African American basketball players

Althea Gibson is such a influential person because while her early life was very rough, she overcame many hardships, and she became the first African American to play international tennis. She also broke the color barrier for African American athletes and changed the world forever. Althea Neale Gibson was born on August 25, 1927 (Source Card #1). As a young child, Althea suffered many hardships. They had to live on public assistance for a while. She also had a very hard time in school (Source…

his presidency. Her admiration to Roosevelt began once he decided to take action for equal rights upon African Americans. So, Jackie became a Roosevelt. At a young age Jackie’s father had abandoned him along with the rest of the family, and so his mother Mallie was left to care for her family. Mallie decided to move to California along with her kids in advice of her older brother. African Americans were rare to see in California during this…

The author of King Leopold’s Ghost is Adam Hochfeld. In the book he describes being disappointed by the lack of interest by publishers to release his book. This was caused by the apparent lack of interest for African history among americans. This was until Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published it because (according to Hochfield) they had “more faith in reader’s ability to see connections between Leopold’s Congo and today” (Hochfield,309). He wrote his book in hopes to…

To honor his African and Native American heritage, he created the art with the goal of adding narrative to the art itself. “It’s a way for him to show his inner self,” Lewis points out. Kevo has been running his own tattoo shop and business since 2010. For his own inspiration…

in the issue of VIBE magazine from December 1994 to January 1995 that we see this work in an interesting way for those immersed in the culture of Hip-Hop: African-Americans. The images here appeal to both African-American men and women in a way that idealized the adult life of celebrities and even pushed for the unity of all African-Americans, just as Afrika Bambaataa spoke of with his famous Zulu Nation. The first thing that becomes apparent when reading the magazine is the constant…

racism has been a huge topic among the people (“Glessner”). Racism is all over the news while some people think racism has died down others believe that it is still a problem today. Racism along with segregation is not only a thing between African Americans and whites but it is within all races in the world. Racism in America has died down over the years but it has not gone away completely. There are still many incidents in this world that show how we never moved on from years ago and still…

results from when I analyzed African American and Hispanic students from Study 2 might be explained by the fact our sample was made up of educated and affluent individuals. In the context of previous and current research, this sample would be considered counter-stereotypical. It seems unlikely that counter-stereotypical racial ingroup members would feel betrayed by other counter-stereotypical racial ingroup members. If we collected a sample of more stereotypical African Americans and Hispanics,…

Is it unpatriotic if athletes do not stand during the national anthem in protest of their beliefs? I will use the controversy around athletic protests as an example of Geertz' theory of anthropology as interpretation. Colin Kaepernick is an American football quarterback who did not stand during the playing of the national anthem during the entire football season for 2016-17. He was released from his role as quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. He is currently a free agent and…

within academic groups, with disputes occurring over the influence and effect that hip-hop has on young African Americans. Some academics say it has a negative influence, and others positive. I believe that the movies Just Wright and Brown Sugar effectively display that hip-hop and the surrounding culture can have a positive impact not just on African-American youth, but the greater African American population in general. The movies use themes of self-discovery, love, and mise en scene elements…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929 to a middle class family. His father was a preacher and leader of his church. Martin grew up and became a preacher too. Martin was very smart he went up north to college and liked how blacks were treated there. He got a Dr. degree and started to get in to the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started his own civil rights group that had very peaceful protests and believed in not hurting anyone. Martin Luther King Jr.…