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Alabama during the Great Depression. It shows how bad of a problem racism was during that time. Narrated by a little girl name Scout, from her point of view, years after the story actually happened. The story has a poor yet cruel white family, a black man accused of rapeing a young white women, a creepy neighbor, and a new friend who comes every year from Mississippi. Within all of the events that the story tells, three important themes are shown courage, hidden identities and Prejudice The…

Officer Hasan is about 30 years of age, and he is a police officer. He is a white man, who is seeking therapy because he accidently killed a black man. One night while riding in a car with Peter, he mistook a statue for a gun. Officer Hasan and Peter got into a small argument and officer Hasan thought Peter was going to shoot him as he reached into his pocket. Afraid for his life, officer Hasan quickly pulled his gun and shot Peter dead. He later realized that Peter was unarmed. Officer Hasan…

Most see a disability as an impairment of normal function; however, some see a disability as a source of creativity and innovation. Being blind means that one does not exist in the perceptual world of sight; on the contrary, that individual may have a greater presence in the perceptual world of touch, taste, smell, and hearing. Therefore, a conclusion may be drawn that a perceptual world is different for each individual but, that perceptual world contributes to the experience of the individual…

conjunction with non-violence can be effective. Simon Wendt discusses the importance of an armed black defense organization in Tuscaloosa and Ted Shine discusses the use of assassination as an effective tool in social change. Both authors treat these forceful forms of protest in similar, positive ways, likely due to viewing segregationists as willfully ignorant. Wendt’s article shines a positive light on the black defense organization operating in Tuscaloosa, AL alongside non-violent…

by Joshua Johnston. The painting wasn’t the most expressive. It was hardly colorful. Joshua Johnston was charged with painting a picture of a high born woman with her daughter. In the picture the woman wore dark clothing while wearing ‘shepherdess’ hat. She held her daughter Elinor in her lap along with a bowl of cherries. In Elinor’s tiny hand, she held a cherry stem that has two bright red cherries attached to the end. What is important about this picture is what it represents. In reading the…

the society without violence or anger. As apartheid was created in South Africa, blacks had limited sources and were treated as though they weren’t important. As Desmond Tutu grew up in his neighborhood, he realized how segregated South Africa was and seeing a white man take of his hat (a sign of respect) to greet his mother, he was pushed to help undermine apartheid in his country. Desmond Tutu was one of the few blacks to be able to go to school and have…

triggered a new black cultural movement. That movement became know as the Harlem Renaissance. Reading became a recreational activity, especially during the winter months. Television was not yet invented yet, so people sought out news and entertainment through printed material. Black literature began to become popular and African American writers everywhere began to get discovered. Black authors wrote to defray the racial prejudice of black culture and focused on realistic portrayal of black…

eight teenage “hobo negroes” were sentenced to death after being convicted of attacking two white girls on a train. This story became quite popular in the press and years later still manages to conjure up arguments about the social injustice. Nine black teenage boys climbed upon a train, in a way only to look for work, and were confronted by two white males where a dispute broke out, in the mix of it all, two white females, joined in the argument. At the time the story broke out, no one truly…

to back down and do what is right. Finally, when Scout, Jem and Atticus were walking by Mrs. Dubose’s house, Scout points out that Atticus always talks to Mrs. Dubose, explaining, “When the three of us came to her house, Atticus would sweep off his hat, wave gallantly to her and say, ‘Good evening Mrs. Dubose! You look like a picture this evening. I never heard Atticus say like a picture of…

Tutu began to grow frustrated with racism growing throughout South Africa. After being taken over by National Party 1948, the government passed a law in 1953 Bantu Education Act, a law that lowered the standards of education for black South Africans to ensure that they only learned what was necessary for a life of servitude. In 1957, Tutu gave up his job as a teacher. After his teaching years, Tutu began studying theology, which lead him to becoming a priest. Tutu furthered his…