The Soiling Of Old Glory Analysis

The most obvious perception of “others” depicted in document one’s, Miss Columbia’s School House (1894), represents Hawaii and Canada nationals asking lady liberty if they can come in the U.S. This represents that the U.S. has taken a turn toward Imperialism, despite political opposition the Guano Island Act (1884) allowed the collection of territories and islands in the Pacific Ocean like the Philippians. The gates and school house both represent the U.S. and the author is suggesting that Hawaii and Canada want to join despite the violence, outrage, and sorrow that was going on during the Reconstruction era. The inconspicuous perception of “others” in document one could include the southern Irishman holding a knife to a new Freedman representing …show more content…
“The Soiling of Old Glory” photograph and the Alcatraz Proclamation given by a Native American rights group called Indians of All Tribes, show a resistance to Federal Government regulation that infringe human rights. The Indians of All Tribes being able to infiltrate the island despite a naval blockade was a show of courage. The language expressed in Document four shows sarcastic mockery for taking over the island from white settlers. It lists all the reasons it unsuitable for Caucasian inhabitants is similar to reasons white settles had to push Native Americans onto reservations. The Alcatraz event was largely symbolic to the indigenous and minority people in the U.S. The legacy of Native rule, dominion, culture, environmental injustice, redemption, and struggle for civil rights are the key issues the Indians of All Tribes (IAT) were fighting for. Some of the same issues are in effect for African American civil rights shown in the bus protest gone violent in document fives photograph “The Soiling of Old Glory”. The photo captures racial tension, rage, social divide that are still present in today’s democracy. The flag symbolizes how Americans express their values and democracy in the 1970’s, that has rage a racial divide in the country. Despite the violence, the flag is a U.S. icon that inspires a free democracy to support justice and equality to its entire people who have faith in the greatest values of the icon. Based on President Eisenhower’s Little Rock Address, I believe he would respond to the violence and aggression in the “Soiling of Old Glory” photography, by sending troops in to ensure the civil liberties of all Americans. It is to my knowledge that he would respond to the Alcatraz proclamation in the same way. In the Cold War Era these events