Southern United States

for everyone. There was an unbalance of federal power that created many problems. The Civil War changed the United States economically, socially, technologically, and politically but out of this deadly war arose a mighty country. The Confederate economy, which was primarily focused on agriculture, crashed throughout the war. With reconstruction now in affect, both northern workers and southern farmers faced many new obstacles and uncertainties about their jobs. The South was so dependent on…

An Analysis of Southern Horrors and Other Writings In the period immediately following the Civil War, racial tensions were extremely high in the South. During this period of Reconstruction, the majority of white citizens still fostered deep hatred towards recently freed African Americans. As a result, lynch law prevailed. Hundreds of African Americans were viciously murdered, as the government failed to step in and stop the killings. Ida B. Wells, an African-American journalist and one of…

Booker T. Washington and W. E. B DuBois used different strategies when dealing with the problems faced by African Americans at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Segregation was a big problem during this time and African Americans were the ones facing the brunt of this issue. Both Washington and DuBois tried to fight for equality of African Americans and were in hopes that their actions, as well as programs, would help aid society toward agreeing with them.…

“We Shall Overcome” was a song that stood by time and cultural meaning. This been sung for many years that deal with protest and hope. But the main focus was changing the underwent and the place of American civil rights movement. This song mean so much to the African-American community that have so many reason with history, how the words is means within the song, and how the people come together as one. The song was built on past tradition that was created from generation to generation.…

Ann Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. Raised in Stamps, Arkansas she experienced prejudice and discrimination because she was of African American descent. Her life course is chronicled in her biographies and poems. From her southern education and religious beliefs thru adversity to single motherhood and her self classification as an entertainer. She became a prominent and significant voice of our time. The life course of this remarkable woman which, we will all know as…

Slavery is defined as bondage, held against someone’s will, severe toil or drudgery. Slavery began in America when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The slaves were to be sold to white farmers to assist in the production of crops such as tobacco. The African slaves lived on large farms or small plantations. The owners, “masters” of the slaves governed every aspect of the slave’s lives. The slaves were not allowed to be educated. Each and every movement…

Madame C.J. Walker, named Sarah Breedlove at birth, was the first African American millionaire. Walker made it into the National Women's Hall of fame in 1993 and was a member of the National Association of Colored Women. Walker became a millionaire through her own work. Her company was called “The Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company.” I chose Walker because she inspired many people to start their own business. Walker was born in 1876 as Sarah Breedlove; her parents were former slaves,…

The issues surrounding different races, especially African American in the United States, is a story about as old as this country. And even though times have changed and slavery is no longer legal, the issues of the past have changed the way African Americans are marginalized. For this history paper, I decided to watch the documentary “The 13th”, directed by Ava DuVernay. Although, slavery may be gone the new major issue to arrive is mass incarceration of African Americans by the thousands, that…

Arike Jacobs The Marrow of Tradition: Lynching and “Justice” When discussing American history it is near impossible to ignore the centuries of racial tension. The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt exposes the social pathology of the American South that has normalized the brutalization of black bodies. Chesnutt writes of various lives both black and white in the events that lead up to a race riot similar to the Wilmington Massacre of 1898. By fictionalizing such an event he is able to…

In general, the Great Black Migration took place from 1910 -1920 in which blacks were seeking a lifestyle other than the South and the Midwestern, Northern, and Eastern states became the land of opportunities. The Africans had suffered during slavery and segregation and spent their entire life working on plantations, but they realized the opportunity to work elsewhere gave them hope. The African Americans left the South for variety of reasons, firstly the low wages were a major factor in which…