Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, is a writer,and she is known for many auto-biographical novels and she also writes poetry and essays. She also loved to study music, dance,and drama. From 1963 to 1966 Angelou was involved in the black civil rights movement. Maya Angelou wrote this specific poem called; “Phenomenal Women”. Angelou has a very creative way of saying things throughout her poem. Angelou talks about a woman in the poem that talks about herself a lot she repeats the phrase“ I’m…
M.L.K use of Logos and Pathos in his Writings Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered for many things. He is a world renowned civil rights activist whose words affected the hearts of many. His marches united people race demanding the rights for all Americans in a peaceful, yet effective manner. His speeches drew crowds of thousands of people, whose lives were affected by his words. But how was Dr. King able to do so much with just words? Simple, it wasn’t just the words, but the language he used…
enthusiastically” (Miller). Many African Americans came to Malcolm’s speech because they really wanted to know what he meant by the “ballot” and “bullet”. By the end of his speech, Malcolm wanted that many African Americans would stand up for their right to vote; indeed many of them did by giving nonviolent protests. On April 3, 1964, Malcolm X went to Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, to give his speech to a crowd of three thousand people, which many attended were white” (McNeil).…
Fighting for Civil Rights Civil rights will always be a movement. It’s something the United States, the land of the free, has always struggled with. Every time an issue about civil rights is brought up, millions fight against making a change. The United States has come such a long way with civil rights, but it’s foolish to think that the civil rights movement is over. The fight is still going on and will continue to go on until this country values all lives equally. Malcolm X fought for equal…
Caucasians that made up the population of Montgomery county. Ethel stated that African Americans were treated as second class citizens during that time period; they didn’t have the freedoms and rights we share in today’s society. Ethnicity made a big difference in how you were treated. African Americans didn’t have a right to vote, and very few of them were given the opportunity to own something. You spent your time working for someone else, building their businesses. You didn’t have the…
racist apartheid system which excluded blacks from many areas of society. Back in the day mainly starting in the 1800’s, many people had to fight and stand up for injustice. One of these people was Dr. Martin Luther King, who was a non-violent civil rights leader and went through many battles to receive greater equality. Dr. martin Luther King motivated his audience to stand against injustice in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, through rhetorical devices such as pathos,…
Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws. They rode the bus segregation is unconstitutional under the 14th amendment which addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American civil war. Another event leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott protest was the Baton Rouge bus boycott which happened February 25, 1953. Before this boy car, black people were forced to…
The Ballot or the Bullet is a persuasive speech given by Malcolm X who had a significant impact at the time when there is Civil Rights Movement. The speech takes place in the 1960’s and in Kings Solomon Baptist Church. It portrayed the African Americans as an oppressed group to make the audience aware of their own rights, and beliefs. Ethos was an element that is encountered in the speech it is one of the most common used persuasive techniques that aims to gather the society members. Therefore,…
Washington is possibly his most important achievement. In this march he gave his most famous speech, the "I have a Dream speech". This rally helped the Civil Rights law which banned all discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or national origin. This speech eventually lead to a march that had white people in it to. This was a step in equal rights for everyone. Montgomery bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott was an important…
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was tired and extremely exhausted. Rosa got on the Montgomery Bus to get home. The bus was for white and black people every time a white person got on and there wasn’t enough room, they would move the black sign back. As the buss started to move the driver noticed a white man standing, the bus driver stopped the bus got out and moved the black sign back. When the driver moved the sign back, Rosa was in a seat in front of the sign.…