Allies To The NAACP

Both the African American integrationist movement and Black Power movement had common goals such as ending racial injustice towards African Americans and advocating civil rights for African Americans in the United States. Yet, the ideologies of the two movements and how they went about accomplishing their goals was drastically different. While the integrationist movement relied on concepts such as Christian Universalism and Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA), the Black Power movement relied on more explicit means such as direct action and mobilization with violence if necessary. In general however, it seems that both movements had well-defined overarching ideologies. For the integrationist movement, Non-Violence was the key to successful integration.

I belive that the NAACP has the greastest potential for bringing positive change because they were more civil and less violent and were actively fighting for change in the government and were in courts. They also fought for equality for all races, black and white.

1. Racial reconciliation is when one person or a group of a race apologizes and reconciles with someone of another race that was brought to harm by the faults of the first group. The PowerPoint illustrates the different reconciliations accepted by different races. The first race the PowerPoint covers is African American’s. This sense of oneness is what is essentially violated with when African America people experience Racism. The belief here is that oneness supersedes, biology, ethnicity, and even culture. The problem that African American people experience here is that they feel like white people often minimize the race issue. We learned earlier about how white people can 't

The simple game of basketball introduced in 1891 has slowly changed over time in response to new social and political changes occurring in the U.S. The jazz age contained the New York Renaissance, more commonly known as the Harlem Rens, who were the first all-African American professional basketball team. The Rens, through incorporating their black style of improvisational play on the court, differed greatly from all other teams, and earned their title as world champions. As world champions, the Rens were still subject to racial discrimination, but through their success, they were able to create awareness of their talent, develop a following of support with African Americans, and break racial barriers along the way. The black style and sportsmanship the Rens displayed produced many accomplishments breaking racial barriers in a manner that influenced the next generations to continue from, paving the way towards achieving racial equality.

This article focuses on the rise and fall of the “black-white coalition” of populist advocates in Grimes County, TX. The period of Reconstruction gave black people opportunities and power. For instance, during this time, blacks in Grimes County successfully formed a Republican organization. Despite white-supremacists of the Democratic party seeking to end the group, black Republicans managed to retain local power and send legislators to Austin, even after the period of Reconstruction ended. A few years later, a meeting was held in Grimes County in which candidates from black and “lily-white” Republican groups, and Independent Greenbackers were nominated for county offices. Among the candidates was Independent Greenbacker Garrett Scott. Unlike other candidates, Scott had a willingness to publicly associate with blacks. In fact, the article mentions that Scott undermined the idea of white solidarity. After winning the election for county sheriff, Scott became political allies with black district clerk, Jim Kennard. The two worked together to create the black-white coalition that became the People’s Party. The People’s party did well up until 1898. However, the coalition did not sit well with the men of the democratic party. The Democrats, led by J.G. McDonald, came together and held a covert meeting in which they planned to take back county offices that populists filled. This was the first of many meetings of the White Man’s Union. The union made their debut once the spark of

In order to achieve their goals, the NAACP relies on funding and support from outside entities. A substantial portion of the NAACPs income came from donation. “The NAACP has received funding from the AT&T Foundation, the Bauman Family Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Freddie Mac Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the JEHT Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Sara Lee Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, the Verizon Foundation, the Tides Foundation and Boeing. In the 2010-11 fiscal year, the National Education Association (the largest labor union in the United States) donated $25,000 to the NAACP” (group snoop).

Political advocacy organizations have historically played a big part in securing political rights for minority groups in Western Liberal Democracies. Whether we look to the now infamous Boston Tea Party to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, we observe the importance of political organizations in their quest to ensure equitable rights for the people whom they represent. In context of the early twentieth century, the most prominent group to represent African-American’s in the United States was that of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP, as it is more commonly called, was founded on February 12, 1909 by a mixed group of individuals including but not limited to Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. DuBois and Archibald Grimké with the goal of creating a civil rights organization that would help assist in organizing for civil rights for blacks. One of its most prominent members, Charles Hamilton Houston, who became a part of the organization around the mid-twentieth century, changed the trajectory of the organization for years to come. Hence this essay

A period of Imperialism depicted how the United States would brand itself as a world power. As industrialization began to spread and new businesses were formed, America began to rely heavily on the exportation of agricultural goods. In the midst and dependence on agricultural labor, African Americans faced new obstacles as they struggled to “elevate [their] race,” considering many were forced to work in the fields, taking much of their opportunity to attain an education. As mentioned in Steven Hanh’s book, a key point in the increase in demand for plantation workers in addition to the stringent conditions set upon them, is the creation of many labor groups. These groups, the Colored Farmers’ Alliance and the Knights of Labor, to mention a few,

The Rainbow/Push Coalition is an interest group with a desire to “protect, defend, and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world” (rainbowpush). I selected the Rainbow/Push Coalition as my interest group because my junior year in high school I took a human rights course. Through my human rights class, I became extremely interested in social justice issues and equality for all. The group works on multi-race, progressive, and international issues (rainbowpush). Specifically, the Rainbow/Push Coalition works on corporate inclusion, home foreclosure, voter

The 1920’s were a time of change for African Americans. They were beginning to retain a sense of pride in their background and culture, were becoming more independent socially and economically, and were becoming more militant. Part of this was because of the Great Migration, in which a proliferation of African Americans moved from the Southern states to the Northern states, and the excessive levels of racism and prejudice they faced during the process. African Americans were really starting to make their voices and identities prevalent, especially through movements like the Harlem Renaissance and Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). This mentality of independence and militance that African Americans adopted which is represented through the actions of Ossian Sweet is what makes up the 1920s cultural construct of the “New Negro” which allowed me to understand the realness and effectiveness of cultural constructs.

The “Free People of Color” was a term given to the free Africans who were living in the French islands of the Caribbean. These people were also referred to as the free colored. The Island’s population was made mostly of slaves and freed blacks. In 1750 there was much political turmoil. France had begun enforcing abolition and they were trying to eliminate slave abuse on the islands. This gave the slaves hope that they could become free. The free blacks fought for their legal rights. They came to together and revolted, but failed. The National Assembly compromised though and gave rights to free colored people born to two free parents with sufficient property. This angered the white community and they refused to acknowledge the legislation.

On February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, a 17-year-old unarmed African American teen, Trayvon Martin, was gunned down by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch member. Zimmerman shot Martin after following him for several minutes because he looked suspicious, wearing a hoodie.

Looking back at the history of the culture that has risen from the ashes; one may be quite surprised just how far the African American culture has come. The progression of the African American culture is indeed one to be proud of. From cotton fields to Harlem, “The New Negro Movement”, sparked a sense of cultural self-determination, with a yearning to strive for economic, political equality, and civic participation. This was a movement that sparked a wide range of advancements in the African American culture. Leaving footprints of great individuals as well as set a path way for future generations to follow; setting a trend for Black greatness.

NAACP, Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People, its mission is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality

The NAACP is standing up for colored people in the South who have always lacked the opportunities white people have. Although Atticus may not agree with the NAACP, it is good for the organization to have a strong voice among a sea of disapproval to support what they see as equality.