Further Investigation Assignment
African American history is deeply rooted in American history and it was because of certain civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fredrick Douglass, W.E.B Dubois, Malcom X and many more that changed the way African Americans viewed themselves and paved the way for African Americans to live their lives up to their full potential. While, visiting the National King Memorial Park, I learned that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr advocated for civil rights and equality for blacks as well as was using nonviolent methods to change the world. I enjoyed going to the National King Memorial Park, because while looking around in the gallery of pictures I discovered that the protests during the 1960s it played a major role to the black community in a way for their voices to be …show more content…
As I previously mentioned, black women were expected to play the domesticated roles during the Civil Rights Movement and men felt that women were sidetracking the movement from race, but turning the position towards gender. Many civil rights organization were mostly male-dominated and some organizations encourage women to participation as well as encouraged women leadership. In spite of this, some women still conformed to the traditional submissive position. During the movement, most of the leaders were charismatic leaders were mostly black men and the south was not ready for black women to perform the duties of being a leadership. Because the Civil Rights Movement progressed in a period where it was expected for women to play the housewives, it was difficult for women to be embraced as powerful and charismatic leaders to carry out the demands of the oppressed. Regardless of this, because of the black women's social and networking skills, they were able to come leaders in their own
African American history is deeply rooted in American history and it was because of certain civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fredrick Douglass, W.E.B Dubois, Malcom X and many more that changed the way African Americans viewed themselves and paved the way for African Americans to live their lives up to their full potential. While, visiting the National King Memorial Park, I learned that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr advocated for civil rights and equality for blacks as well as was using nonviolent methods to change the world. I enjoyed going to the National King Memorial Park, because while looking around in the gallery of pictures I discovered that the protests during the 1960s it played a major role to the black community in a way for their voices to be …show more content…
As I previously mentioned, black women were expected to play the domesticated roles during the Civil Rights Movement and men felt that women were sidetracking the movement from race, but turning the position towards gender. Many civil rights organization were mostly male-dominated and some organizations encourage women to participation as well as encouraged women leadership. In spite of this, some women still conformed to the traditional submissive position. During the movement, most of the leaders were charismatic leaders were mostly black men and the south was not ready for black women to perform the duties of being a leadership. Because the Civil Rights Movement progressed in a period where it was expected for women to play the housewives, it was difficult for women to be embraced as powerful and charismatic leaders to carry out the demands of the oppressed. Regardless of this, because of the black women's social and networking skills, they were able to come leaders in their own