Black people

The black lives matter movement focuses on the fact that black citizens have long been far more likely than whites to die at the hands of the police. Demonstrators at the black lives matter movement who chant the phrase “Black Lives Matter” today are fighting for the same rights their ancestors and civil rights activist fought for half a century ago. The organization is not asserting that black lives are seemingly more precious than white lives, or another other for that matter. The organization…

today’s world not many people know about black history or the huge impact that it has had on our world. African Americans who lived through the earlier times all had a dream, but to achieve their dreams they had to have determination, dedication, and self-discipline. Although some people think that Black History shouldn’t be recognized in schools, it should be taught because students should be learning about the heritage and contributions of black Americans, learning about black history is…

Black history is a commemoration of the impotrtant African American leaders and activists. Many people have dispute about the month of February, others are in agreement of this celebrtion and many others disregard it. There is an innimerable amount of reasons of why, “we the people,” should celebrate in this influential month. Black History Month started out as “Negro History Week.” it has appreciably expande into 4 months, one month. Celebrating back history honors the historic African…

Suburbanization by Andrew Wiese examines the forces behind the suburbanization of Black Americans in the 20th century and the challenges they faced in doing so. The author emphasized the importance of black suburbanization for the growth of the 20th century the United States. Establishment of suburbs was critical to the study of Black Americans in the United States. The emergence of suburbs was a representative of the new generation of black American, who were socially and economically advanced…

When Garza is talking about Black Lives Matter she is trying to explain to people as she put it “how black people are being deprived of their basic human rights and dignity”. McLaughlin is talking about how people used armed retentions to try and get their basic rights as well. Both arguments are explained in detail when watching the Netflix documentary called the 13th. Which explain how in American society we went from enslaving people to just making them slaves in prison because that was the…

going to let our son die in vain.” - Tracy Martin, Father of Trayvon Martin. (Alicia Stanley). After the of Trayvon Martin, they didn't him to ‘die in vain’, they wanted his legacy to live on forever. His parents wanted people to speak up and society came together to start the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.The killing of Trayvon Martin occured on February 26,2012 in Sanford, Florida. The teen was walking home from the convenience store with a bag of Skittles and an Arizona Iced Tea in his…

discernible in every culture – through black people’s suffering and discrimination, they were able to create different types of art all over the world. Since the time of slavery, African Americans created music with hidden messages in them, longing for the freedom and opportunities every human being should have. Through these songs, black people instilled a hopeful feeling in themselves and their children, passing it on to the present day generation. Black artists of today, like Janelle Monae…

understanding of the African American family, one must study the African philosophy and cosmology. By learning about the philosophies origins and its five themes, the black family will be able to harmonize itself and begin to see what is wrong with research done by people like E. Franklin Frazier and Daniel Moynihan. Once this is accomplished the black family can free itself from western conceptual incarceration. There are five central themes in African philosophy and cosmology that are…

In the article "Black/White differences in school performance: The oppositional culture explanation" the author uses oppositional culture theory and socioeconomic status to emphasize why there is a gap between whites and blacks in the united states when it comes to dealing with school performance. Oppositional culture theory emphasizes how blacks see limited payoff when it comes to going to school because it’s not benefiting them in the long run (Downey, 2008, pg.122). Most African Americans…

Tulsa race riot, Black holocaust in America, or the Tulsa Lynching. It was conducted by the KKK along with government officials. As a result, these racists killed, arrested, invaded, and destroyed numerous African Americans’ lives. Greenwood Avenue was also known as Negro Wall Street of America because it was the golden door for the black community. The whites, however, often identified the neighborhood as “Niggertown” or “Little Africa”. Nonetheless, Black Wall St. proved black success…