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Discrimination Toward African Americans African Americans have always been subjected to inequality and discrimination since the seventeenth century. Between the early seventeenth century and eighteenth century, slavery had been fairly common. As a result, many people never treated African Americans fairly because people often identified African Americans as slaves, regardless if they were free or not. By the end of the eighteenth century, slavery was beginning to be abolished, but only in the…

Incredible growth and development was cultivated from a monumental storm event during the summer of 2013. The first 11 days of July 2013 recorded 20 inches of rain. During the following two days, July 12 and 13, an additional eight inches of rain fell but in a very short period of time. This amount of rain within such a short period of time resulted in a flood of unprecedented proportions for the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The devastation that occurred to the plants, animals, and…

Soldiers’ day to day lives during the Civil War was filled with drilling, writing letters to their loved ones, and fighting in battles which would potentially change the rest of their lives forever. At the beginning of the war, both the North and the South didn’t have a problem with numbers in their military because of the amount of volunteers. Some would do the heroic thing and join because they “wanted to save the Union” or “secure their liberty.” Though many people from the Confederacy and…

After the election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1860 the South new that secession was inevitable. This was the catalyst that started the domino effect of the secession. One by one the Southern states started to leave the Union to form their own. Some of the first states to leave were Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. Along with Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida they formed the Confederate States of America. This new union wanted a weaker form of central government that…

side you were on, this section was either beneficial to you or very damaging to your wealth. For example, if you were in the Union, you probably did not have to pay as many taxes in order to fulfil repudiations for the south. However, if you were southern, payments to the north were not to be questioned. This information tells us that America was still very focused on settling the debts that accumulated during the Civil…

difficult to achieve. Jim Crow laws assured that African-Americans would not have an equal opportunity for education or the right to own businesses without retaliation. When African-Americans did achieve education and financial success, it was common for southern Caucasians to take personal offense. Success of African-American individuals was a driving force that led to the establishment of the Ku Klux…

Christianity has always been looked at as the savior of the African American people. Although the bible was used as a weapon to oppress African Americans, during slavery, it was also viewed as a beacon of hope during times of immense struggle. African Americans were able to evaluate the bible and reconfigure it to their specific needs. The following works will explain the transformation of the connection between black identity and religion through the chronological works of African American…

slavery south compared to the northern anti-slavery view. The end of the Civil war gave freedom and citizenship to African Americans in America along with suffrage. White supremacists and terrorists groups attempted to suppress and disenfranchise the southern freedmen. These aspects created challenges…

The four films serve our historic visualization of the past’s realities. What the four films share strongest are the representations of African Americans in the past, and what we can see as immoral today. The earliest of the four films Within Our Gates by Oscar Mischuax depicts a lot of these historical messages/representations that all four films share. The title says it all, it brings an inside perspective of what it would have been like as an African American in the 1920’s. During this race…

Music has always been an influence on American culture and identity, from “Yankee Doodle” in the American Revolution to the songs sung by protesters during the 1960s. Through music, artists such as Michael Jackson and Ella Fitzgerald were able to raise awareness and help minimize the division that skin color caused with American citizens. Music was an important form of communication during the Civil War as well, as many new songs dealing with slavery, treason, religion, and family began to…