On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began and it lasted until April 9, 1865. Throughout the course of the four year battle between the Northern states and the Southern states. There were several comparisons and contrasts between General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee. The Civil War was started because of the economic, racial, and social issues between the Northern and Southern states in the United States. The aftermath of the war was a complete an utter devastation when it came to casualties.
In 2008, a black man was elected the President of the United States. African Americans have come a long way and made a lot of progress in society. It seems as if the movement is over, yet there are still subtle inequalities all around in education and the workforce. Black people still have the problem of stereotyping and racial profiling. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was gunned down and murdered by a neighbor as he walked home from the store in February 2012 because of racial profiling (Martin).
24 The Nation. October 10, 2011 The Civil War in ‘Postracial’ America No narrative of the war can ignore the centrality of slavery to its origins and legacy. by ERIC FONER n 1877, soon after retiring as president, Ulysses S. Grant embarked on a two-year tour of the world. At almost every location he was greeted with adulation. In London, the Duke of Wellington, whose father had vanquished Napoleon, praised Grant as a military genius, the architect of victory in one of the greatest wars known to human history.
The most popular form of theatrical performance in America in the nineteenth century, blackface minstrelsy emerged during the 1820s and reached its peak during the years 1850–70. Minstrel performances presented stereotypical and demeaning caricatures of African Americans, romantic portrayals of life on the slave plantations of the South, and served to enforce the negative stereotypes of African Americans. The career of Thomas Dartmouth
“Knowledge is Power” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-hakk Malik El-Shabazz, was a street hustler convicted of robbery in 1946. He spent six years in prison and used this time to enhance his education level simply by reading. After his release from prison, he became an influential leader, and member of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X became a heroic advocate for the rights of blacks and has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. After hitting rock bottom in 1946, at age 20, Malcolm x was sentenced to six years in prison for larceny and breaking and entering.
EPISODE GUIDES Soul Deep - The Story Of Black Popular Music The Birth Of Soul - Ep1/6 BBC Two 7 May, 9.00-10.00pm Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip-hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. And, together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged the white hegemony, helped breakdown segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of
Labor Relations December 16, 2007 10,000 Black Men Named “George” Unions Organizing Campaigns George Pullman was the first person to employ emancipated slaves; one of the few corporations to employ large numbers of African Americans. This depicts the mistreatment and struggles of African American porters, known as the Pullman Porters. They were a fraternity, 10,000 black men united in their service on the luxury passenger rail lines. Courteous, dignified, diligent, black men whom wore crisp jackets, black pants and big smiles, but the struggle they fought for better work conditions laid the foundations for the civil rights movement. Pullman porters performed many tasks, ranging from taking tickets to making up
With Warne’s help, $39,515 was returned. Mr. Maroney was convicted and sentenced to ten years in Montgomery, Alabama.7 (www.lawtech publishing.com). (James Mackay 1996) Allan Pinkerton had to put up with controversy all his adult life, but he never shrank from doing battle with his enemies and assails, criminal or political. In many respects the civil was marked the high point of his career, yet in the post war period Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency expanded as the country flourished, population exploded and communications mushroomed. In time, because Pinkerton’s Agency was often hired by industrialists to provide intelligence information on union organized efforts, Pinkerton guards and agents gained notoriety as strikebreakers.
Davidson, and Joseph Holloway are three examples of men who although born decades apart all were the victims of the harsh reality that is racism. The nearly 100 year span in which Jim Crow laws dominated the south was a tough time for all African-Americans and each of these men were no different. But even though they stared straight into the eyes of adversity they saw no obstacle they couldn’t overcome; whether it was Revels defying the odds and becoming the first African-American senator, Davidson who despite being told at young age his color would keep him from his dreams of aviation became a pilot, or Joseph Holloway’s uncle who had to overcome extreme racism in an unfamiliar community just to have the right to see a dying relative one last time. The examples of racism are simply appalling and to a civilized, well educated, righteous mind seem absurd and it was only when we finally broke through this have we become a truly advanced nation. The contributions the African-American community has brought to American society has been great, and will continue now that the nation looks to put racism in the past and give every an equal opportunity no matter your race, gender or
Minstrel Shows Minstrel shows developed in the 1840’s, peaked after the Civil War and remained popular into the early 1900s. Minstrel shows emerged from preindustrial European traditions of masking and carnival. Minstrelsy was a product of its time, white men blackened their faces with burnt cork to lampoon Negroes, performing songs and skits that sentimentalized the slave life on Southern plantations. Blacks were shown as naive buffoons who sang and danced the days away, gobbling "chitlins," stealing the occasional watermelon, and expressing their inexplicable love for "ol' massuh." By the Civil War the minstrel show had become world famous and respectable.