Selma

With so much respect and honor, President Barack Obama is able to break down the gruesome event that helped this country grow and learn from “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Death and destruction is a topic which is not easy to handle or address while speaking in any situation. President Obama does an exemplary job showing how this horrible event helped change America and get us where we are today. While honoring those that did not plan to sacrifice their lives, he spoke with a purpose…

in Selma, Alabama, when men and women were protesting about their right to vote. From History Channel on A&E Website, the SCLC planned to march from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery ended almost before it began at Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma when mounted police using tear gas and wielding clubs to attack the protesters. This event was one of the first time that the civil rights organizations organized a walk for equality and voting rights that began in Montgomery to Selma,…

Black and White Today’s Hollywood bases its decisions with regard to the artistic quality of a work on how much revenue can be made, not so much on the story’s accuracy. If a story needs to be made more interesting to obtain the attention of the viewers it will be, even at the expense of the story’s veracity. The movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, S.) shows a transition in how Beowulf grows as a person while in the poem he remains a flat character. The movie and the book were very different…

being the most desexualized in an inaccurate gender racist stereotypes. While black men were being lynched and beaten, black women were involved in violent encounters too, especially in situations of rape and other forms of sexual abuse. The movie Selma, acknowledges the role of women played in…

This journey would encompass just under sixty miles of distance from Selma to the Alabama capital building in the year of 1965 (Desmond & Emirbayer 2010, p.100). The law enforcement officials viewed this organized march as deviant behavior challenging their authority and creating a dysfunction in society. The emergency response…

If government puts restrictions on people’s rights, then it’s reasonable for people to stand for their rights. Similarly, in the 1960’s, African Americans established the Civil Rights movement by which they showed their intention to pursue equal rights for everyone regardless of color and race. Due to the fact that African American’s voice hasn’t been heard, it was significant for them to battle for voting rights. Although, African Americans were able to gained the Voting Rights Act, the act…

always been interested in civil rights and the people who fought for their what they deserved. When the movie Selma came out in 2014 I learned who John Lewis was. He stood out to me because he was so young and he inspires all of us. He is one of the few still alive and active today. I loved how much he seemed to be a minor character on the sidelines, but in fact was a huge part of the Selma march. The man the bridge they walked across is named after -Edmund Pettus is my ASK GRAMMY. He and much…

The battle for racial equality was tedious and hard-fought. The Civil Rights Movement paved the path of newfound equality for African American citizens. It was the biggest force in diminishing discrimination, segregation, and racial inequality. Notable icons, civil disobedience, and the push for equality all contributed to the United States becoming a country of fairness for all races. No revolution, or movement, exists without strong people within it. The most famous leader in the Civil Rights…

“We Shall Overcome” was a song that stood by time and cultural meaning. This been sung for many years that deal with protest and hope. But the main focus was changing the underwent and the place of American civil rights movement. This song mean so much to the African-American community that have so many reason with history, how the words is means within the song, and how the people come together as one. The song was built on past tradition that was created from generation to generation.…

events of the Civil Rights Movement was the sit-in movement, Brown v. Board of Education, Selma to Montgomery march, Freedom Rides, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. All of these events played a huge role in the purpose behind the movement, and they set an example…