Analysis Of Robert Moses 's ' Master Builder '

Additionally, Birmingham and other southern urban areas had been the scenes of bombings coordinated at African Americans and social equality nonconformists. “One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto (Carmichael).” One of the tragedies of the battle against bigotry is that up to now there has been no national association which could address the developing militancy of youthful dark individuals in the urban ghetto. This shows how even today things have curved in a good way because of leaders who stood ground and believed that this was not the right way.

Robert Moses has become such an influential figure in urban planning by creating one of the most popular cities in the world today. New York City is known for its diversity when it comes to the people who reside there and the business’s. Robert Moses will be remembered in a positive outlook for being the one who influenced

In Dr. Martin Luther King’s essay, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he refutes the statements made by the eight clergymen who denounce the demonstration taking place in Birmingham. His letter which he directs to middle class citizens, otherwise known as “white moderates,” is very compelling because King is very in tune to his audience, making them imagine themselves under specific circumstances. King explains that the intent of their “direct-action” is to cause a tension powerful enough to force a response, to direct change. Although the clergymen placed blame on timing of the demonstration, calling it “unwise and untimely,” King, declares they have waited long enough to be further delayed. Throughout his letter, King uses many biblical references to make his readers see the inequality of their society, and what it would continue to be like without change.

As he pointed out in the very early part of his article, for instance Clyde Ross, resident of North Lawndale Chicago, was denied when he first tried to get a legitimate mortgage; mortgages were effectively not available to black people (Coates, June 2014). Also, just like what we talked about in class last week, Ross and many other black families were forced to live in those redlined neighborhoods with “contract house.” Basically, Ross had not signed a normal mortgage. He’d bought “on contract”: a predatory agreement that combined all the responsibilities of homeownership with all the disadvantages of renting—while offering the benefits of neither (Coates, June 2014). This is a perfect example of how these ghetto-neighborhoods were created; it was created by white supremacists and people in the government who chose to ignore “the elephant in the room.” All these black families left with no choice. They ran from the South, thinking that they could finally go the land of the free. They quickly found out that, it was no different in the North, or even the West. They were forced to stuck with the

Ely’s window into the world of free blacks in Prince Edward County was made possible by Richard Randolph, who, in his will, freed his approximately ninety slaves and set aside for them a four-hundred-acre plot of land which would become known as Israel Hill (p. 7). The majority of Randolph’s slaves would have to wait fourteen years after his death in 1796 to attain their promised

The way how African Americans were treated during the 1950’s didn’t show prosperity due to the fact that whites had the upper hand in most cases. With the practice of African Americans purchasing affordable housing is a prime example of how the government used discrimination as a way to create racial discrimination between whites and blacks. For example in Document 1 it goes onto explain how local governments passed laws to prevent any new construction of single family homes to preserve white communities. With this it would have a corroboration with the Levittown because the town did not sell to African Americans but mostly to the white & middle class;

“The Civil Rights Act passed and now we can work without the restriction of the black codes. You can be a tenant farmer like you wanted.” A week later, James went and paid to rent the land with the little money he had. He then began to start his farm with his small family. James life was beginning to slowly come together, but America had to make many more changes until all African Americans were truly equal to their white

Robert Caro’s grandiose 1,296 page book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, reveals the story of the complex and controversial persona of America’s greatest builder Robert Moses. The magnificently well-written piece of work received Pulitzer prize as well as Francis Parkman prize for best book of the year. Caro, born in 1935 in New York City, showed interest and passion for writing early in life. Known for his extensive research and detailed long pieces, he was determined to write Robert Moses’ biography in spite of Moses’ initial rejection and lack of cooperation. Upon realizing the book was unavoidable, Moses agreed to comply and be interviewed several times by Caro. Moses, the ultimate builder, whose career lasted a long time, eventually gained enough power to build himself an empire in which he lived like an emperor and managed to get his every wish granted. He successfully manipulated government officials and almost any individual he came in contact with was transformed into a pawn used to assist him in building and turning his dreams into a reality. While Caro’s masterpiece provides a substantial amount of background information on his leading character, its main focus is less about his life story and more about power and what he was able to do with it once he had a taste of it.

"If a white man defaulted, it was an individual defection; if a colored man failed, the whole race was at fault." (p. 138) Robert was shot in the head during the war and the injury contributed to his blindness later in life. Even so, he was denied his request for a pension because of race. Robert was very focused on educating his children into becoming outstanding members of both the black and white communities to promote a positive reflection on the black community. Robert’s struggle to secure an identity for himself and his children underlines the social discrepancies that define this

referred to this book by Van Woodward as “the historical bible of the civil rights movement” because it spoke about the difficulties of race relations and brought attention to what blacks went through to get to where they are today. Martin Luther King Jr. was a respected figure and had a dream for equality among blacks and whites. King liked the message that this book provided. Van Woodward writes “striking incongruities appeared between the needs and moods of the black ghetto and the goals and strategies of the civil rights crusade, as typified by the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and voiced in his lyrical dream” (Van Woodward, 193).

As a young boy, Robert was faced by terrible oppression of all sorts. The white community utilized terror as a means to subdue the African American families of the time. "Racism held sway over the land. Like a plague destroyed the hopes, and beliefs of the black community." (Finn, 211)

John Walton’s The Object Lesson on Jonah 4:5-7 and the Purpose of the Book of Jonah is a very enlightening work of research. In this article, Walton seeks to reveal to us that Jonah chapter four and particularly the object lesson in verses 5-7, holds the key to our understanding of the purpose of the book of Jonah. He highlights Jonah’s anger which is caused by how God responds to Nineveh’s repentance. Walton also reveals to us the significance of the author’s intended purpose for including this incidence in the book. He concludes that the message of Jonah is a theological message. Before reading this article, I must admit that my understanding of Jonah has always been from a missiological perspective. I had never considered the fact that the

Robert Moses was born in New Haven Connecticut. He is considered the “master builder” of New York City, Long Island, Rockland county, and Westchester county of the mid 1900’s. After graduating from Yale and earning a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia, Robert Moses became attracted to New York City reform politics. Moses caught the notice of Belle Moskowitz, an advisor to Al Smith. Moses rose to power with Al Smith, who became governor of New York in 1922. Robert Moses was in charge in the development of Jones Beach

Robert Moses disregarded these rules. Phillip Lopate also wrote an article on Robert Moses, however, his perspective was the opposite of Caro’s. He portrayed Moses as a hero of the twentieth century. His article, “A Town Revived, a Villain Redeemed”, Lopate “argued that Moses had done far more good for the city than bad — taking into consideration his many parks, beaches, bridges and other necessary transportation projects — and ought to be honored as one of its greatest citizens”. He believes that Moses had made the city much safer for all of us residents. He also admits that there was no doubt that Moses was racist. But he also tells us to look beyond that and see what he has done for us. Moses had cleared large tracts of land for university and hospital expansion or middle-class housing. However, Lopate also explains that poor and working-class families were not relocated nearby but displaced to worse neighborhoods. But he questions us, “Would be take back all those world-attracting amenities, the hospital and university buildings, the cultural complexes, if we could, even knowing that might imperil the city’s future economy?” And many of us answer NO. We would not take it back because it benefits us but Lopate does not realize that he destroyed the home of many poor people to create buildings for the future. I think Professor Ballon was right. Caro wrote the article based on the mentality and