Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

In America’s past, African Americans have dealt with racial inequality since the 1800’s. In the 1960’s Martin Luther King became a huge African American leader in the hope of equality. All of his work started to pay off as the movement exploded they gained more support which, then made the government change the laws in the United States. This ended up being a very positive and successful movement, but fast forward to 2016 and it has almost gone backwards because of all the hate and racial…

Ethel Provo was born and raised in Ramer, Alabama, a small town outside of Montgomery Alabama. Ethel wasn’t born in a hospital; she was born at home by a midwife. The midwife was a close friend of the family, and delivered most of the babies in the area at that time. Back when Ethel was growing up Ramer was a small town where everyone knew everyone. People didn’t bother locking doors back then, because they felt safe and trusted their neighbors. She said there wasn’t much to steal, because…

When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, for many Americans it symbolized the culmination of decades of fighting for civil rights, and that we had reached Martin Luther King Jr.’s fabled “mountaintop” of equality. However, not all Americans were fully satisfied with this accomplishment, with critics like Toure Neblett writing “Surely Obama’s victory revealed something had changed in America, but it was not a signal that we’d reached… where race no longer matters and equality has been…

After watching and reading the required material over the past few weeks I would have to say that there have been quite a few fundamental advances and declines in society. In conjunction with the last post, “Now it is Personal,” I continue to be on the fence about being pessimistic or optimistic of what the future holds. Since the 1960s America has transformed drastically, not much is the same. America 's outlook on politics, culture, economy, society, technology and over-all beliefs are…

The Civil Rights Movement was considered one of the darkest moments in black history. Although African Americans were freed from slavery, their human rights were held captive. Despite the Supreme Court’s effort to afford blacks a fair education, white America contrived to devalue African Americans. Regardless of the systematic roadblocks in place African Americans always persevered. Instead of violence, African Americans used influence, political power, and protesting to voice their displeasures…

Analysis of I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jnr. The choice of Martin Luther King is rationalized by one thing; his personal character, which encapsulates everything he stands for. There is no disputing that King’s character speaks strongly of action-based leadership; in essence, practicing what you preach. However, King’s practice of what he preaches does not convey a man swayed into violence simply because he has been oppressed. Rather, it speaks sturdily of a man who believes in…

During 1950s -70s in United States there were many civil rights movements was going on. Many different people fought for their rights that was giving by constitution but they were taken away by government. As result, leaders of different groups started to protest however their protest was non violence. The most famous leaders were Martin Luther King, Betty Friedan and Leonard Peltier. Those leaders used similar tactics which helped them to reach their goals. Overall, the movement lead by these…

The world contains many famous figures who have taken a stand against important issues that they believed to be inhumane or morally wrong. Malcolm X was a man who played a large role in the civil rights movement to help unite black and white people in America through any means necessary. As exemplified throughout Malcolm’s speeches, he strongly believes that one must put his religion aside to fight against the common enemy, in this case, the white people. Malcolm’s role in the Nation of Islam,…

Immanuel Kant would advise Martin Luther King. Jr. to reject paternalism and address the causes of a lack of enlightenment and the preconditions necessary to make it possible for individuals to enlighten themselves. Immanuel Kant’s interpretation of enlightenment would be a general starting point for Martin Luther King to respond to Birmingham’s Racial Segregation Ordinance. Immanuel Kant’s literature on What is Enlightenment argues that the motto of enlightenment is to use your own…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous and respectable man when he was alive. He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He gave many sermons and speeches in his day. On one very important day, 4 February 1968, he gave a sermon called “The Drum Major Instinct;” it was based off an adaptation of J. Wallace Hamilton’s “Drum-Major Instinct.” In King’s sermon, he explains what the drum major instinct is and why you need to be cautious with it. King believed that you shouldn’t use…