Southern blot

During the 1920’s, African Americans were treated differently based on where they lived. The South was more difficult to live in than the North and many African Americans who lived in southern states did not have many rights.” Black people’s lives were severely restricted” (Flappers and The New American Woman). Many southern states passed Jim Crow laws which were enacted in order to separate the blacks from the whites. Later the NAACP was formed to overturn the Jim Crow laws. African Americans…

Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American that lived and fought through racial oppression. He was one of the most well known leaders of nonviolent protests. Being a minority trying to persuade the privilege that it’s time for change is a tough job. In King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” has many components that are crucial to catching the audience attention and proving a point. In this letter Martin Luther King Jr. was responding back to rude comments that clergymen made about him and…

General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea really encompassed nearly the whole State of Georgia. Just as Jackson sought to wage war in an indirect fashion against the political will of the Union to maintain the war by near constant threats to the capitol and by typing up troops, Sherman sought to undermine the civilian population of the south in order to shirk Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater that confronted Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant in front of Richmond and Petersburg.…

For a period of time, slaves and indentured servants shared very similar rights and statuses. When slaves first arrived, they were treated like indentures servants. No slave laws at the time meant that the slaves were given equal amount of freedom and opportunity. Eventually, that all went away when powerful Maryland and Virginian planters ratified several laws that distinctly separated the white indentured servants from the black slaves. These planter elites went away with “long-standing…

costs in comparison to its competitors. Despite the growing expansion of many of these corporations and the need for workers, corporations were in full control of the wage and benefits that caused a major backlash with rising alliances such as the Southern Farmers’ Alliance and Colored Famers’ Alliance. Corporations make many of their decisions based on what cut costs the most and what will allow the corporation to make the most profit in their company, despite the poor working conditions and…

The abolition movement began in the early 1830s. The movement was an effort to end slavery in the United States. These individuals valued and believed that all men were created equal and valued personal freedom. Abolitionists, over time grew more blatant in their demands, fueling regional controversy, which lead to the American Civil War. The ultimate goal of the abolitionist movement was to secure the emancipation of every slave and to end segregation and ration discrimination. In colonial…

Between 1787 and 1840, slavery shifted the relations between France and the United States and allowed for western expansion to have a massive effect on the US economy. Not only did slavery inside the United States impact its own development, but also slavery outside the US, especially Saint Domingue. With the massive expansion of the global economy to West Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean, the US provided strategic ports for intercoastal trade. However, its potential for being a massive…

on their motorcycle. Africans can hate the flag all they want, but they will never get rid of the flag completely. “NONE of the flags of the Confederacy or Southern Nation ever flew over a slave ship. Nor did the South own or operate any slave’s ships. The English, the Dutch and the Portuguese brought slaves to this country, not the Southern Nation. BUT, even more monumental, it is also very important to know and understand that Federal, Yankee, Union ships brought slaves to America! These ships…

The era of Reconstruction took place right after the Civil War ended in 1865. Slaves were freed during the Civil War, but the laws that were passed after that showed that African Americans did not have the same freedoms that the whites did. Segregation, sharecropping and Plessy vs. Ferguson are three ways that prove African Americans did NOT gain their freedom during the Era of Reconstruction. One way that proves African Americans did not gain their freedom during the Era of Reconstruction…

After I read the texts the Power of Nonviolence, The Freedom Walkers, and watched the video about Emmett Till I realized that each of them were themed around the same thing. However, this did not come as much of a surprise. I get that each of these were made by different people, but since each of the take place about historical events based on the same era in time it was somewhat of an expectation to come. It was noticing the exact common thread between all of these that took me a few rereads…