African American history of Alabama

advancement and stagnation created many points of history, including the civil rights movements. Both articles present the effect of civil rights movements on colleges during the 1970s as well as its influence on college campuses and the surrounding communities. In the article, “Student Radicalism and the Antiwar Movement at the University of Alabama”, Gary Sprayberry, the author, expresses the obstruction to student rights on the University of Alabama campus in the late 1960s and early 1970s.…

that man and along with Jim Crow there were segregation laws, Inequality, and unfair voting rights towards African Americans that has given America a dark history. Dating back to 1865 when segregation first begin to rear its ugly face in American society with miscegenation laws which tried to prevent black and white marriages. Those who did marry had to face life in prison. African Americans faced segregation with railroad travel, court testimony, jury, children's schooling, waiting rooms,…

The Danger of the Single Story From the great epics of Homer to the legendary myths told around campfires, stories are constantly surrounding us. They define the culture and assist in preserving history. Without stories,there would be no knowledge of the ancient Greek myths or of what life was like for the Jews who suffered under Hitler’s torment. Without stories, the world would be blind to the past, unable to progress or learn. Thus, stories are essential in any culture, but they have an…

ending segregation and racial inequality for all, making him one of the most memorable men in U.S. history. The apex of King’s career was when led over 200,000 people over the Lincoln Memorial in protest to racial inequality. It was here that he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, to convey his opinions on the idea that all people were…

people in the judicial systems such as in the case of Tom Robinson in the story but as well as the Scottsboro Boys case in the real world. Lynch mobs, which can be seen in the story, were common in the south especially in Alabama. lynch mobs became another worry for African-Americans after their emancipation in the 1860s. The lynch mobs were formed out of the shadows of severe racism and ¨vigilante justice¨ that white southerners saw as something that was justifiable. Lynch mobs were usually in…

On February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama Rosa Louise McCauley was born to parents James mcCauley and Leona McCauley. Her parents had simple jobs, her mother was a school teacher, her father was a carpenter. She was often sick when she was younger, which resulted in her being a small child. When Parks was 2, and her brother just born, her parents separated.Her mother took her and her brother and moved to Pine Level,a small town not far from Montgomery Alabama. she spent the rest of her childhood…

famous people in history who refuse to follow the laws. It can be for a good reason. Some famous people are Rosa Park, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. One of the leader was Rosa Parks. She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. She refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger. The bus was divided in the middle for separating people. The white passengers sat in the front of the bus and African American passengers in the back of the bus. African-American passengers had…

On February the 4th I attended a showing in Brown Residential Hall. Selma is an American historic drama film. This movie shines a light on a very important time in history. Prior to watching to the movie in school I didn’t have any knowledge about the march. The movie makes me feel very grateful and appreciative of all the things that our elder sacrificed so that we can live the life we have today. The movie is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which was led by Martin…

see Dr. King’s room was my favorite part, along with the history of Ole Miss and watching the video of James Meredith enrolling there. It was almost like you were there in real life. In addition to some of my favorite exhibits, I was able to learn new things while visiting The Civil Rights Museum. One of the new things that I learned during my trip to the museum was about the Parchman Farm and the Freedom…

was ratified into the Constitution. African Americans don’t see the flag as a symbol for anything except for racism. The Kul Klux Klan actually used this flag as a symbol for racism, and not every white American uses the flag for that purpose. Also the flag was not the original flag for the Confederacy. Not all Africans see the flag as a bad symbol, but most do and that is all because of slavery. Slavery happened because of the fact that the white Americans didn’t see all men are created…