100 Greatest African Americans

presidency had on Blacks, the imbalance of black celebrities, and the connection between race and police brutality. Richard Wright would see Obama’s victory as a milestone for African Americans. Racism still existed…

such codes because they believed that African Americans were lazy. Several whites grew increasingly fearful of blacks retaliating. Their fear resulted in the birth of the mass incarceration of African Americans. Michelle Alexander states that “prisoners became younger and blacker, and the length of their sentences soared.” Slightly following the reconstruction era, the new caste system was established. The birth of the new caste system arose after African Americans were granted their legal…

When it comes to early college sports African Americans had a hard time on the field. They faced the threat that even if they were the best player on the team they could be benched against segregated schools. The African American athlete faced many problems in their fight for equality including being benched against a segregated school, threats from other team’s player, and colleges “From 1938 to 1941, the UCLA football team served as an important exception to the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’----the…

American streets revolutionized in the 1920's as the number of automobiles soared from 6 million to 27 million. (Hoover) In 1980, “87.2 percent of American households owned one or more motor vehicles, 51.5 percent owned more than one, and fully 95 percent of domestic car sales were for replacement. Americans have become truly auto-dependent.” (History)But though automobile ownership is virtually universal…

Sufferance can be described as a way of describing what African Americans went through their life, because of racism. In other words Madam CJ Walker wasn’t that successful but she was on her road to riches with brilliant ideas that changed the world forever: “Suffered from scalp ailment which resulted in hair loss, promoted her own products by traveling around the country giving lecture demonstrations.” (Foner and Garraty 1) Madam CJ Walker eventually established: “Madam CJ Walker Laboratories”…

Maritza Correia made history in 2002, when she became the first black woman to break an American record. She later became the first black woman to make and actually have a spot on the Olympic swim team. Born on December 23, 1981 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Maritza Corriea is best known for her hard work in swimming and being the first black woman to make it to the Olympic swimming. She started swimming when just only 7 was! She had scoliosis and swimming helped take her mind off of her disorder.…

that racism does in fact truly exist, our society will never fully reap the fruits of our labor. The change the people of this nation have worked so hard on enforcing will crumble. Citizens of this country seem to forget that segregation was less than 100 years ago, and many of its victims are still alive today. Racism in the United States still exists because I have witnessed it…

Keisean Wilson Chemistry 4B Ms. Hidalgo 2016 May 20 Forgotten Scientist Who knows about the first scientist to synthesize natural products? Who knows who made the foundation for the cortisone? That man was Percy Lavon Julian, an African American chemist and pioneer. He was one of the most important scientists known to date. Percy was born on April 11, 1899 in Montgomery, Alabama. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a post office clerk. Attended DePauw University in 1920 and…

Martin Luther King Jr. stood beside the Lincoln Memorial to give his famous I Have a Dream speech in the midst of the civil rights movement, a period where African Americans, roughly 100 years after being liberated, were still victims of unjust acts such as segregation and police brutality. The speech was given during what King described as “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation” (King, 1963), where all races came together to protest the discrimination that was…

immigration stereotypes that emerged during the war. Despite the universal experience of racism, the next twenty years in postwar Los Angeles determined a changing dynamic in minority housing experiences: Asians and Asian Americans gained opportunities while Black and African Americans continued to chafe against the constraints of racial segregation. Both minority groups experienced discrimination,…