Selma

Our country’s past is full of heartache, promising times, and achievements. The Civil Right Movement had its perks and downfall in our country. Imagine us taken twenty steps forward, just to fall fifteen steps backward when trying to get equal rights for everyone. In my assignment, I will be discussing some of the events that occurred in this era of time and including some of my knowledge of them. I will be breaking up my events into three sections, going from the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson…

What is hip hop? Hip Hop is a style of popular music of United States African American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. Hip hop music in 2018 is still very popular in the United States by both men and women and diverse cultures. In the article “Fly-Girls, Bitches and Hoes” by Joan Morgan she quotes rap lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G.’s platinum album “Ready to Die”, scenarios and statistics relating to black on black crime and her mother’s words of wisdom to…

Beowulf, nearly a god among men, a valiant warrior among the Danes, slayer of the beastly Grendel and his mother, the king of Geatland; or so he appears to be, in the original epic. In the movie Beowulf and Grendel, there appear to be some keen differences, not just in Beowulf himself, but the story entirely such as characters and themes. The first apparent difference is the main character, Beowulf. In the epic(Heaney), Beowulf is portrayed as nothing short of perfect, showing zero signs of…

If the definition of public policy is “the outcome of the struggle in government over who gets what” (Cochran & Malone, 2010, p. 14), then it would be reasonable to evaluate policy based on who got what over a given period of time. The economic condition of American families suggests the wealthy have generally maintained control over the national policy agenda. Income distribution in the U.S. today is nearly as unequal as it was in the 1920s; the top 1 percent of Americans received 24 percent…

painful at times but NCAH is treatable. At the cellular level of this disorder, non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a 21-hydroxylase deficiency, a common autosomal recessive disorder due to mutations in the CYP21A2 gene, according to Dr. Selma Witchel, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Hospital in…

Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Disobedience Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King was a man who took leaps of faith to fulfill what he believed to be right; he chose to put his life on the line for equality. Martin Luther King Jr.’s involvement in civil disobedience was due to personal influences, he chose to participate in civil disobedience to protest unfair racial treatment, and…

On May 17, Dr. King speaks to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C. | 1958 | The U.S. Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. King's first book, Stride Toward Freedom, is published. On a speaking tour, Martin Luther King, Jr. is nearly killed when stabbed by an assailant in Harlem. Met with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Lester Grange on problems affecting black Americans. | 1959 | Visited India to study…

“The Struggle for Black Equality” by Harvard Sitkoff, summarizes the key elements in the fight for the civil rights of African Americans from 1954-1980. The book was set up in chronological order, each chapter embodying the new step to gain equality. The first chapter is titled “Up from slavery,” it consists of the small actions that took place slowly to assure the equal rights. By the end of the first chapter, the concept of equal rights was introduced more prominently, opening people's eyes to…

of white clergymen who doubted his tactics.(www.history.com) King changed the way we think because he organized nonviolent marches and protests. He wrote books about how he was treated and about the events he became famous for. King led a march in Selma, Alabama to increase the number of African American voters in the south but again, King was arrested. He was not a man to be discouraged even after being arrested several times. Finally, after the demonstrators were beaten and the…

While thinking of a revolutionary leader, Congressman John Robert Lewis came to mind. As a courageous transformational leader, he began his journey with the need of equality for African Americans. He was one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In his early mission for equality, he challenged the law and with determination for change but the justice system let him down. According to his biography, despite more than 40 arrests,…