Counting Crows

In The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander, a comparison is made between modern mass incarceration, fueled by the War on Drugs, and old Jim Crow laws. This comparison is made through the examination of the American police state and felons rights in relation to black bodies. While this issue is something that, Alexander argues, affects primarily black people in the United States, the book is clearly aimed at a white educated audience for whom these issues have less direct ramifications. This…

The poem Valery as Dictator, written by LeRoi Jones, is about segregation and the hardships of the African-American society waiting for their equality in America. It’s upsetting to LeRoi how often the African Americans needs are pushed aside constantly. He questions why are we waiting. At the time this poem was written America was under the “separate but equal” doctrine that allowed states to enforce segregation while giving the whites and blacks “equal opportunity” when in reality the African…

The Book and Real Events Attention getter (McCabe #). In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee took events that happened in real life to create the book. The events it connects tom are the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and all the racism. One of the connections in the novel is the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws are a set of laws the made the whites superior to the blacks. Some people thought that they needed the laws because they believed that blacks should not be equal and that they are not…

Following the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction the United States witnessed many movements that were created to address some facet of the sociological make up of the American people. One of the concepts that citizens were seeking to change was the various inequalities that existed following the Civil War and Reconstruction. The Civil War and the era of Reconstruction brought the top of equality to the forefront for many citizens. Those most affected by the Civil War and Reconstruct were…

Majority of African American’s had many struggles, and obstacles that they faced. Reconstruction left a remarkable change in the United States towards the end of the Civil War. When Congress passed the thirteenth amendment: many African Americans lives were affected politically. They were socially impacted when, both blacks and whites were equal. Many African Americans settled in the South and starting living their lives, which impacted Economic issues as the population increased. Various lives…

There were many changes during the 1960s due to the Counterculture. It was a time where ideas, clothing, issues, music, and philosophy changed. The counterculture lasted from 1964- 1972. The Counterculture movement was mostly created by young adults and college students. During this time period new groups of organizations and people were made, one group that stood out the most were called Hippies. They had the biggest impact on the Counterculture movement. They were created a little after the…

Reconstruction (1865-1877) refers to the efforts made by the government to not only unify and rebuild relations between the North and the South but to also polish the depressing status of Black Americans. However the lack of political and social effort along with untreated economic wounds, halted Reconstruction, subsequently causing it to be unsuccessful for several reasons. The Freedmen’s Bureau was not only underfunded, but it was discontinued, leaving a massive number of Black Americans…

The first example to America’s real history is the presence of Jim Crow in the novel. Jim Crow is a set of laws against blacks, which made blacks less than whites. The towns back then needed Jim Crow laws to keep blacks and whites away from each other. Examples of these laws were that the blacks had separated bathrooms. Another example is if a white man of women talks to a black person the black person must remain polite and never make a reference to them as being less then you. Most punishments…

Sothern horrors is a pamphlet produced by the author Ida B wells detailing the barbaric nature of southern lynch laws in the Jim crow era of the United States. In it she details what she believes to be some of the main issues that caused the toxic environment for African Americans during these times. Issues such as white supremacy, and preserving the apparent honor of white women were the main causes of the lynchings she discusses within her paper. Her intent in writing this paper is quite clear…

Before Malcolm X entered this world, his destiny would already begin to tell a story of struggle and uncertainty. On May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was born during one of the worst time periods for African Americans. The years leading up to the 1920s, were filled with lots of hatred and negativity for those of color. It was a time of racial hatred; this lead the to horrific creation of the Klu Klux Klan. This racial organization was known to terrorize blacks, going as far as setting many homes and…