Essay On My First Day Of Class

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One hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation was written, African Americans were still fighting for equal rights in every day life. The first real success of this movement did not come until the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954 which was followed by many boycotts and protests. The largest of these protests, the March on Washington, was held on August 28, 1963 “for jobs and freedom” (March on Washington 11). An incredible amount of preparation went into the event to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people attending from around the nation and to deal with any potential incidents.

The most memorable time in my life was the speech I gave in Washington D.C during the civil rights march that brought numerous people together to accept one idea. The year was 1963 when I delivered my famous “I have a Dream” speech to over 250 000 civil rights supporters at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This single speech was the climax of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, as well as my life’s dream as a civil rights activist who ventured to create an equality-driven world for everyone.

In the first presentation, I noticed an event called the Greensboro Sit-ins. This was a single event that sparked a nationwide movement and flood of support for the civil rights movement and the issue of business owners withholding service from those who were not white. On February 1st, 1960, 4 students of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a whites-only lunch table, requested service, and were then denied and asked to leave. When they left, they went to tell campus leaders what had happened and as a result gained people that wanted to participate in the sit-in. It is said that “the next morning twenty-nine neatly dressed male and female [NCATSU] students sat at the Woolworth’s lunch counter,” the same counter where those first four students sat (NorthCarolinaHistory.org). After this happened, protests occurred each week and hundreds of students were showing up at Woolworth’s. Following this, more and more students from around the US were staging sit ins at segregated lunch counters as a form of non-violent protest against discrimination.

On October 9, 2015 I went to the Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art along with attending the Million Man March down in Washington D.C. The experiences were wonderful and I was very excited to be at both events. While at the museum I took two tours one at 10 am that was led by a woman named Nkechi Obi. She talked about docent African Arts. The next one was shortly after at11 am that was led by a teen ambassador named Nicholas Stewart, who was very intelligent. He talked about numerous pieces throughout the museum that had some significance to younger minds so I found that very helpful. After the tour I spent some time down at the mall in DC in which faced the Capitol. This was the Million Man March that was a very popular event that brought out many people. I would describe both events as lectures that were powerful and time put to good use.

Due to all these events has helped more people’s opinions be heard. It has eliminated the discrimination of certain minority groups. It has allowed us to become more of a united country. Overtime this has allowed women, any race, people above the age 18,and any social class given the right to have a say in their government they

I went to advocacy day not known what to expect, this is my first time. That the prairie capital convention, a lot of students from different schools with their representatives came there just to make their voice and that of their communities heard. The panels explain why it is important for the bills to be passing in to law.

I will be observing a Hofstra University organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The intent of the NAACP Chapter at Hofstra University is to educate, uplift, and unify the students of Hofstra University and the surrounding community. They discuss issues surrounding the black community and bring about different ways to help alleviate the pressures the black community faces. A main issue facing the black community throughout the United States is police brutality and the exploitations of the innocent young, black men with the use of violence.

This was a presentation that everyone can get something out of whether you are white, black, hispanic, and much more. I learned that it is important to have conversations that make you feel uncomfortable and weird. It is crucial that we talk about these issues especially racism because we live in a world that needs to be reminded of its past. Our society tries to run away from slavery by saying it's been illegal for hundreds of years, but we live with the consequences of slavery.

I had the privilege of attending a lecture given by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, an activist during the civil rights movement, and I

First, similar events are ocurring.Based on the article, “Civil Rights Movement”, from History.com, the Civil Rights Movement addressed issues such as inequality and discrimination.Those issues were addressed through protests, speechs, organizations such as The Black

Last year, we took a field trip to Washington D.C on Martin Luther King day and protested against the new Jim Crow Law. I was interviewed by numerous News stations and Schools.

In 1960 black students at a North Carolina university staged a sit-in at a lunch counter who refused to serve black customers. Their example was followed by 70 000 other students who held similar protests in other segregated facilities. Soon thousands more black and white students joined in a massive campaign of non-violence protest to demand for desegregated facilities. At the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, 250 000 people from all religious & ethnic backgrounds came together to demand full racial equality. This crowd remained peaceful the entire time and listened to one of the most memorable speeches in history, the ‘I have a dream’ speech by MLK. A year later was known as ‘Freedom Summer’ where black and white civil campaigners from the more liberal states went to Mississippi to open ‘Freedom Schools’. These schools taught basic literacy, black history and stressed black pride. But there was a violent reaction to all of this; Freedom workers beaten and arrested.

The first event I attended was related to Abuse, Trafficking and Violence: The Gender Impact and that directly relates to the class and class discussion. Being in the class helped me understand the terminology and the interconnections within a topic such as trafficking and gender violence. This also made me aware of how the speaker was presenting these types of problems. In a way I found the presenter was almost blaming people who did not need to be blamed. If I did not take this class I would have not been to recognize this issue with the speaker. This did reinforce there is a problem with gender violence that can lead to sex trafficking as we discussed in class.

Hearing so many good things and bad things about college I didn’t know what to expect and look forward to. That change my junior year knowing different college come every year I didn’t really pay it any mind what college I wanted to go to until ODU, Virginia State University and Virginia Teach came. It was Virginia State first year of visiting out school and I knew I wanted to go there I start getting e excited for college that were talking about their experience at college and what to look for when we graduated if we decided to go to college. Eager to start a new chapter college sound like it could be a little nerve wrecking but I thought I could handle it.