Pan-American Exposition

Martha Bayles argues that modernity has removed the humanity so essential to early to mid-twentieth century African American music from contemporary music. She furthers the contention that vernacular musicians, specifically those from the African American idioms of blues and jazz, were not primitives. Rather, they were seasoned professionals with an ability to interject soul and passion into their music. However, to make this argument, Bayles takes aim at the post soul music era as a counter…

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is set during the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, Illinois, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. The event, which would cover over 600 acres and bring well over twenty seven million people was developed by the architect Daniel Burnham. Burnham and his partner at the time, John Root, set out to put Chicago onto a stage of positive reputation and honor. They must both overcome a series of delays and obstacles,…

conservative approach, where DuBois was more radical. Even after having different views they both had some kind of friendship or help from white Americans. In my opinion I would side with Washington because emphasizes education and working toward advancement which I find very important. In all Washington was very powerful and influential African American politician. Washington strongly believed that segregation was wrong because it was "unjust, it invites other unjust measures,…

prominent leaders of African American Political movement of their times. Washington as well as Du Bois recognized that blacks were facing racial prejudices and economic, political, and cultural issues. Both leaders were trying to advance African American rights at a time where discrimination and racism against African American was at its highest. Washington and DuBois both accomplished great things in their fight to achieve freedom and improvement of African Americans. Even though, both leaders…

biggest impacts on the south with his opinions on how to handle racism. W. E. B. Du Bois severely influenced racial rights as well and had a firm viewpoint regarding equality. Although Washington and Du Bois both fought for the rights of African Americans, their ways of approaching this issue was contradictory to each other. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differences between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington and how…

When analyzing the intricate issues of the black Americans in the 20th century, Acknowledgments must be made toward 3 individuals that fought for the advancement of black Americans. These specific individuals are W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey. These 3 individuals all initiated platforms for the advancement of blacks at the time. Understanding the lives of blacks and the treatment of blacks by white Americans at the time plays a very crucial role in acknowledging the…

also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

specific culture or group of people. For instance, when you hear hip-hop dance you immediately think of African Americans right? Let’s take this same idea and apply it to stepping or step dancing, what group of people or culture do you associate it with? I’m sure you connected it to the African American culture as well. This is right. Step dance is very significant within the African American community as a whole. Of course, it happens to be more concentrated amongst fraternities and sororities…

neglected to end slavery for African-Americans. Almost, two years later on January 31st, 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, to abolish slavery in America. This amendment was then ratified on December 6, 1865. Formally, for the very first time, African-Americans were free in America. Be that as it may, at the time, it appeared as if this change took place only on paper. From that point forward, throughout America history numerous African-Americans battled for " Equal Civil Rights",…

Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World and to show how America has grown and progressed since then. In conjunction with the world fair, was the Parliament of the World Religions, an event propitiating non-Christian religions to speak on behalf of their own religion. However, even though the world fair was hosted on a total of 690 acres of land, not a single one of those acres were dedicated to Native American…