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While he is known to be a smooth talker, I enjoyed his other characteristics such as his ability to play the guitar. In the play Spunk wears a brown suit, hat and shoes and I thought his style fit his character well. I also liked the way he treated Evalina and how smitten with her he was. Spunk’s actor made him extremely believable. I believed the same for the rest of the cast and would rate the performance…

6th, 1885, the 13th amendment was ratified, changing black lives forever. This amendment abolished slavery meaning colored people would no longer be classified as property. White people could no longer buy, sell, and trade blacks as they use too. African American’s were able to leave their masters and plantations behind this time without being punished, beaten, or killed. But did this really mean white people would no longer dominate the black community? Following the 13th amendment came…

The game of Loteria offers one another example of how mestizaje has left a influence of inferiority of black features. The game of Loteria is a Mexican variation of the popular game Bingo. However, the game of Loteria has pictures that represent different aspects of Mexican history and culture. Three cards that demonstarte very unique ideas of certain groups…

Harlem Renaissance was the first pro-black movement that was not criticized or shamed upon by whites. It was the upcoming of African Americans' heritage after slavery. It also outlined the bravery of blacks, the conquering of oppression, and the presence of individuality during the 1920s. It transformed black culture as a whole and is worthy of recognition throughout history. This was the turning point in African American heritage in America , celebrating black culture. Coming from slavery ,…

On Wednesday, September 28th, at the SECU Arena, I went to Jane Elliott an American former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator, as well as a feminist and LGBT activist. She is known for her "Blue eyes–Brown eyes" exercise. This was a very informative seminar. I must say, I was stunned to hear this elderly woman speak so openly honest towards her own race. She talked about how racism is a learned behavior. She addressed those who believe in white supremacy. Mrs. Elliott…

Their uniform organized the group. They wore sunglasses, black jackets, and afros, which was a full and fluffy hairstyle inspired by African Americans’ natural curls (Tortora & Marcketti, p. 551) . Kathleen cleaver is featured in an excerpt called Black Panther Style from The black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2016) explaining that as black people we wear our hair like this because we were born like this. She goes on to say that black people are now aware of their beauty. Kente cloth…

ways so were the white women. Many of the white women in the story were also affected by similar injustices,“white characters, with their troubled relationships and unloved children, carry burdens equal to those of the black characters.” (Dirty South: The Help and the Problem of Black Bodies) In the novel the women are always caught up in the drama of their friends and being up to date on…

that were discussed that related to The Souls of Black Folks included the veil, color line, double consciousness, religion, and education. The veil and the color line represented a symbol of separation between races, particular between white and black people. Du Bois used the word double consciousness to define what it means as a sense of looking at oneself through the eyes of others. Du Bois discussed the historical meaning of black churches. Black churches were a way for slaves to come…

injustice social class and who oppressed the poor including the Black African American. For example, Riis compared the landlords to the “Czar of all the Russia” when dealing with Blacks tenants (XIII). In the meantime, Agree mentioned landlords are hash “unconscious hypocrisy” (212) and how they took joy on cheating blacks on profits they made (207). Both authors castigated landlords for their greediness in exploiting the poor and especially Black African American who suffered worst treatment in…

As the Revolutionary War faded in Nathaniel Bryce‘s memory, another image filled his mind. The smell was one they remembered from their adventures during the Revolutionary War. It was gunpowder! “Not another war”, was all Nathaniel Bryce could think. As Nathaniel Bryce looked down, he saw that they were dressed in a Union uniform… Looking up at the blue uniforms, he noticed a strange looking man with a beard. It was a man known as Ulysses S. Grant. Out of everything that Nathaniel Bryce’s…