Struggles of Black Rights Leaders

Change was rampant across the U.S. at the awakening of the 1960’s. This was due in part to the civil rights movement, which used many courses of action to stop discrimination against black people. The trilogy March, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell, shows how at the forefront of this movement could be found its leaders, namely Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X and many others, who spent and even gave their lives to better the lives of…

If the definition of public policy is “the outcome of the struggle in government over who gets what” (Cochran & Malone, 2010, p. 14), then it would be reasonable to evaluate policy based on who got what over a given period of time. The economic condition of American families suggests the wealthy have generally maintained control over the national policy agenda. Income distribution in the U.S. today is nearly as unequal as it was in the 1920s; the top 1 percent of Americans received 24 percent…

achieve the goal of human liberation”, which is Black Nationalism (Defining Black Nationalism, 1). In addition to Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism has had a tremendous role in the effort to bring the African diaspora and African community together. Through the advocacy of Pan-Africanism, the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to "unify and uplift"…

movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were oppressed by the government. The Apartheid legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups – “White”, “Black”, “Coloured” and “Indian – and residential areas were also segregated. From 1960 to 1983 over 3.5 million non-white South Africans were removed from their homes and forced into segregated neighbourhoods. Non-white political representation was abolished in 1970, and starting in that year black people were…

are becoming sympathetic about it. You are familiar with Black Liberation Theology, and you didn’t know it. Black Liberation Theology was developed by James Cone in the 1960s during the Black Power movement as a reaction to evangelical apathy on racial injustice. In his book, Black Theology and Black Power, James Cone explains how he formed his theology: “For me, the burning theological question was, how can I reconcile Christianity and Black Power, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s idea of…

“The modern feminist movement addresses issues such as women’s rights in the workplace, reproductive rights (including abortion and birth control), sexual harassment and discrimination and gender stereotypes.” (Issit and Flynn “Feminism: An Overview”). The Feminist Movement in America was led by figures such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton, who fought for women’s suffrage. Following women’s suffrage came women leaders of the Second Feminist movement, like Betty Friedan, whose book, The…

of the Civil war, it was believed that 186,017 black men had accepted President Lincoln 's call to arms, with an additional 92,676 men serving integrated regiments. General Stanton found that they were good soldiers, and immediately sent word to Douglass to enlist him as a recruiter. Douglass complied, producing manuscripts like "Why a Colored Man Should Enlist", urging colored men into the army based on nine points he believed would help free black men from their stigma of slaves and…

coming in 1915 to 1920 of over 500,000 Blacks. African Americans left the miserable condition of the South that included low wages, racism, and horrible violence, and headed up to “The Promised Land” of the North where it was believed they could find refuge or even start over again. Black Protest and the Great Migration by Eric Arnesen is a history of documents telling the story of the African American searching for equality through the eyes of political leaders, newspapers, and regular…

The Black Lives Matter movement has pushed itself into the national conversation again and again (Simon, 2015). According to Simon (2015) for a group that started with a hashtag, it has grown into a social juggernaut. According to DeRay McKesson, in the beginning, it was about awareness and recognition, helping bring attention to an issue. It has changed the way people talk about police brutality and inequality (Simon, 2015). The movement wants a civil rights movement type of change…

First, the Civil Rights Movement began. This movement took place between the years of 1947 and 1968. During the Civil Rights Movement, one of the most famous and influential icons was the Notable Dr. Martin Luther King, who coined the phrase “Non-violent”, a testimony to the black community not to lash out and act radically as they had been treated by the white community, but to instead respond with love and compassion. In the Civil Rights Document that we were required to read for class it says…