African Darter

Feminism is what demanded change and gave women the right to run for political positions, changed views on parenting, and overall helped women advance in society (Malik, "4 Reason Feminism is a Threat to Black Consciousness" ). According to the Pan-African Alliance “The ‘First Wave’ of feminism began when white women banded together to demand a share of power, and the opportunity…

She was cite by several other women within the African American community. Jones was very determined to change the protectives of others referring to the rights of women. For starters, she wrote a valuable essay titled, “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman”. This essay presented two important things such as: an analysis of gender equality and from the Marxist prospective. Claudia had very good intentions on improving the African American community, and the way things were…

Black males today in America have been stereotyped over and over again as being troublesome and uneducated . The stereotypes that have been used are along the lines of, “black men don’t like to work” and “black men always get kicked out of school and end up on the streets”. Those two stereotypes couldn’t be more untrue based off the simple fact that there are more black men in college than there are in prison. As time has gone by we have seen more and more men challenge this stereotypes such as,…

Education is an essential part of life. Looking at education through race is beneficial because education is not the same for all races. In Jon Spayde’s “Learning in the Key of Life” he talks about what it means to be educated. He asks the question, “What does it mean—and more important, what should it mean—to be educated?” in the beginning of his essay. This connects to Richard Wright’s “The Library Card” because he found a way to get through obstacles to become educated. To be educated…

centered around the African-American neighborhood, and its residence, in New York known as Harlem. Sadly, Harlem currently is becoming more gentrified as the years pass. This is something I noticed on my many visits to New York over the past few years. However, Harlem became famous during this period bringing Iconic establishments still respected today such as the Apollo Theater, Lenox Lounge etc. One of the most famous poets from this era is Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes, an African-American…

From reading an article about African Americans, it states that Malcom X argues that “The single greatest mistake of the African American organization and their leaders is that they have failed to establish direct brother/sisterhood lines of communication between the independent nations of African American people.” I, myself believe that it is true. People portray us, African Americans, as uncivilized and not worthy of equivalence to other races. Ironically…

In order to be an effective Social Worker, I have to understand my past and use my experiences to my advantage. This Critical Autobiography serves to not only help me understand my past but to also understand why I make certain decisions or have certain emotions. Obtaining my Master of Social Work has been an emotional, revealing journey but I am starting to appreciate the process because I can not help others if I can not help myself. Childhood In my culture, children are to be seen and not…

At the end of the movie, the police murder an African American teenager, who protests against a “racist” pizzeria, and as a result a group of African American citizens retaliate by tearing apart the pizzeria (McGowan 2014). Then the movie ends by quoting two…

independent women. Another blatant disregard of equality was the treatment of African Americans and other immigrants in the 1920’s. Racism towards African Americans was common throughout the United States in the twenties. In 1920 on the side of Interstate 35 in Duluth, Minnesota, three black men were lynched for a crime they did not commit. This is significant not only because it illustrates the hate that was still sustained by the African American population over fifty years after the Civil…

Howard Zinn, who was one of her professors at Spelman College. She soon followed his steps and involved herself in the Civil Rights Movement, fighting for the rights of her fellow African-Americans. This occurred during the 1960’s, but she did not only help African-Americans in general. While she was an activist during the African-American movement she started to focus on the Feminist Movement. Walker mostly focused on it after the Civil Rights…