Newton Knight Research Paper

The acclaimed book begins with Georgia beginning as a dry and modest colony. As the years pass, these ideals and morals are changed to desiring more than a hardworking farmer. The people of Georgia desired to have slaves. Therefore, Georgia changed and started a path to become identical to South Carolina. However, as the amount of plantations sky-rocketed, so did the need for more slaves. It is a marvel to imagine that I live in the city of Savannah that was a beacon for the selling and exchanging of human beings.

Boiling over with history, The Free state of Jones shows the triumphs and tragedies of a poor white farmer named Newton Knight as he leads an ever growing colony of people to the control of Jones County, Mississippi and other bordering areas. This movie did take some liberties with adding fictional characters such as Knight’s nephew Daniel, and Moses. These characters were never actually real, but they represent parts and themes of the real story. Moses shows that a relationship between Knight and African-American people existed and was prevalent. His nephew’s death shows a boiling over of the things in the war that Newt did not agree with, which pushed him to desert the army. The Free State of Jones created many fictional things, but should be seen as historically accurate due to its portrayal of guerilla warfare, the motivations for the soldiers leaving the confederacy, and the depiction of life for blacks during reconstruction after the war.

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” These words of Niccolo Machiavelli perfectly describe a situation in the book To Kill a Mocking Bird. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is about a small town in Alabama with a racial issue during the great depression. Through the use of irony and tone the author proves that you don’t know someone until you walk in their shoes.

A chapter on Harper Lee's now-classic To Kill a Mockingbird deiûy analyzes the novel's ideological contradictions, showing that Lee's insistent locaLIsm at once acknowledged the continuing impact of the Scottsboro Narrative and undermined its significance as a register to the injustices of the American legal system. In a trenchant epILogue. (Foley 768)

Deep in the forest of Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the caged bird sings on. The singing slaves in Douglass’s narrative are the caged birds of Maya Angelou’s famous poem, filling the air around them with desire: desire for a freedom so far out of reach—for “things unknown but longed for still.”

Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is a realistic story that deeply discusses issues involved with the 1930’s that still resonate today. The struggles of life are evident within the believable characters of Maycomb County which is a microcosm, reflective of universal issues. Along with the authentic characters, setting and style also helps to convey Lee’s controversial notions of racial and gender prejudice, and persecution of the innocent, discussing many other ideas within.

Being at the top of the social hierarchy has been a must for every American of past generations, but can lead to fatal damages for some trying to obtain that goal and a cause to ruin people’s lives. In a remarkably triumphant story on compassion, Harper Lee explored the horrors of racial prejudice in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Set in the 1930’s, the poor town of Maycomb, Alabama has been hit by the depression hard, which created a vast, complex social pyramid, with distinct families and lifestyles. At the Finch household, composed of a little nine year old girl, Scout, a twelve year old boy Jem, and their father Atticus, proceed through a whirlwind of events throughout the next few years. Atticus, a lawyer who is a hardworking, honest man at the top of the social hierarchy of Maycomb, has to defend a colored man by the name of Tom Robinson. This happened to be very unusual for the time period, as the family has to transcend through the struggles in a racial prejudice town and learn the raw nature of the worst in humans, thus trying to overcome these events through compassion. The author utilizes metaphor, characterization, and mood to describe the situation of Maycomb, it soon then becomes very clear that the dangers of ruining innocence can lead to a vast road of horrors and evils.

Huey Percy Newton, better known as the co-founder of the Black Panthers. Was born on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana. To Amelia Johnson Newton and Walter Newton, a sharecropper and Baptist preacher. The Newton’s respected Louisiana's former governor Huey P. Long so much that they named their seventh and youngest son after him. Long who was perhaps the most controversial governor that Louisiana’s has ever had, and was killed seven years after being elected governor. Walter was known for working several jobs to support his enormous family. He was very against Amelia working outside of the home. The family migrated to California during the 1940s, in search of professions in the war industries.

Charles “Chick” King was born on November 10th, 1930, in Paris, Tennessee. He lived in Paris most of his life until he was drafted to the Major League Baseball Association in 1951. He played for 11 years. Chick’s sport career started at Grove High School where he was an all- round athlete. He played football from 1947 to 1949 as well as ran track and played basketball. He was named to the all- state. He was also named to the all- county basketball team. After winning awards and playing greatly at Grove, he decided to attend the University of Memphis. He ran track at Memphis but mostly enjoyed the great game of baseball. That’s when he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1951.

Dr. Ralph Edmond Stanley, a well known American Bluegrass artist, was born February 25, 1927, in Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia. He just recently passed away last year on June 23, 2016. During those 89 years of life, Mr. Stanley sure made a name for himself to be remembered for many years after he was gone. There were two things that made him stand out from many of the bluegrass artists. Those things were his original voice and his unique way of picking the banjo. Mr. Stanleys mother bought him his first banjo for five dollars when he was around 15 or 16. His mother taught him to play clawhammer style on the banjo and later in life he developed his own style from this strumming style. After graduation from high school in May of 1945, he went into the Army for about a year. The day he came home from the war, Carter, his Brother, and his father picked him up and later that night he made an appearance on the radio singing

Fans of Bringing Up Bates know that Lawson has been working on his music career. It turns out that Lawson is now working to start a country music career on his own without the family. Lawson has relied on the family a lot, but he is stepping out of his comfort zone. Fox News got the chance to talk to Lawson Bates and find out what is going on with him. Lawson already has some music out there and has been on reality television for four seasons now.

Charles Kinny is a very important preacher in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Not only was he a very Godly and humble preacher, he also was the first ordained Black Preacher. He helped Seventh-day Adventist reach out and connect with the black community during the 1800s. Resulting in many African Americans dedicating their life to God. There are many things we can learn from Charles so let’s get started!

The Antebellum South thrived in chivalry, manners, and proper social standing. The old slave plantation, sun-tea, and gentle exchanges on the street were not uncommon sights during this time. Old-money and the disturbing thought of new money stitched in the pillows that sat on couches for luncheons. Too often, the people living in this period were so engrossed in creating a fake identity of perfection; they ultimately lost sight of who they were inside. To unveil the evils of the practice, many authors such as William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O’Connor and Jean Toomer all spoke out against the dying South. They revealed the tragedy in the former way of thinking and the misfortune that follows those who never move forward from

    When Thomas Kinkade was not painting, he would ride his Harley Davidson around Los Gatos and befriend the homeless population. Thomas Kinkade recognized his talent at a very young age. He sometimes would have to sell paintings on the street to help his struggling family. Thomas Kinkade used his artistic abilities to survive a rough childhood. His drive to bring joy, peace, and light to others is very clear in his career and artwork.

Political activist and revolutionary, Huey Percy Newton, was born on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana. In 1945, Newton’s Family moved to Oakland, California, in efforts to find new job opportunities. As a result of World War Two, the area around Oakland seen much industrial growth. However, racism in Oakland was no different than the racism in Louisiana. As a teenager in Oakland, Newton had a long history of trouble with the law and consistently struggled in school. Newton often found school difficult;later on stating in his autobiography, Revolutionary Suicide, that he was often “made to feel ashamed of being black.” As a result, Huey frequently got into trouble with school authorities and was suspended on numerous occasions.