2013. Pivotal speech of his 2008 campaign for President, also known as his “Race” speech. Truly embodies the American dream with his unique background and middle class upbringing with a father from Kenya and mother from Kansas. Born in Hawaii and raised from the help of his white grandparents as his mother passed away while Barack was at a young age. Studied at Harvard Law School, worked as a community advocate in Chicago and taught Constitutional Law Married to First Lady Michelle Obama with two children First African American President, brings unique perspective on this issue.
Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on Washington in March 1963 and this speech expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. Leadership: The effectiveness of King’s leadership is manifestly illustrated through his life and through his message.
Assess the factors that determined the outcome of the 2008 Presidential election. (45) The 2008 Presidential election will go down in history which was watched by the whole world. For the Democratic Party, the choice was a black candidate called Barack Obama who had a magnificent aura and style about him, and for the Republican party, a no nonsense war hero in the form of John McCain. The outcome resulted in Barack Obama being inaugurated as the 44th President and the first Black American to become President with 52.9% of the vote whom many citizens hailed as the man who would help get them out of the recession. There were many factors throughout the election which had an impact which I will explain below.
Rhetorical Analysis: Barak Obama’s Inaugural Address President Barak Obama gave a very impressing speech at his Inaugural Address. It is obvious that this speech is addressed to the American people. President Obama’s speech was about the problems that this country is facing right now, and what we must do in order to solve these problems. President Obama, did not have to create any exigence in his speech because, the American people wanted to hear what he had to say because he had just made history by being the first African American President. But he did start of his speech by saying that the oath has been taken by a lot of the presidents, but some of those presidents have come into office, when this country was in need of some change and new solutions.
Even though he lived in poverty, he was able to attend college due to the Depression Era. Elliott attended the University of Alabama’s School of Law. His first real battle came, while he was in college. Elliott ran to be the Student Government President. He defeated, “The Machine”, a select group of fraternities and sororities that normally won the election.
In 1921, Robeson married Eslanda Cardozo Goode, who was the first black analytical chemist at Columbia Medical Center. Their marriage lasted forty-four years until Eslanda’s death in 1965. After practicing law for a time, Robeson became a stage actor and in 1924 starred in two Eugene O’Neill plays:
The March on Washington was about a large rally of civil and economic rights for African Americans. This event took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic speech I Have a Dream advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. This march was helled by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom." The march had about 200,000 police to over 300,000 leaders of the march.
The Golden Age of the Motown Sound By Vivian M. Baulch / The Detroit News March 1, 2000 That man, of course, was Berry Gordy Jr. Smokey Robinson saw something in Gordy, too, and urged him to start his own recording company. In 1959, Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and "Motown" was born. "It is probably true to say that Motown was as much Robinson's company as it was Gordy's, although Gordy was unquestionably the head of the company," author Sharon Davis wrote in her book, 'Motown, the History.' By 1972 Berry Gordy was the richest black man in America with an annual income in excess of $10 million. Berry Gordy Jr.: The genius behind Motown.
Negro History Week grew in popularity throughout the following decades, with mayors across the United States endorsing it as a holiday. [1] In 1976, the federal government acknowledged the expansion of Black History Week to Black History Month by the leaders of the Black United Students at Kent State University in February of 1969. The first celebration of Black History Month occurred at Kent State in February of 1970. [5] Six years later during the bicentennial, the expansion of Negro History Week to Black History Month was recognized by the U.S. government. Gerald Ford spoke in regards to this, urging Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.
Obama was the first black President of America. The first President to publicly endorse same-sex marriage in America. He is the first President to own four identical pairs of black, size eleven shoes in America. Obama is America. (Antistrophe) It is true that he brought over 10,000 soldiers back home from Afghanistan, it is true that he balances both his daughters and the weight of America on his shoulders, (Zeugma) and it is true that he can bench press an impressive 200lbs.