Effects Of Abolishing Slavery By Sandra Bland

On July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland committed suicide in Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Texas. Bland was an African-American, and was subject to police brutality. A few days before her death, the police placed Bland in jail as a result of traffic confrontation that did escalate to violence. Her incident with the police is a prime example of the racism that goes on today. Though policies were passed to combat acts of prejudice against blacks, there is always an underlying hatred towards African-Americans that continues to manifest itself. This is because racism in its social has not been as combated, which causes people to continue to live in a continuing era of white supremacy. The better-treatment of white people, causes black people to live

Images of the young Till lying in the casket were published in several black magazines and newspapers in the US. Till's face and body were dismembered and mutilated, and his own mother couldn't even identify him. The fact that Till was never properly identified strongly affected the trial, and some people doubted the body in the casket was Till's. In 2004, the US Department of Justice reopened the case and exhumed and autopsied the body- which resulted in a positive identification that it was Emmett Till. The Civil Rights Movement aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans. Today, black Americans are still fighting against the discrimination and police brutality seems to be at the forefront of the injustices. Most recently, a woman by the name of Sandra Bland was unlawfully arrested in Texas. Bland was initially pulled over for failing to use her turn signal while she was switching lanes. Bland explained to the police officer that she quickly switched lanes because she was trying to get out of his way. The traffic stop escalated, and Bland was arrested by the officer for assaulting a public servant. The story has gained national attention, and those who watched the video surveillance of Bland's encounter with the police

July 13, 2015 an African American named Sandra Bland was found dead in the Texas county jail. The officer profiled her because of her skin complexion. Sandra was a woman who spoke on African American rights. She felt that he was stereotyping her and she did not remain quiet. She was earlier pulled over for failure to use her turning signal while on the highway. Bland was later arrested due to not obeying the officer as he asked. An traffic offense does not involve the victim to be removed from vehicle. The officer did have his camera on, although the video wasn’t complete. He did insult her, and used profanity towards her. As a cop he should have kept it professional. Social media is racing with many videos on the topic of her death. It has been said that they story does not add up. Lots of research has been conducted.

He was killed by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson Missouri. The shooting prompted protest against police brutality throughout the nation. On November 24, 2014, a grand jury decided to not indict Wilson. The decision to not prosecute Wilson caused even more protest. There are other cases of police brutality such as the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice, the shooting of Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland, all of these shooting were of unarmed people.

In E. Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s letter,“Petition to End Slavery”, the authors write about the entire abolition of slavery. Stanton and Anthony discuss how women should sign a petition to end slavery because the right to petition is one of their few political powers. They use an ardent and somewhat threatening tone to convince women to exercise this right, reminding them of their limited political power. The authors write “Women, you cannot vote or fight for your country. Your only way to be a power in the Government is the exercise of this one, sacred, Constitutional ‘RIGHT OF PETITION;’ and we ask you to use it now to the utmost”(Petition to End Slavery). With this statement, they are explicitly asking women to effortlessly exercise

On August 9th, 2014, officer Darren Wilson shot 18 year old Michael Brown 6 times, the question of whether it was justified still lies in mystery. According to the Department of Justice report of the incident, Michael was physically aggressive to Darren Wilson and WIlson’s only means of self-preservation at the moment was to grab his gun and react. (DOJ. 6) However, differing eyewitness reports provide a different portrait of what occurred. Some say Michael held his arms in the air and said “Don’t Shoot” as Wilson fired and continued to shoot Michael, others report that Michael ran away and was gunned down, but ultimately, these eyewitness testimonies couldn’t stand up in court. (Schuppe) The backlash of his death was outstanding with Brown’s family at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter political movement. The entire town of Ferguson was grasped by rioting and protesting. Brown’s family reacted in tear met rage, a mother lost her son and the community suffered the loss of a promising individual.

The article published by “USA Today” talks about a african american woman named Sandra Bland who was pulled over for a traffic violation, put in jail, and two days later “supposedly” committed suicide while in jail. Sandra was on her way to a church gathering, when she was pulled over by a white police officer. She was pulled over and the police officer kept asking her to put her cigarette out. When she refused to put the cigarette out the police officer kept asking her to step out of the car. She was asking the question, “ what does this have to do to anything, if you're going to give me a ticket just give it to me and we can both get going.” The police officer then said he would drag her out the car if she didn't throw her cigarette out and

This article started out as a post on Facebook, where I openly expressed my pain and frustration surrounding the death of Sandra Bland, and the possibility that the black community has some culpability in her demise. I felt the need to share it on a broader platform, while expanding on the concept on which I make my claim. Let’s discuss, with veracity, what happened to Sandra Bland.

The recent shooting of Michael Brown has stirred anger and bitterness in the mostly African American community of Ferguson. Protestors are claiming that Officer Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Brown on August 9th, illegally killed the young, 18 year old boy. Police officers should not be shooting anyone unless they feel as if their life or anyone else’s life is in danger. Currently, the stories of witnesses and police are different. According to the St. Louis County police, Wilson stepped out of his car, but Brown pushed him. Short after, a struggle ensued in the car, and Brown attempted to take the

This past year, there have been 102 cases among just black people revolting around the brutality, not to mention the other 120 cases including the Caucasians, Asians, and Hispanics; that’s 222 cases this year. I just chose 3 of the many to focus on, “Sandra Bland, 28, was pulled over for a routine traffic stop, which the deputy quickly escalated by removing Sandra from the vehicle and physically restraining her. She would later die in a jail cell under dubious circumstances; Trooper Brian Encina was charged with perjury for lying about the events leading up to Sandra’s arrest “(mappingpolice). The only charge the officer received was for falsifying information leading up to an innocent woman’s death. Her death has still yet to be explained, which is hard to believe since the death occurred and a highly secured place, a jail cell. As many cameras as there are and as many people there are in jail, I find it impossible for anyone to believe her death was not due to police brutality, and that justice has gone unserved once

Further down in the South a majority of slaves lived and also worked on cotton plantations, which consisted of 50 or fewer slaves, with some of the largest containing hundreds. Cotton at this time was among the leading cash crops, however rice, and corn, and sugarcane, and tobacco also were raised by African American workers on plantations. lots of different types of work also took place on plantations or on farms. slaves were to clear new land, to dig ditches, cut/move wood, livestock, and repair building tools. Black women carried the burden of caring for their families. Some slaves were able to work indoors, carrying out services for the master's and their families. Know as house servants. They were constantly under surveillance of their

The fight over slavery and the resulting Civil War was probably the closest this great nation has to come to destroying itself . Years of constant disagreeing , compromises , and cynical idea about slavery Pushed the country into a terrible problem between the 2 major abolitionist , Southern & Northern abolitionist . The Nation suffered a major loss economically and everything went down hill. The reconstruction period started with many leaders stepping up to fix the crippled country . It didn’t turn out The way everyone hoped . Slavery was still one of the largest issues and the reconstruction halted because of the disagreement the people faced . After several years of working , compromising and passing laws, the task provided itself to be

The reason why movements like the Daughters of the Confederacy believe in the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, an intellectual movement that believes the civil war was fought over honor and ideals instead of slavery, is because Southern Women saw the Civil War as a war on one of the fundamentals that made up their way life. My research paper is about understanding the effects that slavery had on women during and prior to the civil war, and how the absence of slavery effected them. This research will be used in order to paint a picture of how slavery effect all southern women, whether they were rich plantation owners, middle class field owners, or destitute women with little to nothing. My research paper will contain a combination of multiple sources in order to cover all the topics that I will be writing on. My goal here is to gain a better understanding of how slavery affect Southern Women’s domestic lives, and to better understand the birth of Southern heritage movements like the Daughters of the Confederacy.

After being pulled over for not signaling, the police officer proceeded to roughly drag her out of her car and threaten her various times. His actions were uncalled for, and the video footage shocked me. I could not believe how fast the situation escalated. There didn’t seem to be any plausible reason for the police officer’s harsh arrest. Before seeing that video, I did not realize the vast racial conflict within America. I heard about it on the news, but I never witnessed it. Even though the majority of police officers are brave and trustworthy, it made me lose some trust in public officials. Sandra Bland was simply on her way to a job interview, and she was brutally assaulted and mistreated. This incident was followed by her death, which remains controversial. The police station contends that it was a suicide, while her family refuses to accept that. Regardless, the arrest was unnecessary and likely contributed to her passing. It disgusts me that people are attacked based on their racial

In many places in the south, one cannot go to a town without seeing a street name or monument to a slave owner. Because of this, the horror of slavery was dulled over time. Slavery was described to us and we knew it was bad but it was almost mythical to some extent. I feel that we were never shown the true horrors of slavery (I had never seen a picture of a lynching before taking this class.). Many white southerners just do not take the violence of racism seriously. To combat this, I feel educating the white south must include the gruesome details of racism in the south that are seen as too violent or obscene to be shown in schools. These details are important to make slavery and the crimes committed against African Americans seem like they actually happened instead of stories a history teacher