...stories of his grandfather, who was beaten by white men for “not getting out of the way” [1963] Al Sharpton's parents divorced, and his father refused to help the family financially. Sharpton's mom was forced to move herself and her kids back to Brooklyn. [1964] Preached a sermon before a Mahalia Jackson performance at New York's World Fair and went on to tour with her to continue his preaching. [1964] Bishop Frederick Douglas Washington officially ordained him as a minister. [1964] On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., one of Al Sharpton's idols, was assassinated. [1968] • The Southern Christian Leadership Conference appoints Al Sharpton as Youth Director for Operation Breadbasket, a program that organized boycotts against businesses using unfair employment methods. [1969] Founded the National Youth Movement, an association for young people dedicated to activism. The National Youth Movement also raised resources for impoverished youth [1971] Shirley Chisholm, a black congresswoman from New York City, had the assistance of Al Sharpton during her campaign for presidency [1972] Remained active in many aspects, including promotion for artists like James Brown [1973], then The Jacksons'...
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...Ronald Davis Mrs. Gray 30 April 2015 Black Folks, We Better Get Moving (The Root) -- Last week I moderated a panel on 3-D printing at the Milken Institute's Global Conference, where two CEOs offered insights into this technology that has the potential to disrupt gun safety, manufacturing and possibly the geopolitical relationships between countries. On another panel, a 16-year-old winner of the Intel Science Fair Grand Prize explained how he created a simple test to detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. Others discussed the rise and fall of civilizations and the mobile Web explosion, while Al Gore lamented spider goats. (Google it!) Held at the plush Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the halls are lined with pictures of Hollywood celebrities in their heyday, the conference attracted some of the world's most affluent people, who mingled with some of the most innovative minds. A few of us were there to ask questions and learn. The global elite gather regularly at Milken, TED, the Clinton Global Initiative, Aspen Institute and other conferences to ponder the future of the planet. Unfortunately, relatively few African Americans attend. Instead, more black leaders attend conventions and conferences held by national organizations of fraternities, sororities, professional societies and civil rights organizations. Some of these organizations are more forward-looking...
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...inventors. Two influential civil rights activists that come to mind are Maya Angelo and Jesse Jackson. These two helped in the fight for equal rights, but they also were much more than that. They lived completely different lifestyles and accomplished many different tasks within their lives. Jesse Burns, also known as Jesse Jackson, was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina (Dyson, 2006). His father always noted him as being a gifted child. Jesse’s father recalls Jesse saying that one day he would be a preacher and lead his congregation through the water. Once Jesse Jackson graduated high school in 1959, he attended college. He was enrolled at North Carolina A&T where he excelled in his football career. This was also the time in his life where he decided to begin his activist career (Dyson, 2006). He was a part of a sit-in movement to help integrate Greensboro’s pubic facilities (Dyson, 2006). By 1964, Jesse had received his Bachelor of Science degree in sociology. Throughout his life, Jesse Jackson had a very influential role in regards to the African American community. He once walked, and was also the youngest, beside Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King also appointed Jesse as head of the SCLC Operation Breadbasket. After the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, Jesse Jackson decided to leave the SCLC and founded Operation PUSH. Jesse Jackson strived for the equality of blacks in our...
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...his first sermon at Washington Temple Church of God & Christ in Brooklyn. Just five years later, the Washington Temple church’s legendary Bishop F.D. Washington licensed Al Sharpton, his protégé, to be a Pentecostal minister. Rev. Sharpton’s civil rights career began almost as early as his ministry. At thirteen, Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Jones appointed Sharpton youth director of New York’s SCLC Operation Breadbasket, an organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1971. SCLC Operation Breadbasket sought to encourage diversity in the workplace by applying social and economic pressure on businesses. In 1969, Sharpton became the youth director for the program and participated in protests against the A&P supermarket chain in the early 1970s. He went on to establish his own organization, the National Youth Movement (NYM) at the age of sixteen. National Youth Movement, organized young people around the country to push for increased voter registration, cultural awareness and job training programs. From 1994 to 1998, Rev. Sharpton also served as the Director of the Ministers Division for the National Rainbow Push coalition under Rev. Jackson. Early in his career, Rev. Sharpton set out to stoke the fire of the civil rights movement as “the voice of the downtrodden”, leading marches and rallies to call the public and the media’s attention to racial injustices. As a result NAN came into place. Rev. Sharpton is the founder and President of the National Action Network...
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...Black History Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Louis Burns was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. At the time of Jesse’s birth his mother Helen Burns was only sixteen (16) years old. Jesse’s father, Noah Louis Robinson was an professional boxer and also an standout guy in his community. When Jesse was born his father Louis was married to another woman. Jesse’s father died on January 28, 1997 and had never been involved with his son’s life. In 1943 two years after Jesse’s birth, his mother married Charles Henry Jackson. Some years later, Jesse took on the name of his stepfather becoming Jesse Louis Jackson. He attended Sterling High School a segregated school in Greenville where he was an student athlete. Upon graduating in 1959, he rejected a contract from a professional baseball team to attend a racially integrated school, the University of Illinois on a football scholarship. Jesse left Illinois at the end of his second semester after being placed on academic probation. Jesse transferred to North Carolina A & T located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jesse claimed the reason for the transfer was based on the school’s racial biases and him being unable to play as a quarterback in high school. ESPN then suggests that claims of racial discrimination on the football team was being exaggerated because Illinois’s starting quarterback was an African American no other factors were mentioned besides the race of the...
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...create another holiday in this country. I would like to put forth the suggestion that a national holiday be created in honor of Jesse Jackson. A lot like you, Mr. Jackson was a junior senator before seeking to run for the presidency, although in his case the office of president will not likely be his legacy. It is for this reason and so many more that I think he deserves consideration for his own national holiday. Mr. Jackson represents Americanism, both in its roots; that which seeks to succeed against all odds, often with little more than sheer will to achieve a dream, as well as a more modern interpretation of success Jesse Jackson negotiated the release of 22 American’s in Cuba pursuant to an invitation by Fidel Castro. It is no coincidence that Castro believed Jesse Jackson was a man he could trust, in addition to having written to Castro on several occasions, he had been a longtime associate and protégée of Rev. Howard Schomer, a well known leftist and communist supporter. Mr. Jackson himself had a long history of association with international communist front organizations and terrorist groups. He also maintained a relationship with Hunter Pitts O’Dell whom Kennedy had urged Martin Luther King to distance himself from, due to his Communist Party Affiliation and key financial operative and party functionary with the communist party whom Jackson employed as his international affairs advisor. This could hardly have escaped the notice of Castro. In fact, on June 12, 1982...
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...to run for the presidential spot for the greatest country in the world, America. Jesse and Mario both make some well-presented points towards the people of the minority race. Who imposed a better change? Who would enter the minds of Americans so they could set their future? The first candidate, a Baptist minister by the name of Jesse Jackson provided the audience with the thought provoking statement of “We want somebody who will challenge corporate America to higher until it contracts”(Jackson). Jackson proposes that America wants someone in office who is not only going to take the side of those of the wealthy. But a president who will step up for the lower and middle class and stop those whose pockets are overflowing with the...
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...Montevallo High On March 3, 2017, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. came to speak to the students of Montevallo High School in Montevallo, Alabama about unity in the United States of America. To begin his speech, Jackson stated, “I can learn, will learn, and must learn.” He mentioned his childhood classes; the way the schools were segregated and how he knew which class to take to get out of doing hard work. Anyone “can learn” to love someone of different cultures, people just have to be willing to branch their social circle out. You have to tell yourself that you “will learn” to love men, women, and children that are different from one’s self. Everyone “must learn.” Even if that learning is not in education, this statement, presented before the students, may include the learning that one must have to love people of another ethnicity....
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...Civil rights activist, and reverend Jesse Jackson gave an inspirational speech on Friday, March 3rd, 2017, at Montevallo High School as part of his visit to Alabama, for the fifty second commemoration of the Selma March known as bloody Sunday. After student and teachers waited anxiously the assembly began by important figures in the Montevallo community taking a seat on stage including the Mayor, the assistant Superintendent, Alabama Education Association representatives, City Council members, as well as the school principal. After Jackson was escorted to the stage, he began the speech by involving the audience to repeat the I am somebody poem. During Jackson’s speech, among other things, he spoke on women’s rights and strengths, the importance...
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...political leaders and congressmen. Here is some examples of the scandal that has happens in the United States in the past few years. Senator Mike Crapo was arrested for drinking and driving on December 23, 2012. He was sentenced to court fines of $250 and 180 days in jail, however did not serve one day in jail. Jesse Jackson Jr was found guilty to fraud for using $750,000 of campaign money to by personal items. Jesse’s wife Sandi Jackson who was a Chicago City Alderman was found guilty in filing fake income tax statements at the same time her husband was found guilty. These are just some of the scandals that happen with our political leaders and congressmen. All press is protected by the First amendment of Freedom of Speech, Religion, Petition, and Press. The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances (Shea, Green, & Smith, 2011, Pg 100). This Amendment gives press and reporters the freedom of speech to say what he or she would like. However some press and reports will lie to just make the story seem what it is not. Many press and reporters just want the true about what is going on with our Political leaders and congressmen. Personal I feel that we are the United States have the free to know the true about...
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...“The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.”(Dorothy Day) “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is the most compelling speech. He used figurative language to help support his dream that all men will be able to be given the same treatment. Blacks won’t be satisfied until they are free. Martin Luther King Jr. uses imagery and diction to get to this point. This speech impacts all of American’s lives”...unspeakable horrors of police brutality…” (King, p2). This is diction because he uses words like unspeakable to explain that no one has any words to say about what the whites are doing and why they are doing it. “Negro in Mississippi cannot vote…”(King, p2). This is an example of imagery because it gives an example of where(Mississippi) and what(Blacks...
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...specific question. Social studies research encompasses the fields of history, sociology, political science, religion, psychology, civics and anthropology. Extend previous research in these areas by asking a new question or exploring a social issue. Other People Are Reading  Topics for Qualitative Research  A List of Research Paper Topics  1.Civil Rights ◦The civil rights movement was at its peak in the 1960s, ultimately resulting in laws abolishing discriminatory hiring and education practices. Possible research paper topics may focus on the role of individuals or groups that affected the outcome of the movement. The contributions of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party, the Weathermen, the Brown Berets or Jesse Jackson to civil rights demonstrations and legislation may be appropriate paper topics. 2.Cultural History ◦Social studies classes often explore the contributions of certain cultures in history. Focus on Native American culture by writing about the Trail of Tears, Paleoindian tool development, cooperation between colonists and Native Americans, the effects of the reservation system or Native American participation in the U.S. military. Other possible social studies papers may focus on Mayan culture, scientific advances in early Islamic cultures, the creation of the pyramids in ancient Egypt or the ways in which European traditions shaped American culture. ◦Sponsored Links ▪ITT Tech - Official Site Tech-Oriented Degree Programs. Education...
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...poured his heart out into his famous “I have a dream” speech. On August 23, 1963, “Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to an audience of 250,000.” (King, Martin Luther, and James Melvin.) People of all different ethnicities attended his speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. King’s famous speech changed lives and impacted life today, by leaving his mark of equality on America. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood”(qtd. in Hall). Dr. King wanted everyone to be considered equal, for everyone to have the same opportunities in life, and everyone to get along. Martin Luther kind, Jr. stated “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”(qtd. in Hall). King confessed that everyone deserves a fair shot in life. Discriminators attempted to sabotage King’s speech such as cutting the cords to the expensive speakers installed for his event. Although their attempt was successful, this did not stop Martin Luther King, Jr. message of equality and freedom was heard and felt around the...
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...FTC_booklet_282644.indd 1 12/12/07 2:17:02 pm FTC_booklet_282644.indd 2 12/12/07 2:17:59 pm Contents To the limit? Beyond the mountain Keep hope alive! page 4 page 6 page 8 These texts look at different kinds of challenges, from taking part in extreme sports to experiences that change the way people think. They also explore how facing a challenge can inspire people. Facing the challenge FTC_booklet_282644.indd 3 3 12/12/07 2:18:04 pm In this article, Louise Rogers tries to understand why young people are attracted to extreme sports. You can now go deep sea diving without oxygen and do parachute jumping from space. These activities are apparently some of the latest examples of extreme sports. They certainly sound extremely dangerous, and it’s tempting to call them extremely stupid too. You begin to wonder what people will do next: white water rafting without the raft? Skateboarding down Everest? What exactly are extreme sports anyway? According to sports expert Angie Naidoo, they are action sports usually done by someone on their own rather than in a team. ‘Extreme sports involve more than one of the following: speed, height, danger or spectacular stunts,’ explains Angie. ‘They are also often about challenging some aspect of the natural world, whether it’s defying gravity or scaling a very high mountain. They are not all as extreme as parachuting from space! And extreme sports are not just a recent trend either: skiing, skateboarding, in-line...
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...“What Does America’s Fourth of July Mean to Me” The speech given by Mr. Frederick Douglas at the Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York gives 5 reasons why Mr. Douglas believes that the Fourth of July does not apply to him or any slaves. Mr. Douglas was an escaped slave who did not receive a formal education but was self-taught. During his time he was to slavery what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were to the Civil Rights movement. The voice of reason and hope, he was invited to speak before different audience where he expressed the true feelings of the slaves and called into question and convicted the beliefs of the slave owners. Mr. Douglas believed that the Fourth of July did not apply to the slaves or himself because; 1) It is more important to the white people, but a mockery to the black people 2) It gives a conflicting feeling because slaves had no freedom. 3) The slave is acknowledged as a man by the government in only in the punishments given for their crimes 4) The wrongfulness of slavery is so strong that if any man be asked if it is wrong, he would say yes 5) The Fourth of July is hypocritical because it is a celebration of freedom, but there is still the evil and inequality of slavery The lingering attitudes are still present today; we have a Declaration of Independence that is founded on principles of slavery that still does not apply to us. The U. S. Constitution while it has amendments that provide provisions for African-Americans...
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