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Breen implies that Anthony Johnson's accomplishments were great but held no place in a predominantly white colony and I will have to agree with his assumption. The making of black gentlemen in the seventeenth century would have to take a back seat to the white's self centered ideals. It was obvious that whites held most of the power and with that power were able to decide much of a black man's life especially his status in society. That status would hover above black slaves and indentured servants but still stay beneath any white

Johnson applied the power of repetition to portray the ideal mindset of everyone having access to equal rights. To begin with he reminded those listening of the mission the nation should be completing which was “the oldest and the most basic of the country – to right wrong, to do justice, (and) to serve man” without ethnicity being an important factor (Johnson 1).

All through James Crisp's examination of the Sam Houston discourse, he doubts sources, furthermore inquires about until he's found the right answers and disclosures he was searching for. Today, understudies carelessly trust that the sources given to them in a classroom setting are the unrivaled hotspot for them to gain from. Inside of the setting and recorded data of this book, the peruser can figure out how to question sources, and how not to accept one and only history specialist's feeling, or even an interpretation, of a specific

James Weldon Johnson author of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man discusses the issue of race and identity in his short story. Writing in first person Johnson follows the unnamed protagonist from childhood up to adulthood, he demonstrates in different areas how this unnamed man handles his identity and his race as colored. The fact that he remains nameless throughout the story shows more of the connection between identity and race. During the course of the story Johnson’s protagonist makes the argument that identity is highly based upon the race of the individual. His journey from adolescence to adulthood as a colored man seems to play a keen role in the jobs he makes and the people he interacts with, ultimately defining his identity based on his race.

Document B shows various polls taken between 1964 and 1964. As the polls go further beyond 1963, more and more people began to support civil rights(Gallup 3). As more people began to approve of civil rights, Johnson began to support them more and more as well. This correlation shows that Johnson was merely supporting whatever the people supported, not making choices based on his own belief. Document E shows that he also practiced appeasement in non-political circumstances. While speaking with civil rights activist Roy Wilkins, he was asked why he did not support civil rights until now if it had been such an important issue to him. He replied by quoting MLK by saying “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I’m free at last.” (Dallek 1). He was quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this situation because he was dealing with a civil rights activist. This all shows how his decision was based on politics because it shows his tactics of

In chapter one “Patriarch on Pungoteage Creek” it starts to tell the place that slavery had held in the New world. Slavery was in every county in the New colonies. North American Slavery helped develop the South Atlantic Trading System. In Chapter two “Race Relations as Status and Process” is when the book starts to get a little more interesting. The only way that we know that Anthony Johnson or any of the other names mentioned in the book were black is because the county clerk put beside their name

First, Andrew Jackson was highly revered for his humble beginnings. Jackson was born on March 15,1767, in a region between North Carolina and South Carolina called Waxhaws. Born to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson who were Irish colonists that emigrated to America in 1765. Jackson was born just three weeks after his father’s unexpected death (“Andrew Jackson Biography”). Jackson grew up in poverty in the Waxhaws wilderness, but received an irregular education before the Revolutionary War (Freidel). After one of his older brothers died in 1779, in the Battle of Stone Ferry, Jackson joined a community militia when he was only

“Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, gained freedom and became a ship’s pilot, sea-captain, and politician.” (Wikipedia). People wonder whether Wikipedia is actually a reliable source or not. Others just assume it is because there is a lot of information about the topic they looked up. The Wikipedia article on Robert Smalls is one example of explaining whether it is a reliable source of information or not, and why. Also, this research helps understand what exactly is a reliable source of information.

Jackson embedded numerous themes without the biography. One of those major themes was social status within the African American community. Throughout the book the author discusses the leaders

It was interesting to read the different perspectives from people who lived during the reconstruction in the mid to late 1800s. Although these documents were written by people of diverse race, status, and political stance, there were some common observations.

I chose Andrew Jackson as my topic for my internet bibliography. I chose this topic because I’ve heard some intriguing facts about Andrew Jackson before, and I wanted to learn the details of them. Also, I wanted to learn more about our 7th President. I’ve always heard that he was an avid duelist, and that Andrew Jackson used his own cane to beat a man, who tried to assassinate him. I wanted to know the details about both of these events, so I decided to dig deeper into Andrew Jackson’s life.

In the study of history, some examples of a primary sources include: diaries, manuscripts, autobiographies, a recordings, and testimonies. When analyzing a primary source one must consider context, identify author, date, type of source. One must also consider when was the source of the of “the Veil” project in the mid 1990’s (Ortiz, 2 ; Valk and Brown, 10). Her story is transcribed in the initial interview, and is also discussed in “The Foundation Was There: Growing up a Girl in the Jim Crow South”, the first chapter in Anne Valk’s and Leslie Brown’s book “Living with Jim Crow”. I will identify historical characteristics of the interview in relation to the topic of study. In addition, I will identify the point of view of the subject and bias in relation to the intended audience and the author’s motive.

In addition, Source A and B are also useful because source A was written by a historian named Aaron Wilkes. Therefore, he would be well educated on the topic and could have researched a range of sources. In addition, it also was written in 1993, this means it would be a secondary source giving the historians plenty of time to reflect on events. Source B is also useful because it was written by a slave, so it would be a primary source, meaning experienced life on plantations first hand and would be truthful. And would be a bit negative because of the conditions on the plantation boat.

All of the Yankee’s, minor tricks and accomplishments that shocked their world gave him a false sense of reality of what he actually was. However, he was just an actor. He was viewed as a magical hero who had traits of exceptional cleverness, determination, moral fortitude, knowledge, and exemplary physical and honorable grit to fight for what he believes in. In addition, dubbed then as “Sir”

As people view others and compare them to themselves, they see many differences, but as they gain more knowledge, they begin to realize that they are not so different from themselves. Barbara Jordan once said, “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” This relates to the universal concept of ourselves and others by making us have tolerance for others and how we compare ourselves to them. This quote from Barbara Jordan is demonstrated in: To Kill A Mockingbird by a Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee, “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion” by a journalist Ronald J. Allen, and “The Lottery” by a famed author Shirley Jackson. These texts share the same idea of the concept of ourselves and others by demonstrating tolerance and presenting the ideas of tolerance through the story’s events. In order to become more conscious about oneself and others, people have to consider the feelings of tolerance, the human conscience, and the belief of an opinion is correct which causes these social issues to disappear.