Black Indians in the United States

country and make African Americans equal with whites.The southern states of the united state treated african american as a second class citizen and they had everything separate from the whites such as school, restaurant, trains and restrooms. That means there was a separate restroom for black and another one for just whites, and especially train car for whites and another one for just blacks. They said separated but equal. However blacks were treated like animals and they had no respect from the…

the United State’s government started forcing the native peoples to leave their homelands and either move into the designated areas called “reservations”, or in some cases be exiled to Mexico. The Native people did not like this forceful threat at all, particularly because in the reservations they could not hunt buffalo, one of their main resources. In protest of this command, the natives decided that their only chance of keeping their home was to fight back. The Indians fought the United…

During 1950s -70s in United States there were many civil rights movements was going on. Many different people fought for their rights that was giving by constitution but they were taken away by government. As result, leaders of different groups started to protest however their protest was non violence. The most famous leaders were Martin Luther King, Betty Friedan and Leonard Peltier. Those leaders used similar tactics which helped them to reach their goals. Overall, the movement lead by these…

The Effect of Sectionalism on the United States Sectionalism has been present in American culture since its colonization by Great Britain after 1607. Early sectionalism began between the first settlers and the Native Americans and this divide continues today. Later, divides between groups of settlers as well as political and moral differences created even more sectionalism. These divides lead to industrial and intellectual developments that help to advance society. The most common example…

In nineteenth century America, Indians were commonly viewed as an inferior race and one that could be taken advantage of. There were, however, white Americans who thought differently, believing that Indians were almost if not as advanced as their white counterparts and that they had the ability to coexist with them. As some of the ideas of Indians being an “inferior race” progressed and were passed along via word of mouth, they began to form from a classic case of racism to full blown myths and…

Alexander argues is, “The War on Drugs is the vehicle through which extraordinary numbers of black men are forced into the cage” (Alexander 185). She proves this claim in her book stating that white people aren’t as identified as blacks when it comes to the War on Drugs. Black men are more assumed to having, selling, or consuming drugs than white men. For example, Alexander says, “We tell ourselves they [black men] ‘deserve’ their fate, even though we know—and don’t know—that whites are just as…

Indian conflict played a significant role in the founding of the United States, starting almost immediately after Christopher Columbus’s landing in the Americas. When the Spanish settlers arrived in the “new land”, they brought crops, livestock, and advancements in weaponry from their homes; this increased violence between tribes and brought new diseases/invasive species to the Native’s land. Along with bringing physical representation of Europe, the Spanish brought religion, offering…

Confederation vs. Constitution Before the Constitution of the United States was incorporated as the Supreme Law of the Land, the Founding Fathers drafted the “Articles of Confederation”, which can be deemed as a “mini constitution” which contained many flaws and inaccuracies which the Fathers attempted to rectify and improve upon. Initially, the U.S. was not actually united in the legal sense – rather, they were a loose confederation of states (hence the Articles of Confederation)…

Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk, Dictated by Himself, often referred to as simply, “Black Hawk: An Autobiography,” is a stunning glimpse into the Indian and Revolutionary Wars that ravaged the United States during the 1800’s. Carefully encrypted inside this volume are the words of a war-worn leader who led a nation through a golden age, and who eventually saw the fall of his own people to those he had both fought and befriended. Because this book is dictated by Black Hawk himself, it…

ideal of black capitalism has strongly shaped the American culture today. The racial America we live in has molded many American cities and the black culture. Now many Black Americans hold resentment towards officials, we should trust and rely on which is leading to many movements such as “Black Lives Matter” which could be a cause and set back in developing a new America. The destruction of Black Wall Street was the first reporting of an American city bombing from the air by the United States…