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During the Black Freedom Struggle, The Integrationists believed that racial equality could be obtained in America, and the best way to achieve it was through non violent protesting. On the other hand the Black Power Separatists believed that Non violence would not work, and the only way to enact real change was to start a revolt against the United States. While the Integrationists and the Black Power separatists model of creating change remained contradictory to each other, the overall end goal…

From textbooks and documentaries to music and television we have always recognized the black freedom struggle as a historical event in American history. However, this tale is more than just “American.” African American history is part of a global story. The black freedom struggle was part of a global fight for liberation. Minorities united against oppression. However, as the struggle progressed activists shifted focus toward national goals. Activists critiqued African nations they once idolized.…

The Black Panther Movement is an important movement because their ideas spread a Marxist's idea of equality for all people no matter of race and gender. They took the idea of African American nonviolence tactical and deceased to an if you get to push you should push back. When people hear the word Black Panther they think of the dislike of authorizing and using violent. However, the Black Panther was more than that it was the FBI who put this idea in people's head. The Black Panther believed…

can actually constitute black identity, is not what one deems themselves, but how others and society in general reacts to a person. The Washington Post article laid it out quite clearly that President Obama is viewed through entirely different lenses when the viewer’s race changes and no matter what statement he makes or who he marries; people will still see and determine his race differently. This phenomena is not just something President Obama experiences, but every black person in America…

be the very end of the world. This was the picture many had called their lives around the time of the Black Death. Always wondering whether they have contracted the disease or would soon. Over one third of the entire European population was wiped out by this disease, and was very easily spread from person t person. There was, though, many contributors to the spread of the Black Death. The Black Death had many causes including rats living very near and traveling with large populations, fleas, who…

polarized differences of the past, blacks in urban American adopted a false presence that focused on their individuality rather than the strong sense of corporate family that once defined its lifestyle. It was this that allowed the nanny to rise as the social household norm for whites within the 1930’s that placed black females within white homes. Who provided care and social attention to white children, this created a new type of family projection from black females born with inherent skills…

For blacks in America there has been little improvement when it comes to discrimination. Black men may have it the worst. Even an uneducated person knows the inequalities and false labels placed on black males. Being a black man in America is equivalent to being a criminal. It was never innocent until proven guilty; it has always been guilty until proven innocent to a certain degree. Kasa’vea Greenslade, 19 years of age, resident of York, Pennsylvania has faced some difficulties as a black man…

the Twitter hub is “Black Twitter”. Black Twitter serves as a modern form of armamentaria and a virtual safe space used to promote and ignite discussions concerning black life and culture. Black people throughout the entire African diaspora use hashtags and the “Black Twitter” arena to activate and inspire discourse about race, gender, economic, and political ideas that are often times eliminated from mainstream platforms.…

achievement is once again the focus of much attention. “Educational expectations are lower for black children, according to Child Trends, a non-profit and non-partisan research center that tracks data about children.” (Cook, 2015) Black American has less opportunities and lack of support from their parents to succeed in the United States. For example, in comparison to their White counterparts, fewer Black families can afford to live in neighborhoods with high property values and well-resourced…

in life. Thus, Black religion I believe is the religious and spiritual practices of people of African descent all around the world, it isn’t just the act of going to church but rather every aspect the religion reaches in individual’s everyday life as well as the community as a whole. The black church and black religion are not synonymous, however. As stated before Black religion describes the practice of people all around the world and with such one would be wrong to assume all black religions…