Jim Crow laws

Question 4 1969 was a time where African American musicians and political organizations were fighting against the war on Black America. For example, James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone both stood up for African American rights and equality, but took very different approaches to their music and message. Political organizations also took a similar approach to black liberation. For instance, there were militant groups like The Black Panthers and nonviolent advocacy groups like the Student…

There will never be perfect equality in any government or justice systems. However, the US Constitution strives for a balance of justice and impartiality. The constitution grants equal protection of laws for all races and genders. We live in a nation under a colorblind constitution. Black Lives Matter movement leaders argue that local and national government agencies are failing to protect African Americans rights and privileges and that white supremacy…

Citizen and possibly Capitalism. Both Alexander and Coates discuss U.S. history in the way it actually happened. It is important to not forget about what happened in the past, because it will make the future. So no, never talking about slavery or Jim Crow will not be beneficial to the future of our country, and not talking about those events will maintain the power held by certain individuals over everyone else. As we know, it is tradition, heritage, to destroy the black body. (Coates,…

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…

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…

changes have happened in the United States, such as new laws and new Amendments being passed. The Fourteenth Amendment states that no State is allowed to form any precedent concerning the…

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…

is being pushed aside and now making room for Jim Crow Jr. in prison complex, education, the war on poverty and drugs; how schools are now becoming militarized by eliminating art programs and music. He also spoke of DuBois and his 1957 writing where he spoke of how integrity faces oppression and DuBois…

“Cultural critiques consist of the energetic deconstruction of powerful ideas, institutions and practices” (Dyrness, 208). This statement begins to formulate an essence of continuous process of social justice reform. Informing us that as long as there are cultural creations through the many (different) facets of people, a recycling of emerging dialect of ideas will be formulated to maintain and recreate institutions and practice. The perspective of marginalized groups rely drastically on theses…

African Americans, energizing every other cultural movement as well. At the same time, southern white resistance to the ending of segregation, with its attendant violence, stimulated a northern-dominated Congress to enact 1957 the first civil rights law since 1875, creating the Commission on Civil Rights and prohibiting interference with the right to vote African americans were still massively disenfranchised in many southern states. A second enactment 1960 provided federal referees to aid…