Doing The Right Thing

One of the most influential and inspirational women of all time was Rosa Parks. By one action she helped change the lives of a majority of African Americans and more importantly society as a whole. Rosa Parks sparked the attention of America when she refused to settle for the black (lower class)standards. Not only did she help change the lives for many African Americans but she helped equality for all men and women in the United States. By one brave women our world will be forever thankful.

History is filled with stories of dedicated human rights activists that risked their lives to fight for what they believe in. Three good examples of human rights activists that never gave up are Melba Pattillo Beals, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Jones. Melba Pattillo Beals and Gandhi actively worked in fighting for racial equality while Mother Jones worked to improve children’s and workers’ rights. These determined human rights activists never gave up when fighting to improve the rights of persecuted people facing discrimination.

While the 1970’s and 80’s marked a decline in movies featuring black actors and a lack of black directors, the mid 1980’s through the 1990’s invited a new generation of filmmakers and rappers, engaging with the “New Jack” image, transforming the Ghettos of yesteryears into the hood of today. A major director that emerged during this time was Spike Lee. According to Paula Massood’s book titled, Black City Cinema, African American Urban Experiences in Film, “…Lee not only transformed African American city spaces and black filmmaking practices, he also changed American filmmaking as a whole.” Lee is perhaps one of the most influential film makers of the time, likely of all time. He thrusted black Brooklyn into light, shifting away from the popularity of Harlem. By putting complex characters into an urban space that is not only defined by poverty, drugs, and crime, it suggests the community is more than the black city it once was, it is instead a complex cityscape. Despite them being addressed to an African American audience, Lee’s film attract a mixed audience. Spike lee’s Do the Right Thing painted a different image of the African American community, “The construction of the African American city as community differs from more mainstream examples of the represents black city spaces from the rime period, such as Colors…, which presented its African American and Mexican American communities through the eyes of white LAPD officers.”

In African American history, we know of Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. We know of Dr. Martin Luther King who dreamed that one day black people would not be judged by the color of our skin, Rosa Parks, who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott by simply saying no, and Malcolm X, who exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism by any means necessary. Many people are aware of these great leaders, though several are not acknowledged by the impressive works of Huey P. Newton.

Another person I could think of is Rosa Parks. She was the black woman who would not give up her spot to a white man on a bus. If she had never made the courageous decision to break the corrupt law, then it is quite possible that blacks could still have no rights in today's society do you think that would be right? If you just think about how millions of people in our own country were oppressed and abused by the justice system of this great nation. Now think about how without courage it would still be like that. MLK, Rosa Parks, The Freedom Riders, and many other civil rights leaders would never have made it without

Rosa Parks is an amazing example of standing up for the cause. She knew she was supposed to hand over her seat to a white man. She knew that the aftermath of such an act at that time was punishable by jail time. And she did it anyway, for the dream of equal rights to all, no matter the race, color,

The African-American population was highly persecuted, although instead of being cast aside and thought to be useless they were kept as slaves. Many of the Black populous attempted to rise up against their white masters but they were easily cut down by the government and everyone else around them. To deal with this, the African-Americans turned to God and began following Christian practices in their homes and families. This created a massive Christian culture among them. Many people eventually rose up, and on December 1, 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks went against the government’s rule of black and white segregation in the bus system. Her act was the start of many non-violent protests which included; sitting in, marches and the Freedom Riders. The Freedom Riders were a group of people, of both black and white ethnicity who drove through the south of the United States to prove the point of racial equality. This proved effective, as did the other non violent protests, set up by Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of the few black ministers to rise up for his people. Although Martin Luther King Jr. was effective throughout his life, his death was the most influential part of his work. His death was a catalyst which eventually drew the government to allow basic civil rights, stopping the oppression of

On the hottest day of the year, director Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing, paints a compelling picture of racial tensions in one of the most diverse cities in the country. Lee’s style of cinematography is shaped specifically to emphasize the racial tensions between the characters, and he accomplishes this by using first-person and direct-address narration, camera angles, camera movements and distance.

In the film, Do the Right Thing, director Spike Lee presents the audience with the theme of racism. The title represents the everyday choices that we as Americans of various ethnicities, cultures, and race. Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing allows the viewers to decide for themselves the right thing to do about racism. Everyone has the choice to be accepting of cultures, or people different from them. The film portrays how an Italian American named Sal has a neighborhood pizzeria in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. The neighborhood is primarily African American, but there is a diverse amount of other cultures made up of, Hispanics, European Americans, also there is a store owned by Koreans. This film displays the discrimination between the races and how this can lead to violence.

I not only looked forward to, but also welcomed it being a tedious program packed with lots of challenges and restrictions. I now knew that the past programs didn't fail me: I failed them. Regardless the task, I believed I had already experienced my last failure. Besides, this rehabilitation program consisted of an immense support system that reached out and provided support around the clock. I'm sure the previous programs did as well; however, I never permitted anyone within close proximity of me to provide such support. I stayed isolated most of my time there, and whenever there were group gatherings, I was present in the physical form only. That is precisely why I departed those programs equally unequipped and unenlightened about

Perhaps, the most well known of these was Martin Luther King Jr. MLK was about gaining equality and human rights for African Americans, but doing so in a peaceful way; that’s why so many people admired him and what he preached. He led many campaigns throughout much of the 1960’s which began to slowly gain results. One of the major things MLK and his followers were campaigning for was a civil rights bill to be passed. Many walks, rallies, and protests were held in order to get then president, John F. Kennedy, to propose the bill and have it pass. In the year of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama the climax of the civil rights campaign was reached, forcing JFK to commit to proposing a civil rights bill. However, because of how big and radical this campaign was, MLK was arrested and made to spend the night in a Birmingham jail. There he wrote a letter in response to an advertisement from white clergy asking him to shut down the campaign. In the letter, MLK explains why African Americans were campaigning for this and that they wouldn’t stop until they achieved what they had been working so diligently for (13). As a result of the campaign in Birmingham and the letter MLK had written, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. The act banned public and private discrimination against African Americans and any other racial, ethnic or minority group. It also banned excluding someone from a job or a public

Rosa Parks and Antigone both stood up to the authority for what they thought was right even though it was against the law. Antigone stood up for her brother when the king Creon said he did not deserve a proper

Google famous people and you would get a number of web addresses listing names of musicians, politicians, scientists, writers, painters, etc. Usually, these personalities' fame would have been the result of one particular skill. However, every so often, we may come across certain people who are only famous to those who've had the opportunity to know about them due to this or that circumstance. Norman Cousins and Albert Schweitzer are two such famous people, the first of the twentieth century, the second of late nineteenth century. Their achievements are important because their blend of skills enabled information to turn into collective awareness in different domains such as medicine, world peace, and active citizenship.

First is the Archaic period, and this one was at the time between 620 and 480 B.C. The Archaic period was after the Dark Ages and before the classical period. At this time, the Archaic period is showing the pottery and sculpture skills, which was more naturalistic and well developed on the classical Period. The written language and the knowledge were lost on the dark ages, but they were founded again on the Archaic Period. During this period of Greek art, There were two types of status, one was describing the youth called (kouroi) and the other one which was describing the maidens called (korai). (Kouros) was used to show the male figure and created in marble material. Some of these status were made larger than the human body, and the others

A person I really admire is Rosa Parks. Growing up in Alabama, Rosa came from a black family with poor health. The only education she received was until she was 11, but went on to finish high school later on in life. Rosa was very self conscious growing up and being black in a small Alabama town. She often got bullied by the white kids in her neighbourhood, but she always fought back physically. As Rosa got older, she became well aware of the very less rights black people had. They were forced to enter through the front of the bus, pay their fares, get out, and reenter through the back, where they got their seat in the ‘coloured-section’. In 1945, Rosa entered through the front of the bus, paid her fare, and went straight to her seat, instead