African American history

diverse collections of American history that influenced the civil right movement. What caught my eye initially was the N.A.A.C.P. Flag “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday” memorabilia. It very important to see that even though the NAACP did not have a significant presence in the southern states, that the organization alerted the nation of the heinous crime of lynching. To walk to down the street and see that flag waving is vital because lynching was the dehumanization of African Americans. Lynching not…

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…

11/20/15 11AP3 Mrs. Wang-Birnbaum Jazz has had a powerful impact on both general American culture and the African-American community. From its modest beginnings, this type of music is now one of the most well-known genres in the world, and this process has impacted American music tremendously. For the African American community, the development of jazz has advanced the goal of racial equality. The history of how jazz became as important as it has is long, complicated, and, at…

other the first one was Plessy vs. Ferguson, and then Brown v Board of Education both of these were also based on the phrase “ separate but equal.” Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education are two landmark cases that changed the course of American history. In 1896 the Supreme Court decided the fate of thousands…

African American female artists define feminism through a different set of eyes then their counterparts. The feminist art movement began as a way to equality in the field of art, yet it had it’s own set of rules. Discrimination within white female art organizations made the African American feminist movement more than just sexism, this disregard made it also about racial stereotypes. In addition, the neglect from the African American male artists forced African American feminist artists to…

“Dr. King wants the same thing I want -- freedom!” (Malcolm X). In the 1960’s the civil rights movement was huge for America. African Americans were fighting for their rights in every way they possibly could. Views were divided and there were multiple approaches people were taking to achieve the same goal: ending racial segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had the biggest reputation and influence during the civil rights movement, but these two men had both philosophical and…

individually due to being African American. The issue of racism against African Americans has become problematic, but none more so than in the medical field. The medical field has been set up in numerous ways to discriminate against African Americans. Using tools to score people of color low on medical exams, infecting people with diseases that often ended in death, and even taking cancerous cells without consent. The medical field has affected African Americans negatively throughout history.…

called American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century he makes argument as to why the Rooseveltian Nation collapsed. He argued that the collapse was due to “racial antagonism, anti-war protests and cultural revolt” (313). The civic nation of the Rooseveltian Nation collapsed due to the Civil Rights which sought to integrated, civic nation, while the Black Power sought to segregate, racial nation. Gerstle defined Black Power as “a political ideology calling on African American to…

modernity came one-singular truth and the writers of history were the ones who were in power which led to the shaping of ideas, mindsets, and cultures. As an African American entering into the field of African American studies becoming a scholar activist, it resonated with me that fact that I am creolized and forever shaped by dominance of colonization which makes me reconsider my bias in research and my position as an academic within the African American community. Through the eighteenth and…

overall narrative found in Maus due to the fact that Vladek’s behavior seemingly mirrors the behavior of non-Jewish individuals during the Holocaust. When Francoise picked up the hitchhiker, Vladek was outraged that his daughter-in-law allowed an African American in the car, appearing to be both suspicious of and disgusted with the seemingly harmless man. Similarly enough, the non-Jewish individuals in Germany and Poland felt the same way about Jewish people during World War II, with many…