Civil and political rights

He wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and wrote his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the biggest visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. This man is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In both of his writings, he used pathos and logos to appeal to the audience and fit the occasion, so that he can make the people do something about segregation and defend his ideas in an effective way. If he would not have spoken up and…

there are many situations in which our actions conflicts with society. We as a people must decide whether to follow laws our society makes or listen to our conscience. In the drama of “Antigone” and the “Detroit Public Schools” article shows acts of civil disobedience. On multiple occasions the main character Antigone showed compassion and love for her two brothers. Antigone felt it was wrong for King Creon to bury Eteocles and leave Polyneices unburied. Next, in the DPS article, teachers and…

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the second child of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter. At the age of three her parents marriage ended and she and her older brother Bailey ( who was 5 at the time ) was sent to live with their father’s mother, Annie Henderson in Stamps,Arkansas. Angelou’s grandmother Annie was the child of freed slaves and also became the leader of the black community in Stamps. She was the owner of the only…

the bus driver asked four blacks in the first of serveral rows to stand three complied . Mrs. Parks, who was an active member of the local NAACP. refused to give up her seat. ` Her action was impulsive and not intentional, although her previous civil rights involvement and strong sense of justice were obviously the cause . "When I made that decision," she said later. ''I knew that I had the strength…

The Civil Rights movement was a movement mainly organized by African Americans to gain their rights. The rights that were promised to African Americans after the end of the Civil War were not upheld or were disenfranchised by Southerners. The civil rights movement reached its highest achievements in mid and end of the 20th century. Some of the significant events and people were; Rosa Parks, Sit-ins, Birmingham Campaign, the Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee and the Civil Rights Act of…

The idea of hating or fearing a person for how they look or ideas they favor is all around the people. Wherever one may live, prejudice and discrimination is right around the corner. The biggest problem with prejudice and discrimination is children and adults aren’t aware of it, “For many years, people have thought that prejudice and discrimination were relatively minor problems…” (Oskamp 269). It is important…

Despite their efforts to elude the violence, in 1929 their family home was burnt to the ground and two years later, Earl’s body was found lying along across the towns tracks (History.com). Despite this rough upbringing, Malcolm X changed the Civil Right movement by spurring people to participate, offering a violent approach to Martin Luther King’s nonviolent protests, prompted…

African American population through a game of hopscotch, as they are forced to succumb to the white supremacist societal structure in America. She utilizes devices, such as imagery and sound, to portray the emotions of people of color after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The speaker, who articulates on behalf of African Americans as a whole, maintains the innocence of a child playing a game by seemingly singing along. The poem’s structure, imagery, and view of society emphasize the message of…

unalienable rights,” became the foundation of our independent nation in 1776. Abraham Lincoln reiterated this notion in his Gettysburg Address, stating the famous phrase, “Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” However, in the 1950s, it wasn’t a rare sight to see separate bathrooms for the further segregation of blacks and whites (History.com Staff “Civil…

Annie Johnson April 4,1928, and she was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Maya was called Rita in public, she was given the nickname Maya by her older brother who was calling her “my” or “mine”. Her father Bailey Johnson was a doorman and naval dietician, and her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson worked variously worked as a card dealer and nurse. Shortly after their daughter’s birth they had moved their 2 children to Long Beach, California. Three years later they had been divorced and the 2 children had…