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The first question, do you think that slaves and African-Americans purposefully took advantage of the war to better their status in American society? What evidence is there supporting the idea of African-Americans taking advantage of the war to better their status. Frank Smith Jr. offers one piece of evidence to African-Americans taking advantage of the war. This Frank Smalls, a former slave, who escaped on the CSS Planter and sailed to the Union lines. Mr. Smalls received prize money from the…

As a young black girl growing up watching Disney movies I always paid attention to the color of the princesses’ skin and the way their hair was styled. Out of all the princesses that Disney had there was never one that represented the African American community. There were princesses to represent the Asian community, Middle Eastern, Native American, and of course Caucasian community. Then in 2009 Disney released “The…

During the Reconstruction of the splintered Southern states, many goals were set out with the purpose of supporting the newly freed African American people. These goals can be placed in three categories of political, economic, and social, of which before, African Americans had neither say nor any hope of advancement in during years of slavery. Politically and socially, these goals were focused on introducing blacks to the American society through legalized voting rights by means of the…

other people of his own racial background. Essentially, James Baldwin considers the 1950s jazz music issue that exemplifies the separation within the middle-class African-American community, which is characterized by the physical and personality differences between Sonny and anonymous storyteller. In the first place, Sonny, as a young African American, is aware and haunted by the burden he bears of being poor, black and trapped within the limits and obstacles of the conventional social order.…

the massive population shift from the rural south to the urban north (History, Art & Archives, 2008). There is no specific date range for this migration; while some African-Americans migrated during the Reconstruction era, the most significant movement came during the second decade of the twentieth century. During this time, African-Americans moved from rural farm areas, such as New Orleans, to urbanized city areas – in particular, Chicago and New York City (History, Art & Archives, 2008).…

In Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao we get a greater glimpse into the politics of phenotypes and authenticity in Dominican culture. More specifically in its relationship to blackness. In Irene Lopez, a Puerto Rican clinical psychologist’s essay, Puerto Rican Phenotype: Understanding Its Historical Underpinnings and Psychological Associations, she posits that, “Puerto Ricans who consider being “Indian” more beautiful, or more authentic, than being Black and, thus, often prefer to…

Oakland is a community flourishing in the arts, poetry and literature that has historically ignored in academia by major publishing companies. Most of this work consists of oral/performance poetry and flourishes in communal spaces, spaces that work towards unifying the community and creating a safe environment for underrepresented and marginalized communities.From the beginning of the Black Arts Movement in the 70s with writers such as Ishmael Reed and Sarah Webster Fabio have pushed the…

reason, mistreatment of African Americans wasn’t considered unethical at the time, it was simply considered the norm. The Jim Crow laws were still in place at that time, they were laws which basically treated African Americans as “separate but equal”. African Americans had separate public commodities such as water fountains and bathrooms. These commodities were usually in worse shape than the ones for whites, leading to whites feeling superior. Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman who…

shown that African American elders are a lower life expectancy than other races. Even though African Americans have a lower life expectancy it has been shown that African American elders confident about what the future holds for them with health and also happiness. The majority of African American elders is content with their communities and will continue to live in the community, because of the support and assistance of their family members. Being part of an…

After years of falling victim to violence from white segregationists across the country, many African Americans became disillusioned with the concept of nonviolence as the preferred means to achieving change. One of the arguably most notable examples of this was the brutal murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, an event that is credited with being instrumental…