But if we think about it, without the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act, things might have never of changed. African Americans could still be treated like slaves and not treated like human beings. America would still be a very segregated place. Freedom Summer was a very dark time in American history but all in all, America has turned out pretty good. It’s no doubt that America was not the most favorable place during this time period for most, if not all African Americans.
In the end, one plan is always going to be better when put into action, and in this case I believe that W.E.B. Dubois had the better plan. Both of these men set out to fix poverty and discrimination against blacks in America, but their strategies were radically different. Booker T. Washington felt that the only way to become equals in an unequal society is for blacks to work hard and become something. His idea was that if enough blacks were to become doctors, lawyers, businessman, and become successful in general that they could not be considered anything other than equal.
Every one in this generation had a time when it was black history month and all we did was to color martin Luther King, or right an essay about ”What Mr.Kings Dream Means to me” or something like that. If it meant something to the public, then it would be a month of July Fourths, where African Americans not only got their freedom, but grabbed it by the horns and ran. All in all, the Black History Month this is out of proportion. if it were turned in to a day when we can all celebrate our accomplishments as a people, or to show our wrongs and made it right, then it could be a wonderful day. The month however, is like a mockery to African Americans and it is wrong.
They do this mainly to avoid shame; because they the importance of a black man’s existence. Now, as time progresses and after blacks have fought so hard for social positions in America, the black community is granted a month to celebrate their history; and the month of the year at that. Every year in the month of February, many of the members of the black community join in the celebration of history that have been hidden for many years and that is still not taught in many public schools nationwide. One would argue that black history is not relevant to African Americans nowadays, but is it their fault that they do not know their true history? A student at Spelman College, after taking the course, African Diaspora and the World, will know much more than any other black individual who is attending high school, especially those that are predominantly white.
Observation Paper: Black Friday Shopping The notorious Black Friday Shopping; an American tradition that grows larger with each passing year. It occurs annually on the Friday following Thanksgiving Thursday; this year being Friday, November 25, 2011. Shopping bargains are advertised approximately a week prior both online and in print. Hundreds of people map out their plans of action and line up outside of the stores hours before their opening. Normally, I would be one of those savvy shoppers but this year I sat back and observed.
I cannot assent with the statement that the outstanding educational progress and great personal accomplishment of these and other well-known black men across history seem to have had little bearing on the generally negative perception of black males, because for the first time in history of the United States the president is African-American. It is also lucid that the issue of prejudice today is not the same as it was 50-60 years ago, although it has still not gone away either. Because of the racial beliefs passed down from one generation to another, many people have been taught that African-Americans are inferior to white
The Second World War is a significant event in history. I believe that it made a small amount of difference to the lives of black Americans; it was able to change some of the attitudes of white Americans; it helped influence the passing of the Fair Employment Practices Commission (1941) and also helped reduce the unemployment figures of black Americans. Although it made a substational difference, things were still not perfect. Black Americans were still targeted by extremist members of the Ku Klux Klan and they were still treated as second-class citizens. In this essay, I will analyze the ways lives changed for black Americans after the Second World War, as well as this I will look at the ways they may not have changed.
They were both educated black men but came from very different social backgrounds. Washington was a freed slave from the south, while du Bois was born free in the North. They were the two men who gained the most recognition during this time for their work for civil rights, but they both have very different aims. Washington knew that total equality was too optimistic and had no realistic chance of succeeding at this time. He favoured the approach of ‘Accommodation’ where he accepted that blacks and
immorally wrong 2. deserve to have the same opportunities If blacks are given equal rights to whites.....Well look at it this way if blacks are just now having freedom they expect to be just as free as whites, but they are not being treated as fairly b/c 1. poor working conditions and lower wages 2. More susceptible to committing crimes b/c it is caused by the strain of the social revolution however black crime declined as the African American population moved towards a more equal status The legacy of W.E.B. DuBois as a writer, thinker, and racial leader may well prove to be more durable than that of any other African American of the 20th
Without these men’s ideas of non-violence retaliation the black race would not have been seen as the victim, instead the problem. With that racism would have been prolonged for much longer. Thanks to two men America is a better home for all