Southern Hemisphere

Two Sides of Hate The Ku Klux Klan and The Black Panthers are two of Americans most predominate organizations. They have long been a part of American history. Two completely different organizations who were founded upon hate for two separate reasons, they both believe they should have their own nations. Both have been part of many violent protests and acts. These two organizations have a lot in common and many differences such as why they were founded, the rights they are protecting, and their…

During the late 1980’s African American cinema transformed by the two movies Krush Groove and Do The Right Thing. The directors chose to not only expose the experiences of some black Americans during the time, they also used music to enhance the scenes and express the message they wanted to share. Adding another element like music to the films created an atmosphere for the audience to capture their imaginations. The directors primarily capitalized on the newly fad of hip-hop by targeting the…

Sing Bird, Sing History can confirm that African Americans have been fighting for equality for a long time. Many African Americans have spent their whole lives fighting racism and fighting for equality. More recently today’s African American men are dealing with being wrongfully killed by police, a group of people who are supposed to protect and serve. Inequality has even made its way to television screens through the National Football League. In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Maya Angelou…

In the book “Trail of Tears: The Rise and fall of the Cherokee Nation” a book where more than 18,000 Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma in a march known as The Trail of Tears, John Ehle explains with details all the events that led to this happening. In the book we learn a lot from the Cherokee nation which was one of the most important tribes at that time. There are also many characters discussed in this book, like the life of major Ridge who was one of the most well known and important…

Winnifred Sullivan’s, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom is a thought provoking book in which she addresses her involvement and observations of the trial Warner vs. Boca Raton (1999). The trial is about a group of Florida residents who wanted to remove the city’s forcible removal of gravesite memorial arrangements that they had erected for their deceased relatives (Sullivan 2). Sullivan is an academic and a lawyer, hence she is able to portray both sides of the coin from a socialistic…

Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education Through the entire course of US history, discrimination has been heavily prevalent. However, there are two cases in which discrimination can clearly be seen changing. Plessy vs Ferguson and Brown vs Board of Education helped determine the fate and treatment of black people in America. The first of these cases happened in 1896, when a 1/8th black man named Homer Plessy defied the Louisiana Separate Car Act statute and sat in a white railroad…

Mart A. Steward tells the story of the relationship between humans and their interaction with nature on the Georgia coast in his book, What Nature Suffers to Groe. In each chapter, Steward dives into a different aspect of this careful relationship that shaped the Georgia colony. Chapter 1 talks about the Georgia Plan and how the Trustees did not give an accurate report about Georgia’s climate and soil. This chapter also discusses how land was plotted out for use by the colonists. Chapter 2…

Shades of OutrageIda B. Wells, a brave journalist in a troubling time, wrote “Southern Horrors: Lynch Lawsin All Its Phases” and “A Red Record” to illustrate the unjust lynching of African Americans in the south. In these pieces, Wells uses an objective tone and indisputable evidence to argue against the unjust and brutal practice of lynching African American men for any crimes, proven or otherwise. Horrifyingly, in several cases, there is no crime involved at all. In her arguments, she uses…

Throughout my life I've encountered a lot of obstacles and hardships. However I've learned to deal with them and in turn, I have become a better person. I was born and raised in Wichita, a city more southern than northern in the state of Kansas. Life was good for awhile, I was just a young kid with big dreams in a broken city. I saw all the homeless people, drug addicts, drug dealers, Prostitutes, etc. but didnt think nothing of it. Of course I was young, I thought abuse was normal,…

During the time of 1800 and 1848 multiple political problems arose causing a divide between the north and the south, dividing the nation into two. The north and the south went head to head over every problem making it even harder to come together as one. Two of the major problems that caused conflict were the topics of slavery and sectionalism. Since the country was so unbalanced the question of why was the north able to win over the south arises. The topic of slavery was something that the…