To Kill a Mockingbird A century is a long time, a whole human lifetime, so much can happen in a hundred years. In one hundred years about ninety-nine percent of the people on earth will be dead because less than one percent of people live to be one hundred. In a century there will be a whole new set of people on the planet from right now. From the 20th to 21st century think about how much has changed. How much is different? Think of how many people lived and died through that time, and the…
guaranteed to peoples of the world, and the government has a duty to protect and serve these rights. However, the meaning of these aforementioned words did not always seem to apply to every person. During the time of slavery and oppression, people of African descent had all rights removed, and received horrible mistreatment and abuse instead. Unless you commit a crime or do something that negatively affects society denied to you, nobody in this world should have their rights infringed merely…
was in danger. It happens over and over again. I remember hanging out with my friends, all us African American teenagers and being afraid because we all were wearing hoodies since it was cold, wondering what if it happen to us. Like in the video “I am Sean Bell” from filmmaker Stacey Muhammad, police shot Sean Bell in his car while he was unarmed .The video captures the feeling of frustration of African…
in our communities have affected the choices and decisions our young people who are battling this disorder? The media’s portrayal of body images causes a mental complex with people. Along with the social standing within a communities such as the African-American and Caucasian communities. Also there are many differences…
Have you ever heard of the Holocaust? Maybe, it was you heard about it through the Dairy of Anne Franke. It is a brilliant novel informing you on the horrible things that happened during the Holocaust. During the holocaust, over six million Jews were killed. They were murdered by the Nazi’s and the infamous Hitler himself. Adolf Hitler was the leader of these people murdering innocent people, who only was crime was being Jewish. Since when is a religion a crime? These people were murdered for no…
Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in the year of 1862. She was born into slavery because both of her parents were slaves. Eventually when the Civil War ended and slaves were freed, her family moved away into a new house, which was right across the street from their former master. A few years later, almost her entire family was wiped out by yellow fever, leaving her to take care of her younger siblings (Wells 7-28). After her siblings began to grow older, Wells became a school…
the history of the United States the struggle between African Americans and whites has always been distinct, from the birth of the nation all the way up to the civil war the enslavement of African Americans had been a way of life. Even after African Americans had secured their freedom they would still be discriminated against through unjust social restrictions, placed upon them by their white superiors. Through these social restrictions the African American people came to see themselves as…
racism but in proving himself worthy to be respected among the white population. On the other hand, Dubois, who was born free, was not exposed to slavery or racism until he was older and took on a far more aggressive approach to ensure the rights of African Americans. Despite their differing opinions and criticism of each other 's philosophies, each one made meaningful contributions through their leadership…
Another article was about Black people in media production. This article was written by Zeinabu Davis. Davis speaks on her experience as a Black woman in media production that makes movies. She explains how more times than not in movies, African American people are portrayed as being the bad person, with a bad reputation, especially Black men. She explains how Black people are not included in many shows, movies, etc. Davis says that she has to tell her children not to behave like the Black…
to their lack of religion. But the Columbian exchange was the event that introduced African American slavery when African slave owners would trade slaves for other goods. Those slaves were brought into the new world or what is today, America. Years after the thirteen colonies gained their independence from the British, problems started happening within America. This started the conception that people of the African American decent, black people, or slaves, were to be viewed as property not at…