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40 years ago, American government went from celebrating influential African Americans for only a week to a full month. This became the start of Black History Month. In the month of February, Americans celebrate and remember black heroes around the United States. They commemorate the efforts and accomplishments that were made to alleviate discrimination towards African Americans in order for us to have a chance at becoming successful and living the “American Dream” in peace. Though Americans…

After the Reconstruction, African Americans faced many challenges during the years following. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, and the 14th amendment defined what an American is. Both had little to no effect on Jim Crow. In the south segregation was much worse, and that’s where most African Americans lived during this time. Jim Crows laws kept blacks from voting and holding any positions in office. Jim Crow also set blacks up to endure harsh segregation regulations. Crossing the color…

The Color Purple - Historical Fiction Analysis The Color Purple by Allice Walker is a book that was published in 1982, and is set in the timeframe of 1910 to 1940 in Georgia (SparkNotes Editors). The book is written from the first person point of view from a black girl named Celie, and it covers all of the events in her life as she grows up from a little girl to an old woman. Within the book, the content is structured as letters, at first to God, and then as letters between both Celie and her…

considered a mother figure in Scout and Jem 's lives. Even though Cal is African American, Scout and Jem treat her with respect, as does their father. They do not conform to the norms of their society. They do not refer to African Americans as Negroes or boy, but rather by their name. While in Maycomb, people go around calling African Americans awful names; Atticus teaches the kids that this is wrong, and they should never call African Americans anything other than their names. He also tells the…

years of pain behind the bars because the police could not handle their evidence accurately. They were trying to find a way to link the evidence to the innocent citizens despite the unmatched semen DNA. For the most part, the case resulted in five African American teens locked away because of the police did not try to protect them from being acquitted. However, if it were to be a white person, he or she would have gotten more protection. Whites are accepted as the more innocent ones compared to…

Jose Deleon Mrs Behrend AP Seminar 2 December 2015 Correlation Between Race and Intelligence When a person looks at another person, are they quick to assume how intelligent they are based on their appearance or race? Some of us may say no but, most of us are all guilty of stereotyping a person based on their race at one point or another. No matter what they have heard from anyone, people should never judge a book by its cover. Assuming someone 's intelligence based on just their race is like…

with each other because they think they are better than the others. In the play “ A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, you can see how race becomes a huge impact because during the slavery movement till 1960’s there was a conflict between the African Americans and white americans due to their skin color. Still, racism can be seen in today’s society, but not as prevalent as it was from back then, but it should not continue because we are supposed to get along with each other not hate one…

described a factual event in my that mirrors identically towards the one Ta-Nehisi Coates ' describes in his book “Between the World and Me”. Speaking of the same paralyzing terror Ta-Nehisi captures the thoughts that run through one’s mind when an African American is pulled over by an officer of the peace. Frankly speaking, I am certain one or two entertained notions I was exaggerating, however, without saying, the same horrific story has been reproduced.…

problems pertaining to the incarceration of African American youth and other minorities and what are the factors that contribute to youth committing crimes. Incarcerated youths are a growing problem in the United States, especially African Americans. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) the number of incarcerated person have quadrupled since 2008 from 500,000 to 2.3 million (NAACP, 2016). However, African American men are constitute to occupying…

spaces, these men acted out the impossibility of African American men obtaining this same mastery.…