Gilbert du Motier

The first major legal challenge of the Jim Crow laws was the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) for his removal from the car on a train all the way to the high court, which ultimately decided that "separate but equal" accommodations for African Americans and whites weren't discriminatory. The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Constitution (14th and 15th Amendments) African Americans had political rights, but social rights were not required. According to the court, as long as…

3 The Jazz age or roaring twenties influenced the moral traditions of women greatly. Women start to cut their hair short,, smoked cigarettes, involved themselves in alcohol liquor, stared putting on make up and dresses and short skirt. These cultures of women still continue to survived up to present day today. Women wear mini skirts, go to parties, indulge themselves in smoke cigarettes and alcohol even in front of their kids. I believe women wanted to show that they are equal to men and…

Beauford Delaney, born in Tennessee in 1901, was an influential Abstract Expressionist artist that worked in New York City until relocating to Paris after World War 2 where he earned the title of “dean of American Negro painters living abroad.” He was even an inspiration to writers like Henry Miller and James Baldwin who described him as being “much admired for the jazzy urgency of both representational and abstract compositions.” Delaney’s paintings started out to be mainly portraits and street…

While exemplary in their intent and actions, most movements to lessen the achievement gap between black and white children has substantially widened the gap (McLaren & Farahmandpur, 2006). W. E. Du Bois spent most of his life bringing attention to the plight of the miseducation of the minority student. He recognized the educative value of a learning environment that was rich in objects that could stimulate children’s interests and curiosity (Gutek, 2005). Today’s educational experience is…

African-American leader’s philosophy that I most agree with is W.E.B. Du Bois. W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, writer, activist, author, and educator. He was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People (NAACP) and was known for his collection of essays, Souls of Black Folk, which was a strong movement in the African American literature with many other influential writings. W.E.B. Du Bois attended Harvard University, now…

Carlos Lopes Feb 23rd 2016 African American Literature Instructor - Brionne Thompson I, Too – Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was a very well known African-American poet who was also a social activist, novelist, playwright and a columnist. Hughes was born on February 1st , 1902 in Joplin Missouri, United States with an African American, white American and also native American ethnicity. Hughes parents were both educators, however his father abandoned him while he was still a kid. Hughes…

As wrapped all the ideas and studies that Stuart Hall and Edward Said contend regarding the identity and culture, I connect them to Du Bois’s studies in regards to individual identity. To Du Bois, individual identity [as Garner and Hancock (2014) report] may be “asked by accounts that leave out some groups’ contributions” (p. 194). The authors emphasize that Du Bois also “outlines theory of the social construction of identity linked to the analysis of power and structural inequality” (2013:194).…

From my perspective, these two black leaders offered differing philosophies, strategies, and tactics for African Americans following Reconstruction both insightful and persuasive arguments. In their present time in the in the late 19th and 20th century the best advice present to me, if I was in a situation to choose, would be the Booker T. Washington speech given. Despite the fact it is being viewed as a surrender of the African Americans political influence, second, emphasis on social liberties…

One of the most distinguishable African American Pioneers was William Edward Burghardt W.E.B. Du Bois, he was one of many black intellectuals around the world. This vanguard instilled in many African American a profound sense of purpose. For example, Morgan State University compliments the morals, values, and principles he insists African Americans must have. His battle cry was education, a primary tool to combat an unjust nation. William Edward Burghardt was born February 23, 1868 and died…

In this poem by Langston Hughes, we are quickly informed on the speakers knowledge of rivers. Being that much time has past throughout the timeline explained in the poem, the reader can conclude that the speaker is ancient. He is a very wise man who has a lot of stories to tell. Each river listed in this poem has its own function and meaning. Understanding these will enable the reader to grasp the meaning of the poem itself. The Euphrates River symbolizes the beginning or dawn of time. Just…