John Hinckley, Jr.

Additionally, Errol’s responses brought forth a question that resurfaces many aspects of social justice and advocacy work: Power and the illusion of power. Earlier in the semester we visited Paulo Freire and Myles Hortons’ book, We Make the World by Walking, and examined the flaws of charismatic leadership and certain charismatic leaders: Overly charismatic leaders may see themselves as the driving force behind a movement and overlook how the people, in fact, are the ones who carry the momentum…

In the history of white supremacist groups, many hold extreme restorative approaches to protest actions against their beliefs. Their approach invites their followers to take action by any means necessary to protest democratic or anti-fascist actions. Throughout history, leaders of the American south garner a following through demagoguery to manipulate their audience into following them, allowing the leader to rise to power. Today, similar demagoguery is present among white supremacist leaders in…

One heroic character in the Rastafarian mythology is Leonard Howell, the man they call the first Rasta. He was responsible for introducing Rastafari ideologies to the Jamaican people. Though not everyone in Jamaica followed Howell and many thought he was mentally ill, there were few who thought his teachings held some truth. Thus his journey began in search of truth and freedom for his people. Howells journey ended when he died and his name and legacy went with him and his story became a myth as…

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents were separated just a few years after she was born. Rosa grew up on a farm with her mother. She was home schooled until she was about eleven years old. She then went to a private African American school. Rosa also attended high school but ended up dropping out to take care of her grandmother. Eventually, she went back to high school and graduated when she was twenty years old. It was rare for African Americans to graduate…

As lead my Martin Luther King Jr. who for fifteen years lead sit ins, boycotts, marches, and peaceful protest. While it was a long and arduous journey for this movement to really effect any change on governmental policy. It did have an effect one whose legacy can still be felt today…

speaks to the character of the speaker, which makes them so vastly different in perspective. Martin Luther King Jr was a renowned civil rights activist who advocated nonviolent protests to make a statement, whereas Malcolm X was an activist for black Muslim faith that challenged the civil rights movement and their nonviolent means that was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr could no longer stay silent about the Vietnam war, for even the headlines read “Silence is betrayal”…

Such people as Martin Luther King Jr. whose was The great civil rights activist who was the leading force behind the withdrawal of segregation laws in the 1960 's. Frederick Douglas bravely fought for the cause of the abolishment of slavery in the United States. Rosa Parks a woman who…

In my last few weeks at Harpers Ferry, a man in his mid-fifties walked into the Provost Marshal’s office. He was a big man, maybe six foot four. Bald, overweight, wearing a red polo shit and sagging cargo pants with sunglasses pressed into his forehead. I was already talking to a family from the Carolinas interpreting the experiences of the town’s citizens after the war, when across the former slave states Provost Marshals were replaced by agents of the newly formed Freedman’s Bureau. They were…

Both King and Obama obtain positions in society that affect their perspectives on violence. In his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, King states society needs to overcome violence without the use of violence. By him saying this, the reader can tell that King is an activist for the civil rights movement. He believes in fighting violence with nonviolence, something that is thought to be ineffective for civil rights. King also says, “…nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral…

Joseph Smith, Jr. Situated on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County, Nauvoo grew rapidly during the next seven years as a flood of Latter Day Saints settled in the area. Finally, it would seem that the Mormons had found a place, a holy city where they could practice their faith without the fear of persecution from others. Unfortunately, the peace would not last long due to many different reasons that will be explored in this paper. The Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith Jr., and his…