John Hope Franklin : Black Popular Culture

Frederick Douglass, a slave ever since birth who ultimately converted into a prominent writer and a respected political figure, and Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, lived two unbelievable and radically different lives. Both of them having a significant impact on their country and time-period. While this two men came from unlike backgrounds in unalike time periods, both followed a parallel path to national importance with a mixture of hard work and self- improvement. When comparing this very interesting influential public figures it is very crucial to understand their beginnings and backgrounds. It is important to understand that both of them were born into less than ideal situations.

Behind every great man there is an even better story. George Washington Carver was born a slave around the start of the United States Civil War. Carver worked his way from his humble beginnings to becoming a world renounced scientist and inventor. Benjamin Franklin was born into a family of thirteen children in Boston, Massachusetts at the turn of the seventeenth century. Franklin rose from a lowly candle maker to a well-respected scientist and entrepreneur. Both contributed greatly to our understanding of the way the world works and how we can use it to our advantage. While both may be remembered for similar things, their lives were different every step of the way. Each Carver and Franklin had a different set of struggles to deal

Music is a creative art form that allows the artist to construct something that expresses a purpose. It evolves over time and changes as the world changes, taking on many different motivations behind the melody and lyrics. In today’s society, anger, oppression, racism, and negative opinions rule the media and popular culture. I believe that African Americans need to show their self worth and not let white people hold them back. With the music in white culture often mocking African American culture and portraying negative stereotypes, African Americans have to find ways to gain respect. In acknowledgement of the negative portrayal of their culture, African Americans respond by creating songs and videos that express their pride in their culture and heritage, react to white oppression, and communicate their independence.

a real life, current-day issue is that black lives matter. Black lives matter about the lives of black people in America are being seriously threatened by the suppression of the white police. They may be beaten or killed if they oppose the police even though they had no weapons in hand. That is why more and more protests broke out across the country to protest the actions of white police against blacks. They want to be treated equally as other citizens in the United States, where many races in the world. it is not mentioned in popular culture because the concept of a white parts they do not respect the blacks. When it comes to black people often think of the bad things that black people have done to America as drug trafficking, looting, rape,

“Cooning” was a TV show or Film usually they act like idiot behavior that misrepresents African American culture. I think idiot because that shows a deliberate act. Many people called “coons.” Yes, I saw some examples today’s culture some white people still discriminate black people. Some white people were enjoying it, and that seems to some people they insulted African- American behaves. African-American got angry. It was not fair at all that behavior. All are good examples.

Throughout American history, African Americans fought to establish their own culture. Even though they were silenced by white laws and stereotypes, African Americans created their own distinct culture, to a certain extent from 1800 to 1860. By mixing their African American traditions and Christian ideas, they formed a religion, their own version of Christianity. African American rebellions, though small and infrequent, were used to express their beliefs on slavery and add to their distinct culture. And, with the constant fear of being split up by being sold, African American families managed to form within plantations through marriages and children. Despite

John Hope Franklin’s Reconstruction After the Civil War: Second Edition also assisted in the evaluation of the research question. Franklin earned his master 's in 1936 and his doctorate in history in 1941 from Harvard University. In 1995, Franklin was awarded the highest civilian honor by earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Franklin’s educational background qualifies him as a reliable source to reference for this investigation of American history.

The Harlem Renaissance was a period that started in the early 1920’s in which the concept of “the Negro” was intended to be changed (History.com). This period witnessed the thrive of African American art. White stereotypes had influenced not only the way African Americans were perceived in society but also their relationship between themselves and others. Participants like Gwendolyn Bennett, Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and W.E.B. Du Bois were some of many authors of creative pieces that reflected their points of views. Like George Hutchinson writes in his article, The Harlem Renaissance brought many African Americans from South to North which helped the rise of literacy and the creation of organizations dedicated to promoting African American civil rights that resulted in the uplift of the race and the availability of socioeconomic opportunities (1). The distinctive expression through things like poetry and music during the Harlem Renaissance reflected the reality and experiences black people were going through. This essay is going to focus on the relationship between poetry, politics and representation while relying on the poem “We Wear the Mark” by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. At the same time, this paper will be supported with works from Langston Hughes, Alain Locke and W.E.B. Dubois.

When looking at the social changes in American culture at the turn of the century, we see extraordinary differences in the accepted behaviours and thoughts of American citizens. The century saw a major shift in the way that people lived, with changes in politics, society, culture, economics, and technology. At the beginning of the century, discrimination based on race and sex was significant, but by the end of the 20th century, women had the same legal rights as men and racism had come to be seen as detestable.

There is no doubt that Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass are two of the most inspiring men in history. They are both described as inspirations and epitomes of the true American Dream. These men represent self-reliance, independence, and share a desire for liberty. Though there work ethics and values may be viewed as similar, they both came from very different backgrounds. Franklin grew up in a big middle-class family. His parents were loving, however he was the fifteenth child out of seventeen children. Because of this Franklin had to rely heavily on himself while growing up, which made for tough times, yet he had the more favorable life due to the fact that Douglass was sold into slavery as a child. Douglass was a slave of many masters. Some of his masters allowed Douglass to be freer, sadly the others provided horrible whippings and beatings. These two background are so different, yet both of these men are equally honored. Their values, ethics, and views join these two men together to create the inspiration that they are. Even though they came from humble beginnings, they never quit and their accomplishments rewarded them with a better life.

Laws are guidelines to help keep a society in tact and to give some sort of structure for the people of the United States. Our founding fathers started these laws and gave the people a starting line to perfect and make changes to them. But is it possible that some laws overstep some boundaries? Throughout the years, America has changed for the good and for the bad. Even though it may take time, we, as a country are making changes that people from the past would have never thought would happen. For example, back then, it was wrong and frowned upon for one gender to love their same gender, or for a girl to want to be a boy and vice versa. But we see today, though some may still not agree, a great amount of the population has started accepting

never given a chance to succeed. In particular, Native Americans, African Americans, and Catholics, were depicted as lazy, combative, untrustworthy, traitorous. Each group was a perceived as a threat to Americanism in different ways, yet their treatment and exclusion was quite similar. In the pre Jacksonian Era there were attempts by White Americans to “civilize” Natives. These efforts ended up back firing for Whites when the Native Americans began to become prosperous and started to become more resolute in keeping their tribal autonomy (Howe 343-345). White Americans began to fear that Natives were becoming too strong and that they were infringing on the presumed American right to expansion and occupation of rich land. Therefore, when Jackson

Federal records opens one perspective regarding American history. One example is the establishment of the national archives. Federal records contained amount of information on African American. Federal records also propelled the field of study African American history. Afro American historical research benefited from of the innovation and demands from black scholarship. The need to separate African American from U.S. history became imperative in the late 20th century. However finding records that report the part of African Americans in American work history can be troublesome on the grounds that the government organizations and workplaces that made these records orchestrated their lists and documents by name of foundation.

Although each of the objects found within the image represents some of the struggles that were encountered by African-Americans, everyone that is included within the image helps us understand the perspective of those who dealt with the issue of slavery. The figure on the left is a depiction of an Irish-American who lived in New York during the 1860’s. Although the man lived in New York, he was an immigrant and therefore couldn’t make much money. This fact helps explain why he is depicted as wearing clothes that were commonly associated with the working-class. During this time, there was also a stigma against Irish-Catholics throughout the United States due to the fact that vast amounts of them immigrated to the United States following the

During the 1920’s a new movement began to arise. This movement known as the Harlem Renaissance expressed the new African American culture. The new African American culture was expressed through the writing of books, poetry, essays, the playing of music, and through sculptures and paintings. Three poems and their poets express the new African American culture with ease. (Jordan 848-891) The poems also express the position of themselves and other African Americans during this time. “You and Your Whole Race”, “Yet Do I Marvel”, and “The Lynching” are the three poems whose themes are the same. The poets of these poems are, as in order, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude Mckay.