Anita Hill

Southern woman suffrage became a beacon that would change the politics of the United States forever. Southern women had to grapple with their own racial politics to gain the support of African American women for women's suffrage (Gilmore, Gender and Jim Crow). African American women had taken the active role of teaching their community about American citizenship, and the pride of their race. African American women saw the women's suffrage as another step of pushing the racial divide (Goodstein,…

In the Merit Plan, which most states use, states claim to remove politics from the judiciary by replacing it with merit. In the process a commission of ten people nominate usually three people that the governor will pick from to appoint. The appointed judge then has to face a retention election in the next general election and another election at the end of their term, which only needs a majority vote. While claiming to take politics out of elections, the commission is more likely to nominate…

of North Carolina, and Chapel Hill, and made a big splash in a DCAA Championship game (NBA.com). He was named college player of the year two times. He left college after his junior year to be drafted into the NBA. He was the third overall drafts pick that year. He went to play for the Chicago Bulls. He then started basketball, as we knew it.…

Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas Born June 23, 1948 in Pin Point near Savannah, Georgia, the second of three children to M.C. Thomas and Leola Williams was named Clarence Thomas. He was a descendant of freed slaves and his family spoke Gullah as a first language. Thomas primarily was raised by his grandfather, Myers Anderson around the age of nine after his mother and siblings were displaced due to a house fire. Raised Roman Catholic, he greatly contemplated going into priesthood as a youth.…

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm made history by becoming the first black woman to be elected to Congress. Chisholm used her position in Congress as an advocate for the disadvantaged, such as racial minorities, women, and the poor. When it came to the Equal Rights Amendment, Chisholm was an outspoken supporter (“Shirley Chisholm’s “For The Equal Rights Amendment.”). The proposed amendment’s purpose was that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States on…

Workplace harassment also known as ‘‘mobbing ' ' is defined as prejudiced or offensive behavior by which a person is oppressed in the professional aspect periodically, which inflicts emotional and labor complications. People who are going through this situation are affected in their self-esteem, increases their personal insecurity, and sometimes in aggravated cases it may cause depression or alteration. Statistics reveal alarming numbers, although both genders can be affected women have been…

Final Paper The first movie that I chose that taught me the most about the role of American women is The Long Walk Home by Richard Pearce. The plot of this movie was about two families, one black and the other white. The mother of the black family, works for the white family as a maid and the rest of the movie's conflict involves the white women (Miriam) and her involvement with the bus boycott. The first important thing that this movie taught is how we as women need to join together to help…

Future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948. He grew up in the small African-American community of Pin Point, Georgia, with his older sister Emma Mae and younger brother Myers Lee. His father disappeared early on in his life, and the family divided even further when he was 9 years old. Clarence Thomas has been a judge for 25 years, and during that time he was quoted as saying, “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” This quote relates to Thomas…

She is one of the most profound and admired women that challenged society not only as a woman, but a woman of color. She made many contributions to the women's movement and society. Shirley Anita St. Hill Born In Brooklyn, NYC on November 20th, 1924 to immigrant parents Charles St. Hill and Ruby Seale St. Hill,. In her earl childhood her parent sent her to Barbados to her grandmother where she earn most of her elementary education. Once returning to the Unites States Chisholm graduated from…

Truth and non – violence are as old as the hills”- Gandhi. (GVM ix) Vasu master’s life: Teaching is an active activity. Similarly Vasu Master was an active teacher during his profession. Vasu master was an English teacher in P.G. Boys School in a small town Elipetti. The novel begins with the retirement…