about the need to provide for the freedmen until they could support themselves and that otherwise, they should have left them in “bondage” (Doc 1). This shows how the legislative action by Congress to create and pass the 13th Amendment created a political change in civil rights for African Americans in the South by freeing them from slavery. Secondly, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship...
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...African American Civil Rights DBQ African Americans struggled for equal rights for a long and difficult time. However, in the 1950’s the modern civil rights movement began. There were many ways in which African Americans have been denied equal rights, but the government, individuals, and groups helped deal with the inequalities faced by African Americans. African Americans have been denied equal rights because of segregation and education (doc.1, doc 2, O.I.) Even though the country ruled, “separate, but equal” black and white schools were very different (O.I, doc 1.) African American schools could be very far away from their residence, for instance Linda Brown, who lived in Topeka had to walk 39 blocks to school (O.I, doc 1.) Also, African Americans did not have very good facilities, and were short on supplies compared to nearby white schools (O.I.) This was not the only thing stopping African Americans from reaching equality, Jim Crow laws also played a big part(O.I, doc 4.) Jim Crow laws separated blacks and whites in restaurants, transportation, and schools (O.I.) In addition, African Americans could not drink out of the same water fountain, or use the same restroom as Whites (O.I) The African American facilities were inferior to the white facilities. (O.I.) Without having the same education and with the Jim Crow laws in place, African Americans had trouble becoming equal (O.I.) Since 1950 there have been many methods used to fight against the inequalities faced by African...
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...During this movement African Americans wanted to end segregation. They protested in marches and joined small groups which later became bigger. All the fight they did to pursue their goal was nonviolence. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee volunteered to register them to vote in 1960-1960 in Mississippi. By having African American to vote, they would gain power and they were a step closer to be equal as everyone else. There was an increase of African American who registered through the time.(Doc E) On the march to Selma, Martin Luther King Jr. and Southern Christian Leadership Conference focus was to have more African American register to vote but they had a hard time because they made them recite the literacy test. He would protest without using violence which made him get far in accomplishing his goals. The white community voted for George Wallace to become president so he can forbid African American to gain more equality since he was a racist person. Martin Luther gave a speech on the Washington March to be able to end segregation and discrimination. He wanted his protest to go worldwide so people can observe how they were treated and help them gain what they want.(Doc F)...
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...African-Americans would not stand for slavery any longer. Now that the war had commenced, they would find ways to escape from the hole they had been trapped in. Not only would they travel to the North, but they would also fight in the Union army. The minority would come to avail the Union. They would fight for freedom and citizenship. It may have seemed easy, but going from the Confederacy to the Union wasn’t an easy task at all. African-Americans were willing to give all that they had to have liberation and citizenship in the U.S. Frederick Douglas was an African-American abolitionist who had escaped to the North for his freedom. He was also the author of a newspaper he had called The North Star. The North Star was called that because if you followed the North Star, you would make it to the Union, or the free half of the U.S (OI). The Negroes were inclined to give their lives and expose themselves to bullets in order to have freedom (Doc. 1). This was dangerous for them to travel to the Union because since they were in the war, the ways to get from the South to the North was guarded by soldiers. So on their way there, there were chances of them getting killed if the Union thought...
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...The effects of European imperialism in Africa was economic negative because European took away their properties and using Africans and Indians for labor which caused to lose food. According to document one by Ndansi Kumalo, who was a chief from Rhodesia in 1890s states, Africans were angry at the British because they took away their animals, property and land. This is a negative effect because they were not able to make money to live without having their property. They had to obey the British rules because they made the Africans look weak since they had nothing and were unable to fight back. Another reason is that the Africans started to lose food.On document 4 by Elinor Burns, who is a British writer from West Africa in 1927 states, Africans...
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...By 1900, 90.4% of Africa belongned to European Powers (document 1). They used African Territories for mostly economic reasons. Countries could have a market for their products and gain whatever resources were in Africa. This kind of ruling was unfair to natives for many reasons, although Europeans didn't see it that way. Often territory was colizationed in violent ways, hurting Africans even more. In the 19th century, Western Europeans explained their imperialism as economic, and African countries were taking over violently, disrupting what had been there, although colonists really thought the natives got the better deal. A reason why the europeans felt they needed to take over these countries was for exports; France especially felt this way....
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...Mayella does not have much power. In the following text below, will be an explanation for all of these themes that have been called to your attention, explaining the reasoning for saying. According to race, class and gender, Mayella Ewell, is not all powerful. It is the nineteen-twenties, in this time period; the Jim Crow laws are still in effect. These laws state that, “Any white woman who shall suffer or permit herself to be got with child by a Negro or mulatto… shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months.” (DBQ “Is Mayella Ewell Powerful According to Race, Class and Gender?”) This is exactly what Mayella did. In the courthouse, Tom Robinson, an African American, Is being accused of raping and beating Mayella; however, it was Mayella’s father, Bob Ewell, who was abusing Mayella....
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...The leading cause of the African American slave trade in the 15th - 19th centuries was that Trade ships profited from the exploitation of the slaves which were used as workers in the Americas in order to produce cheap materials for America. According to document A, The colonization of the Americas created an increased demand for slaves labors. The slaves came from local groups in Africa that raided another tribe and took hostages. These hostages were then sold for main guns or other materials and goods. This made many great powers rise up and gain strength. They even sold some of their own people by corrupting the judicial system. According to document B, Made many rich and brought the world together. The slaves were not happy with the new...
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...and professional success. Despite being illegal for several decades, segregation is still existent in many public schools in the United States. However, it has become institutionalized; it is hidden deep inside society. Many Black Americans live in poor communities. Therefore, they attend poorly equipped and worn out schools. Without the necessary materials and environment needed to learn, they lose interest in school. Consequently, many of these students drop out of school before graduation. In turn, their potential to achieve higher education and economic status severely diminishes. As discussed in class, prejudice and discrimination are closely related. Prejudice is the thought one has towards another group while discrimination is the action performed towards another group. Prejudice often leads to discrimination. Derogatory terms towards other races or ethnicites have been the cause for genocides, population transfer, and segregation (Witt 2010:302) Discrimination is a great obstacle for Black Americans who seek to achieve a higher economic status. More specifically, racial profiling has been an impediment towards Black American employment. Better known as the glass ceiling, this has caused many well educated and qualified Black Americans to become unable to commence a career. According to a study conducted by the federal Glass Ceiling Commission in 1995, the majority of workers at corporations and firms were white men (Witt 2010:297). Diane Sawyer’s documentary,...
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...Biddy Mason MBOGO .W. APOLLO ( MOI UNIVERSITY) Institution’s name: Professor’s name: Date: Biddy Mason Biddy Mason was an African-American philanthropist who desires to offer challenge to many people especially in her quest to overcome life challenges. Popularly, the African American citizens were readily held as slaves. She was not an exceptional. She had three daughters who are predicted to have been fathered by Smith, their master. Although slaves were lowly regarded in the society of the time, Biddy makes a series of maneuvers in an attempt to make life better until her focus as well as devotion changes her life, her close relatives and community at large. Her legacy in the community is evidenced in two main ways. Firstly, a tombstone that marked her commemoration was elected on March 27, 1988. Secondly, November 16, 1989 was purposely declared as Mason day. An erection of a statute to remember her achievements was made at Broadway spring centre. Biddy Mason presents a typical visionary parent whose success not only benefits her but also other people especially the needy. Her determination in life is worth praise. She struggles a lot with her three daughters. Even though slaves are lowly regarded in the American society, she still focuses to make sure that all goes well. Her master, Smith and her wife keep on changing their residents with time. She never takes any experience for granted. For instance, she uses...
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...Gail Horton AAS 131 Dr. E. Davis October 4, 2011 Student Sit-ins in Nashville, 1960 James Lawson, A theology student who decided that is was time to start a movement to stop segregation in Nashville. He and other student form a nonviolence workshop that consists of student’s witting in restaurants waiting to be service as customer. Nashville had some integrated areas school, council, board of education, police force and city buses, but hotel, libraries, theater and restaurants remained segregated. The nonviolence workshop was formed so everyone in Nashville could have a chance to enact with one another and to create a more just society. Black student was tired of segregated not been able to eat lunch and to do their homework. In November of 1959 the student planned a series of workshop to stop segregation four student went into Woolworth and sat at the lunch counter were black never sat before people look at them in disbelief and many of them were black worker. The media became of aware of what was happening day after day there were more and more students sitting in restaurants and at the lunch counter waiting to be serviced. Before long the student sit-in became cities wide at least 15-16 cities began to have though-out the South and most parts of the county. The student had some difficulty some of the student was beaten even jailed, but though it all Lawson and the students were determined to stop segregation. The purpose of the nonviolence workshop was to...
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...James Baldwin writes about two African-American brothers growing up in Harlem, a black ghetto in New York, during the 1950's. During this time black people were forced to live in a world of prejudice, discrimination, poverty and suppression. The life of a black person was very difficult; many opportunities afforded to whites were not afforded to blacks. Sonny and his brother lived in the projects and had many obstacles to overcome that white people didn't have to. Sonny chose music to outwardly express his suffering, his brother chose to bottle it up and keep it inside, but this is the common thread they both shared. Suffering is also shown in the story when Baldwin says "it came to me that what we both were seeking through our separate cab windows was that part of ourselves which had been left behind" (P 47). I think this quote means that both Sonny and his older brother want to retrieve some of their past so that it can help them cope with what has happened in their lives. If Sonny and his brother can both cope with what has happened in their lives and get over it, I think t they both can start moving forward and putting this behind them. I feel having Sonny's brother narrate the story in the first person is Baldwin's way of telling us that Sonny's brother is also suffering but inside, unlike Sonny who takes drugs and sings the blues. Sonny's brother remains nameless because I feel he prefers to remain anonymous; he's too embarrassed to have people know that this college...
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...ASA PHILIP RANDOLPH JONATHAN D. DUPREE WEBSTER UNIVERSITY HRMG 5930 DANNY KAIL, INSTRUCTOR ABSTRACT Asa Philip Randolph, civil rights leader and trade unionist, was born in Crescent City, Florida on April 15, 1889. He was the second of two sons of James, a traveling minister, and Elizabeth, a devoted member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Both parents were strong supporters of equal rights for African Americans and had an overwhelming influence on Randolph. He and his older brother William would often play childhood games that included role playing in which they worked for African American rights. Randolph and his brother were both superior students and attended the Cookman Institute in East Jacksonville, the only academic high school in Florida for African Americans. Randolph excelled in literature, drama and public speaking. It would be Randolph’s strong family influence and academic ambitions that would provide the foundation for his journey on the quest for fair economic and trade rights and racial equality for African Americans. After graduating high school and working numerous odd jobs Randolph devoted his time to singing, acting and reading. Influenced by W. E. B. Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk”, Randolph was convinced that the fight for social equality was more important than almost anything else (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph, 2011). Segregation and racial discrimination against blacks was increasing exponentially each...
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... economic, and political forces. | |Segregation |The separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. An example would be seperate schools for| | |African Americans seperate from European Americans. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that existed because of local laws that mandated the segregation. | |Pluralism |Used to denote a diversity of views, and stands in opposition to one single approach or method of | | |interpretation | |Assimilation |The process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the | | |prevailing culture and customs. | Part II Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each: • Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? Throughout most of American history the majority race has been causasian. This may be different now in different parts of the country due to increasing “minorities” that are quickly becoming more of a majority. The likelyhood of...
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...understanding. In the opening scene we are introduced to the premise of the movie as the man says “We crash into each other, just so we can feel something.” This is the thesis statement for the movie, setting up the idea that our interactions with each can be as traumatic and life changing as a vehicle collision. Each character in the movie played a role in showing the viewer the different influences and behaviors the numerous cultures have towards their very own culture and that of others’. Ethnocentrism, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination are the core themes presented in the movie “Crash.” At the very beginning of the movie, two African American men are seen leaving a coffee shop, Anthony, the obviously more dominant of the two, and Peter. Anthony is complaining about the poor service they received, blaming the poor service on being African American. Peter is quick to point out that the waitress was also black. Anthony expresses to Peter that black women can also think in stereotypes believing that they, as black men, would not her leave a tip thus not putting forth the effort to provide them with good service. This is an example of stereotyping within a culture. This ties in to the social-conflict theory in that the woman did not see them as worthy of her effort because they would not enhance her economic situation. This stereotype has possibly come from experiences with young, black, male patrons in the past and when Anthony and Peter left without paying for the bill, they...
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