African American history of Alabama

Racism still exists today in the United States and around the world. No matter where you go, there is still some type of racism there. African Americans have come a long way in American history, but are they as equal as a white man? One of the most prolific civil rights activists ever known was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His voice and legacy will never be forgotten. During the late 1950s and 1960s, racism was at an all-time high. Schools were either segregated or just started to desegregate.…

voting rights among African Americans residing in the United States. From the film, I learned that the United States was at the time divided into two different cultures. The Americans, who were predominantly white and African Americans and other minority groups, but they all resided in the same geographical region. The African Americans especially those who were in South were socially, economically and politically…

Leslie Braun Mrs. Webb English 1 Period 6 6 March 2015 Civil Rights Act: Bloody Sunday The turning point for the civil rights movement was the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which is known as Bloody Sunday. Civil Rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. People participated in marches to raise awareness for the unfair treatment of peoples civil rights. Although it started as a peaceful march, it quickly became violent, sending a number of innocent…

story,picture book, or any other work of literature characters tend to be influenced and shaped by the setting, or time and place, in which he writing takes place. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the setting is in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. In the novel, readers can interpret that Maycomb is a racist, slow moving, poverty stricken town from Lee’s writing style and the character’s emotions. The setting is significant because throughout the book, it advances the story…

African Americans have a very rough lively hood. They weren’t allowed to do a lot of things because of the color of their skin. From the mid 1940s to the 1960s there were many significant events that affected the status of African Americans. In 1940 World War II began an incredible resurrection of the economy opening many opportunities for African Americans. Although, farming was their largest type of employment and black farmers suffered under decades of low farm prices and hard…

Throughout American history, African-Americans have constantly struggled with the issues of racism and discrimination. Since slavery hundreds of years ago, African Americans have always been treated as inferior by white men. Even today, racism continues to be a big problem in American society. Selma, a film directed by Ava DuVernay, retells the events surrounding the march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. Led by Martin Luther King Jr., African-Americans along with civil rights activists of…

In the early 1960s the civil rights movement was in full swing. In 1965 the Selma to Montgomery March occurred. Over 25,000 supporters Marched for the voting rights for African Americans in the south. This March resulted in the beginning of change and helped end white supremacy. The march on Selma was a stand for justice and equality for blacks in the act of peaceful protest for the right to vote. Equality are we really equal? As a child growing up in our home my mother and grandmother…

Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama, bother her Mother and Father were former slaves. After their separation Rosa’s mother moved her family to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her grandparents. Rosa attended a segregated school, it lacked many things that schools normally have like desks. Rosa faced many challenges being African American, KKK (Ku Klux Klan) was one of them. In 11th grade Rosa had to drop out of school to take care of her sick grandmother and…

There have been many people in history that have taken a stand in history. Today we have chosen our topic to be Rosa Parks, an amazing hero in our Earth’s history. Rosa Parks wasn’t only a hero she was also a strong leader and a great person. Rosa Parks was an african american that took a stand by sitting down on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa took a stand for equal rights for african americans and white people. Not only did she give hope to people that needed it she also gave courage to…

took the idea of African American nonviolence tactical and deceased to an if you get to push you should push back. When people hear the word Black Panther they think of the dislike of authorizing and using violent. However, the Black Panther was more than that it was the FBI who put this idea in people's head. The Black Panther believed that everyone should equal and use the Marxist idea to spread their thoughts. Bloom, Joshua, Waldo E Martin 2012. Against Black Empire: The History and Politics…