Selma

The Vietnam war, Civil Rights Movement, student protests and the counter culture had a big impact on America throughout the 1960s. The Vietnam war was first accepted by the American people, but gradually people, especially young people, began rejecting the war. The Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing battle for years, but 1960 brought bigger changes for blacks and was also instrumental in getting rights passed for women. College campuses across the country saw some of the biggest riots in…

And the Band Played on which revealed the identity of patient zero. The man’s name was Gaëtan Dugas. He was described as a beautiful man who had unlimited sexual stamina. He was an international traveler who slept with thousands of men. According to Selma Dritz, once Dugas found out he was dieing he would vindictively sleep with men when the lights were off. Once they had sex he would turn the lights on and say “I am dying and have gay cancer, now so do you.”. Dugas believed he was cursed and…

The fight for equality and against segregation has always been a noble fight. But is inflicting your rage onto those who have inflicted theirs upon you keep your nobility or just bring yours down to their level? Especially when there is a great deal of violence being used. This never-ending battle between the blacks and the whites has tormented the U.S. for years and still goes on in some areas. During the 1950’s –1960’s the civil rights movement was at its peek. This was when the…

The past 21 years that I have been alive, our nation has experienced both racial progression and digression. On November 8th, 2016 when Donald Trump became the president of the United States, I realized that as an African-American my ideological perspective would be a combination of a Black Nationalist and a Radical Egalitarian. Today I am going to argue that there are characteristics from both ideologies that are vital to African-Americans racial progression. I will do this by giving you…

“This terrorist act was a brutal reminder that the success of the march and the changes it represented would not go unchallenged.” [7]. The march also led to the creation of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, and inspired the Voting Rights Campaigns in Selma. The ‘I have a dream’ speech is one of the most famous speeches in history and played a vital role in changing…

In the third New York Times article, “An Assault on the Voting Rights Act,” the word choice of “assault” demonstrates a noticeable bias towards the disapproval of the ruling. It emits a vibe of attack towards the nation. The first sentence, “the conservative majority on the Roberts Court issued another damaging and intellectually dishonest ruling.” goes for a specific stance that accuses the conservative of having class bias against the minority, Entman and Rojecki’s work The Black Image in…

John Legend, singer, songwriter, pianist, is a 36 year old extremely talented man who has succeeded in far more than just reaching fame in music. He comes from an interesting historical background; his 4th and 5th grandfathers were born slaves and died freed men. Being that John Legend was always into Classical soul, hip-hop and gospel music since early childhood, he carried that interest into the music he composes today, which makes him one of the few artists in the r&b/hip-hop music industry…

At the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction, America’s first terrorist organization was formed in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee. This group became known as the Ku Klux Klan. The Greek word for circle is “kyklos”, and the term “clan” was added for alliteration purposes. Six former Confederate veterans came together to create this group as a way to politically remove the Republican party and have white Democratic supremacy in power. The second agenda of the Ku Klux Klan was to…

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta Georgia .1 He was brought up in a middle-class family that held the tradition of Baptist ministry; as a youth, Martin Luther King Jr.’s father was a pastor for the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he taught the Christian faith and the sense of commitment to the black community.2 Hearing his father preach as a young boy about the faith of Jesus gave Martin Luther King Jr. exposure to publicly speaking. He learned early on how to encourage staying…

1. Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women is the story of Susan Burton, a woman who overcame many obstacles and tragedies, spent time in prison, and became a leading figure in the justice reform movement. Burton takes readers along on her journey during which she realized that a racialized structure of control has infected America for decades. She details her abuse, her struggles, her addiction, and eventual recovery. Self-loathing and shaming…