African American Lives

African American Lives: The Past is Another Country is a film about black history and heritage. Most African Americans know that their ancestors were slaves, and it used to be that they could not trace their ancestors after that. However, using the technology of DNA analysis and genetics, the film shows a very fascinating research and experiment in tracing one’s heritage. The film makes a clear point of why they’re doing this research, why trace back to one’s ancestors, and why does it matter if we know our past? A very good point that some of the guests make is that they want closure, and in order to get that closure, they need to know their history. Additionally, another good point that they mention is that in knowing their ancestors from Africa, their history is not just the one that started in America…

Although African-American men face police brutality daily, many women endure the same pain. The Black Lives Matter movement is not only supposed to focus on one gender, it is supposed to be centered on all black people of color. How can a movement be called Black Lives Matter when the lives on display are males? Also, if women’s stories are included in the movement, then the Black Lives Matter movement will not seem so secluded. Every woman has the same rights that men do, therefore, it would be…

Charles Hamilton Houston had a tremendous impact on the lives of African Americans who were being affected by the Jim Crow Laws. He became a lawyer so he would be able to fight for equal rights for those who could not represent themselves. He impacted society by challenging the law and questioning the education system. African Americans in the early 1900s received an education of much lower quality than that of Caucasians in America. The school buildings were worse and so were the materials.…

African-Americans Share Their Stories in a Newly Published History Book Photo Credit: Your Black World A book release recounts the lives of African-Americans as recounted by community members of St. Joseph. The book entitled “In Their Own Words: An Oral History of African Americans in St. Joseph, MO”, was written by Dr. William Church. The event gathered local members of the black community and those who want to learn about African-American history. Dr. Church along with contributor Alonzo…

Depression, many American’s lives were affected daily based off of their race. In the Great Depression there weren’t many jobs, and the only jobs available were mostly given to Caucasian males. If any Caucasian in the South during this time favored an African American, they would be treated as if they were one. The novel is focused in a rather racist fictional town known as Maycomb Alabama. In Maycomb, African Americans are seemingly scarce and so is the respect for them. In the novel To Kill a…

Within the seventeen hundreds circumstances for African American slaves were greatly changing. The slaves were now granted the ability to get married and have families.The slaves were not really considered to be enslaved anymore they were considered nearly free citizens, everything was looking up for them. The north and south had vastly different views about how the government should be ran, but more diversely was the economic struggle and the concept of slaves needing to be freed. On the…

Carol Jemison is an African-American physician and NASA astronaut. On June 4, 1987, she became the first African American woman to be admitted into the astronaut-training program. On September 12, 1992, Jemison flew into space with 6 other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47. On that day, she became the first African-American woman in space. Mae Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. She grew up in an extended family home with both of her biological parents;…

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These days’ tiny houses have been looked at these small spaced places that people live due to financial limitations (also described as small prisons). Whereas Tiny houses originally were introduced as these luxurious places that people would live in because they could spend their money on pleasures and live a "luxurious" lifestyle; rather than a small place with limited space. In addition to that, people who live in a micro-houses have a “larger life outside with a lighter conscience” (Wilkinson…

Private Lives Response Paper The live production I attended was Private Lives by Noel Coward. The play was put on by Acting Unlimited Inc. at Theater 810. Overall, there were three main elements that were the primary contributors to my enjoyment of the live performance; they were the costumes, the set design, and the body language of the actors and actresses. For instance, the costumes were very well done for a small local production. The play revolves around a divorced couple in the 1930’s,…