Medgar Evers

to heavily rely on Youtube for advice about life, how to be a man, politics and overall developing respectable ideologies about the world around me. My mother couldn’t teach me how to become a man but Malcolm X, Mlk Jr., Dr Claud Anderson and Medgar Evers, all people whose ideologies shaped mine could definitely teach me how to become a man. The bubble of benightedness that surrounded me for so long was finally ruptured a year after my father’s withdrawal from my life, When the reality of my…

Throughout the 1960s, African-Americans suffered a grueling life solely because of the color of their skin. Whites not only forced Blacks to use separate bathrooms, water fountains, restaurants, etc., but also, harmed and even killed them with no consequence. Ingrained in almost everyone’s mind, racism became the societal norm. This racism - epitomized by The Help through Jackson, Mississippi - repeated itself throughout the south. Representing society at the time, Kathryn Stockett in The Help…

Morgan Freeman was born June 1, 1937 in Memphis Tennessee to Mayme Freeman who was a teacher and Morgan Porterfield Freeman who was a barber. He died April 27, 1961from Cirrhosis. Morgan was sent to his grandmother in Charleston Ms. He moved around a lot during his childhood. Living in Greenwood MS and Gary Indiana, then finally Chicago ILL. Where he begin his acting career at nine years old. Playing the lead role in a school play he went to Broad Street high School which today is Thread gill…

most insidious part of this conditioning process . . . was that we have been trained not to expect a response in ways that mattered” (39). What is so strikingly effective about Yamada’s argument, though, is how she embraces intersectionality without ever even using the words. She communicates clearly that her identity is more than just one label or one category. Her experiences are not synonymous with that of Asian American men or white women. She falls into category that is unique, and even…

It was a pleasure and convenience to have experience a live Jazz concert at Medgar Evers College on Saturday May 6, 2017, the title of the concert was JAZZ! The women’s viewpoint. What made this performance unique and special that it consisted of all female orchestra, who shined individually and together produce a chemistry hypnotizing the assembly? The audience were mainly older ladies and gentlemen. Whereas, I was the only youthful, and most likely student there. It was obvious that the…

represent the struggle that the standards of discrimination thrust upon them. They did the best they could for themselves, but because of the color of their skin they were severely limited in their day to day lives. For example, in the novel when Medgar Evers is shot by the KKK, the bus driver stops and forces all the black people off. Everyone on the bus was in potential danger, but only the white people were valuable enough to…

Shortly after arriving on campus, the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha caught my attention because I realized that they play an integral role in various student organizations. One of my first experiences came when I attended a Black Student Movement meeting and everyone in attendance was to pair up to write notes to elementary school students. The president of BSM, Tre Shockley, walked up to me and asked to pair for the assignment. While up with me while writing the note he talked to me my…

Nina Simone Biography Nina Simone was a powerful black singer in the 1960s and 70s. She became famous for her amazing talent and the way she put her feelings and emotion into words through song. She wrote a lot of music about civil rights and was admired by many other influential people of her time. Many people respected her for her unapologetic attitude and her amazing voice. Her songs are still sung today because of the amount of raw emotion flowing through them. Originally named…

Times were changing the in the United States during the 1960s. President Eisenhower was leaving office while President Johnson was stepping in. “Civil Rights” became a common term, while names like “Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Rosa Parks” were impolite to talk about but everyone loved to chat about it behind closed doors. Everything was split; separate but equal was taken to the extremes. Segregated bathrooms, separate counters to eat at, blacks and whites couldn’t even attend the same…

What would America look like today if we were all truly equal? If prejudices based off skin color wasn’t ongoing, or if police brutality didn’t exist. Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army, wrote her speech in the 70’s and it continues to apply to our modern day minorities. In To My People, Shakur criticizes the unjust actions and prejudices held against black people in their society at the time. To begin, Shakur applies the device of diction in order to…