Life on the Mississippi

I went through high school and currently in two-year collage for diploma without knowledge of many of civil right activists that put in so much time, energy and even last drop of their blood in fight against racism and bring desegregation to the level it is today in United States. Meanwhile I am familiar with many notorious dictators and wicked terrorists like Idiamin Dada of Uganda, Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, and Osama Bin Laden to mention only these few. I believe that including the study of…

The purpose of this study is to present bibliographical information of Hiram Revels and his impact on the culture, politics, and history of the African-American experience. Hiram Revels impacted life, black churches as well as blacks and whites with opposing political views. As the first African American Senate, a person of Revels defeated stereotype that came along with the Dred Scott decision, which stated that no individual of African ancestry was or could be considered a citizen of the…

Have you ever wondered if your life would be different without something specific that changed you? In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses a very important symbol that the whole story revolves around. That is the Mississippi River. All the adventures and Huck Finn’s growing up happened because of the Mississippi River. Without the Mississippi River, Huck would not be the person that he developed into at the end of this story. If the river was never there Huck would…

Three musicians from Mississippi are my Big Three of the Blues. They are Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Howlin Wolf. They have influenced each other and other musicians around the world. All three grew up in poverty in the delta which filled their music with the sorrowful, soulful sound of the Blues. Muddy Waters was born in poverty in rural Mississippi in 1915. Though his real name is McKinley Morganfield, he earned the name given to him by his grandmother during youthful play in the…

Teen Pregnancy in Mississippi Teen pregnancy in Mississippi is at a higher percentage than any other state in the U.S. Parents, teacher, and teenagers should be more concerned with teen in Mississippi being pregnant. Teens being pregnant affect more than them; they affect the people are them. There are many solutions to teens getting pregnant, such as: abstinence from sex, protection during sex, and sex education in schools. According to Gibson, “11.8 percent of Mississippi high school students…

Why is Mississippi Delta still underdeveloped place? Throughout the America, cities and towns are booming yet the Delta stays the same. People are moving to the Southwest for jobs and opportunities to have a better life. Why not be the for Mississippi? The simple reason why the Delta is still in poverty because of after effects of slavery. Slavery has had a big impact on African Americans even to this very day. As much as African Americans try to disassociate themselves from that they will…

THE LAST JUROR BY MARTIN E. WASHINGTON SUMMER READING COURSE MARYGROVE COLLEGE AUG: 25, 2016 Abstract: What’s makes this story line so real is, that my family played real life story that is, dated from the 1920s and due to the factor of economics’ and being a African American family that comes from the Deep South our family truly do understand what the lead black family was going through. What was rare and still very rare in…

all know, poverty is still alive even in the 21st century. Just as the Mississippi Delta is known as the land of the rich and abundant, it can also be characterized as poor and abandoned. Just like reminiscing on the soft music and sweet words from the authors of this impoverished region, an individual can only imagine the terror and inequality that African Americans have experienced throughout the years living in the Mississippi Delta. Living in poverty is hard, and it is sad that the majority…

Freedom Summer, just a mere 10 weeks of the summer of 1964, changed the world, just by changing Mississippi. Reconstruction ended and blacks were no longer slaves, but they continued to be oppressed. Mississippi was the state that kept blacks as slaves without the title. Mississippi had the lowest crime rate, supposedly, but most likely had the most murders of blacks in cold blood. The Mississippi Summer Project dived head first into the volatile violence, subjecting their volunteers to a unique…

of vegetation. In 5000 B.C.E. Nomadic tribes settled this “black land” (Canadian Museum of History, n.d.). Egyptians successful life was made possible thanks to the mighty Nile River. Along the banks fruit trees grew and the river was abundant with fish. There was plenty of water for irrigation so they began growing and…