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government and police through segregation laws and rules imposed on them. Many State laws required racial separation in schools, playgrounds, restaurants, hotels, public transportation, restrooms, etc. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that brought many accomplishments for African Americans, the de facto law of segregation still continued, encouraged, and promoted in the South. However, in Selma, prominent African Americans Civil Rights Activists such Bobby Simmons, Jimmy lee Jackson, etc.…

The short story by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” takes place approximately between 1877 the year reconstruction ended and 1928 the year Miss Emily Grierson dies. The story takes place during a time of great change in the south. Reconstruction planted the seeds of industrialization as the south began to diversify its economy. Post-reconstruction, the south stopped relying on solely cotton for its income as other cash crops rose in popularity. Then due to the diversification of crops trade…

Environmental racism is something that affects many people around the world mostly some that live in low income neighborhoods like Blacks, Hispanics, and a few others. The people in specific though are the ones that live in Black Harlem neighborhoods Polk County’s Mulberry. One of the landmarks that went through environmental justice movement was Warren County, North Carolina. Warren County was a very…

Lincoln was a republican candied that ran on a platform of preserving the Union and preventing the expansion of slavery. Through the speeches that he gave, we can learn about his platform and his core beliefs. During Lincoln’s House Divided speech he talks about how important it is to know were we are as a whole nation. In his speech he said,” If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it”. Morals are changing in the world so…

Cedreana Hoover The African Community as a whole has been fighting for freedom and equality for generations. From the 17th and 18th century when African-Americans weren't even treated like humans and instead aminals, they were constantly running away in hopes for freedom, in the 1800’s when slavery was finally abolished they had nowhere to go nor were they wanted, during the civil rights movement African Americans died for justice and equality and now today African Americans may be equal in…

During the 1920’s, African Americans were treated differently based on where they lived. The South was more difficult to live in than the North and many African Americans who lived in southern states did not have many rights.” Black people’s lives were severely restricted” (Flappers and The New American Woman). Many southern states passed Jim Crow laws which were enacted in order to separate the blacks from the whites. Later the NAACP was formed to overturn the Jim Crow laws. African Americans…

Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American that lived and fought through racial oppression. He was one of the most well known leaders of nonviolent protests. Being a minority trying to persuade the privilege that it’s time for change is a tough job. In King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” has many components that are crucial to catching the audience attention and proving a point. In this letter Martin Luther King Jr. was responding back to rude comments that clergymen made about him and…

General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea really encompassed nearly the whole State of Georgia. Just as Jackson sought to wage war in an indirect fashion against the political will of the Union to maintain the war by near constant threats to the capitol and by typing up troops, Sherman sought to undermine the civilian population of the south in order to shirk Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater that confronted Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant in front of Richmond and Petersburg.…

For a period of time, slaves and indentured servants shared very similar rights and statuses. When slaves first arrived, they were treated like indentures servants. No slave laws at the time meant that the slaves were given equal amount of freedom and opportunity. Eventually, that all went away when powerful Maryland and Virginian planters ratified several laws that distinctly separated the white indentured servants from the black slaves. These planter elites went away with “long-standing…

costs in comparison to its competitors. Despite the growing expansion of many of these corporations and the need for workers, corporations were in full control of the wage and benefits that caused a major backlash with rising alliances such as the Southern Farmers’ Alliance and Colored Famers’ Alliance. Corporations make many of their decisions based on what cut costs the most and what will allow the corporation to make the most profit in their company, despite the poor working conditions and…