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War, African Americans were forced to deal with great discrimination. At the same time, two of the most influential black leaders of the time, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, attempted to improve African Americans’ situations in two very different ways. Though these men had very different philosophies, they shared a mutual goal: gaining equality and civil rights for blacks. Booker T. Washington was born a slave and emancipated at nine years old. He attended Hampton Institute in Virginia,…

experiencing is exposed through Countee Cullen’s, work. He brought new respect and awareness to the black race; through poems like “Heritage”, “Fruit of The Flower,” and “Incident”. His life experiences were quite different from most African Americans of his era; which helped shape his brilliance. This made him much of an economic figure, because it gave him the advantage of connecting to both white and black races. Countee Cullen was born on 30 March 1902,…

a system of government, or perpetrated by citizens that are then never prosecuted by the government, shows the African American race the reality of impunity and the face of American racism. The key to stopping racism and stopping the oppression of black Americans is education. Education is the antithesis of ignorance, and ignorance breeds racism, and when our children, and our citizens are educated in institutions that have proper funding, and good teachers, then the division between the races…

In Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2004, at a dinner sponsored by the NAACP, Bill Cosby spewed out words of judgment, criticism and condemnation against poor blacks. I was outraged by his words that indicated that poor blacks had betrayed the Civil Rights Movement by failing to do their part. Hearing Cosby’s words provoked my memory of the love spoken through the words of Dr. Martin Luther King in his final speech, I Have Been to the Mountain Top: I would say millions of people in the Negro…

because he is defending a black man. This shows his sangfroid and composure because most people would crack under that pressure. Instead he is seemingly unbothered, and actually has to deal with his children’s response and keep them in control. “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an ' that nigger oughta hang from the water tank" (102). This is just one example of the way people talked about Atticus. The town was angry, and utterly confused about why Atticus would defend a black man.…

passionate, black activists in American history. He gave African American a hope that one day they would no longer be looked…

whisky and takes the money out of the register. Jefferson was going to run away but two white men stopped him and he got thrown into jail. Jefferson had a court case but it was one-sided. He claimed he was innocent but it didn 't matter because he was black. Jefferson 's lawyer even degraded him by saying “What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.” His lawyer is saying that Jefferson is not better than a…

taking an individual stance against racial segregation and atavism. The women depicted in the picture stand outside a forest. Note the trees are blurred as the camera lens primarily focuses on the three ladies. Here, the photographer attempts to render black people visible among the community. The rope signifies the enslavement carried on after the abolishment of slavery. They wrap the rope around their neck in an attempt to gain control of a…

In Stockett’s The Help and Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles the key characters are affected by the society in which they live, in a variety of different ways. The Help focuses on the segregation of society in the 1960’s. It focuses on two black maids who tell their stories to Skeeter, a young white writer. They all work together to challenge these unfair practices enforced by white men and women. In Tess of the D’Urbervilles the story is based on the life of Tess Durbeyfield who is sent to…

presented to the United Nations in next months meeting. They are considering what the police are doing as “culture of impunity.” Even though Chicago is only made up of 33% blacks, in 2011 of all of the youth arrests in Chicago 77% of them were black. It is also known that 92% of the stun gun related arrests were against black and Latino youth. These cases are proving that police brutality is primarily targeting citizens of colored races. However, what makes this brutality a lot worse is that the…