Selma

Inspired by the book, “The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda,” by Christianna Brand and Edward Ardizzone, the film “Nanny McPhee (2005),” directed by Kirk Jones, embeds the laboring trials a nanny, a person who is employed to take care of a child, goes through to establish valuable lesson into the minds of their charge. The film came to life with the expertises of great actress and actor who starred in the film: Emma Thompson (who played magical Nanny McPhee), Colin Firth (who play Mr. Cedric…

made the action and had the courage to go up and say it. But if he didn't make that action of going up, then he would of never have had said the speech and anything that he had cause would never have been here today. Another good example is the walk “SELMA.” On March 25,1965 Martin Luther King jr led thousands…

very informative regarding the history of the movement, the comic serves to reconstruct interpretations of protest and freedom. This excerpt gathered from Congressman John Lewis’ graphic trilogy depicts the violent confrontation which took place in Selma, Alabama in March of 1965. Regarded as “Bloody Sunday,” the march for voting rights was led by Lewis and other young civil rights leaders and involved a historic, and bloody, confrontation by the police. This excerpt includes the iconic image of…

African-American Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Rights Movement have some similarities. Firstly, both these two movements are started is because some groups of people couldn’t get full citizenship rights in the U.S. Their goals are both to get full citizenship to specific group of people, such as African-Americans and women. Secondly, through my research, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was banned segregation and discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin,…

It’s 1963, and the March on Washington has begun to unravel. You push through the enormous crowd to get a closer look at the voice, the symphony, that is giving commands of justice to the audience. The crowd is like a swamp, you’re trudging to get through to see its face. At last, you have it in your vision. It’s a colored man, dressed formally for the city. His voice boomed for miles, his music reaching the ears of the masses. It would give them hope, their freedom. His speech touched the…

peacefully, if that doesn’t work; they should use violence. Which would the citizens most likely be persuaded with peace or violence. Most people would choose the peaceful option, they wouldn’t like to burn people's house down. The Black citizens in Selma, Alabama weren’t getting the voting rights that the fifteenth amendment said that they would. They were able to vote, but they had to go through so many tests and procedures that made it…

Throughout American history, prejudice and discrimination of people of color has been a common theme. This reoccurrence has consisted of the worst parts of the American people. It first began with the unforgivable thought that due to skin color that people of color were an inferior race and because of this that there were subjected to the malicious use of power to enslave other races. The extent of this treachery lasted for more than 200 years. After the abolition of slavery in the United…

The social changes that have been wrought in the United States are immense. We went from a country that upheld slavery as ‘the natural way’ to a country with a black president. We went from a country where it was legal for a man to beat his wife to a country deeply embroiled in the feminist movement. We went from a country that was intolerant of immigrants to–well, we’re still working on that one. Despite its many shortcomings, this country’s long-held tradition of marching towards equality has…

strong believer that the vote is the most powerful non-violent tool that African Americans could utilize. John Lewis was a leader and a challenger, he headed many protests and participated in many others. Lewis led an infamous march that took place in Selma, Alabama, over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This march is most commonly known as Bloody Sunday due to the police violence that unraveled. The police that were positioned to shut down the march were told to “take whatever means necessary” by the…

The Everlasting Cycle of Racial Injustice Ava DuVernay, the director of the film titled “13th”, comes from a background of highly appreciated films such as, Selma, Middle of Nowhere, and I Will Follow. In addition to her impactful media presentations, she was also mentioned in the Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders of 2017. From the relinquishment of the civil war to our present era, the documentary provides an accurate and detailed time lapse of how african americans continue to be…