100 Greatest African Americans

The Injustices of Mass Incarceration of African Americans Since 1980, the United States has seen an unprecedented rise in incarceration rates. The United States is only 5% of the world population, yet it has 25% of the world’s prisoners. Currently, the US is the world’s leader in incarceration with 2.3 million people currently in jail and prisons. That is a 500 percent increase over the last forty years. These incarceration rates, mostly which runs independent of crime rates, are suggested…

the African American civil rights movement. On August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. As about 200,000 black and whites gathered to hear Dr. King’s speech he started off by saying “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in history of our nation.” Dr. King came out to speak about segregation and discrimination against African Americans…

Scott W. Williams Born April 22, 1943 in Staten Island, New York During his early youth Scott W. Williams was raised in Baltimore by an academically orientated family. His family was involved in many things like the civil rights movement, African American history, and music all of his uncles and aunts had graduated college with at least one degree. His father Roger Williams served in the military but was one of the first blacks to graduate from Penn state with a Ph.D. in psychology. His…

giving fast results. Examples of Martin Luther’s direct action include sit ins, strikes, boycotts, and with the most famous example being the Montgomery bus boycotts. In the city of Montgomery, 70% of people who used bus transportation were African American. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. himself, the black community used non-violent direct action by boycotting the bus system. These boycotts would soon spread throughout the entire United States . Later…

The book Jesse Owens: An American Life encompasses the true meaning of persevering and prevailing in the face of adversity, oppression, and misfortune. The story of Jesse Owens and his climb to becoming arguably one of the greatest athletes and Olympians of all time invokes feelings of disgust caused by how humans can treat another, yet feelings of triumph caused by the incredible nature of the human spirit and the will to overcome circumstances. William Baker captures the rich history behind…

The Value of Social Support in the life of a College Student Throughout this semester we spoke about many aspects of social interactions. Most of the information we became competent in, discussed what an influence close relationships have on us across our life span. Continuing, we learned how we can maintain these relationships and the importance of doing so as they have been known to be adaptive mechanisms that promote survival. This paper serves to discuss the value of social support…

Everyone talks about how African American rights have improved since desegregation and the Civil Rights Act with many Americans feeling that we are no longer troubled by the intolerance of the past. Yet, subtle forms of racism are more of a widespread problem than we would like to admit. Yet, most people in the U.S. do not see themselves as prejudiced. Americans of all nationalities are seen as getting along peacefully together with recent reports on the media of cities working to increase…

inappropriately describe the nation and its people. As often as Americans preach the good word of fairness and equality, the American urbanites filling cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Watts were locked out of the sermon. During what historians call the Civil Rights Era (Timeline: Civil Rights Era 1954-1971), Americans would witness multiple changes in the country’s history in regards to minorities, especially African Americans. And to truly understand the lyrical significance of Hip Hop, it…

28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for civil rights, jobs, and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr., using the sentiment of Americans across the nation, there gave a speech that went “down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” (¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Fill in your citation here). Though its primary message is one of true reconciliation – bringing together or reuniting, it…

up in a great economic status, where he had the opportunity to travel to many different countries in the European continent. It also talks about how Shaw became the Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, which is the first to be only for African American soldiers. The author of this book focuses on events during the mid-nineteenth century in the United States, when the Civil War was going on between the North and the South. One important theme of this biography is racism, during this…