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The Relevancy of African American Spirituals Have you ever heard a song that was performed by an African American choir group that you moved your spirit so much that you wanted to shout with praise? Chances are the song that stirred up your spirit was an African American spiritual. However, spirituals aren’t song much in this era. Instead negro spirituals have often been replaced by contemporary gospel music. Still, African American spirituals are still needed today because it was a form of…

The Pros and Cons of the Confederate Flag The Confederate Flag was the spark of controversy over the course of 2015. People voiced their opinions on whether or not the Confederate should be made illegal in the United States. The Confederate Flag symbolizes the Confederate States of America during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 when the Southern States succeeded from the United States because of political tension. Ever since Southern States that were once part of this Confederacy fly this flag…

Their main purpose was to suppress newly freed slaves, and protest the Republican’s party plan for reconstruction in the south. Their group gained national recognition for their different tactics of inciting fear in African Americans who were trying to better themselves from what they once were. They were infamous for murders, lynchings, terrorist acts, and most of the time, these criminals were left innocent with no one blinking an eye. The Klan would eventually die…

capable of imposing through poetry to all races makes you believe he was destined to be the best. The struggles the African American, race was experiencing is exposed through Countee Cullen’s, work. He brought new respect and awareness to the black race; through poems like “Heritage”, “Fruit of The Flower,” and “Incident”. His life experiences were quite different from most African Americans of his era; which helped shape his brilliance. This made him much of an economic figure, because it gave…

believe that there are some good cops out there and this is true as well. Although there are a lot of good cops there are a lot of bad cops that makes the good cops look bad as well. Present cops have created the slogan “Blue Lives Matter” while the African American society has created ‘Black Lives Matter” slogan. There is so much hate and discrimination going on in the world today against both the men and women in blue and the women and men of color. What’s so hard about just getting alone and…

For example there have been cases such as fraternities singing chants about lynching African Americans and vulgar language used towards African American, Indian, and Asian women. There have also been extreme action taken that one can never take back, killing. Dylan Roof is widely known for his anti-black killings that took place June 17th, 2015 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Although he is in fact facing time and is even eligible for the…

Maya Angelou gained a great amount of success for an African American woman who grew up in the 1930s and 40s. Her roots in the segregated south contributed towards her drive towards success. She was an important figure in the Civil Rights Movement, having worked alongside other influential people such as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Along with her work in the Civil Rights Movement, Angelou was a published author with over 30 poems, essays, and books. (Academy of Achievement). As a…

Poet Laurate Consultant in Poetry. Not only was he awarded the Witter Byner Poetry Prize, but he was also awarded the Amy Spingarn Award, second prize in Opportunity Magazine’s first poetry contest, and second prize in Palms; he was also the second African-American to win the Guggenheim Fellowship. Following graduation at New York University, Countee Cullen aimed to earn his master’s degree at Harvard University. As 1927 approached, he had fulfilled his goal, excelling to obtain his certificate…

Melanise Otis Research Paper November 30th, 2015 Professor Kelley Harriet Tubman Who was Harriet Tubman and what were her accomplishments? Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and humanitarian. During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse and a Union spy. Born a slave on Maryland’s eastern shore, in Dorchester County. She was born to enslave parents and her original name was Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodes and her…

The theme of Tyler’s speech was Selma to Ferguson: Then and Now. When African Americans were marching for equal voting rights in Selma young people were among the crowd wanting equal rights and currently young people are marching in Ferguson, for equal justice for young Michael Brown. As this course description says “human…