The African Freedom Struggle

During the European Scramble for Africa, in the early 20th century, Africans had a peaceful reaction with anti-imperialistic sentiments (docs. 2, 3, 4, and 7), peaceful actions through the approach of diplomacy (docs.1, 2, and 3) and also a rebellious anti-imperialistic reaction (docs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) towards the Scramble for Africa.

What organizations, ideologies, and leaders did Africans create and engage in the 20th century to promote and advance their liberation?

The Civil Rights movement has aimed to gain rights for African-Americans for decades. Over the course of the semester we have looked at movement’s that have helped advocate for civil rights. One of the movements of that we looked at specifically in class was Martin L. King Jr’s movement and his “Letter from the Birmingham Jail”. In this letter, we hear Dr. King's honest opinion about the criticism he received from his opponents of timely protest. We gain a lot of insight about King's honest opinion about his political motivations of his movements and why he felt that it was critical to act when he did. Another movement that we discussed but didn’t directly look at was the Black Panther Party. An outside article that discusses the Black

What I found most significant was how this movement all started, which was when the plaintiff Oliver Brown realized his constitutional rights were being destroyed. He realized this each day as “his eight-year-old daughter, Linda, bypassed the neighborhood white school to catch a bus to a segregated school” which was located 21 blocks away. This is when Brown decided to sue the

Freedom for all races, religions, and ethnic groups has been a recurrent issue throughout American history. With different races living together come different morals, values, and beliefs which do not always fit together smoothly, and many problems arise when this sacred freedom is defined differently from one specific group of people to another. Although equilibrium of freedom was the goal in the 1800s, it was merely impossible to reach due to economic inequality from the different beliefs and understanding of freedom between the working poor and industrialists, the varieties of races and ethnicities, and lastly, the negative role of media throughout this time.

The Civil Rights Movement was an unforgettable era in American History because it has influenced so much of this countries laws and norms, making what was at a time acceptable in this country extremely unacceptable and unpracticed. This inevitable struggle for freedom, natural human rights, and acceptance was a violent and non-violent volatile reaction to a broken and unjust system. Many leaders and citizens fought for the freedom and justice of the minorities in the United states of America during the Civil Rights movement, by using unique approached, strong strategies, and intelligence to earn this respect and freedom. Civil Rights leaders like the well-known Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other influential people bravely led the Civil Rights Movement and creating a new America where “the system of Jim Crow segregation and racism was reformed and eliminated”1 Additionally, the cause of the Civil Rights Movement, the various forms of protest, and the aftermath of the movement will be discussed throughout this essay, and the reader will be able to gain a stronger understanding of the Civil Rights Movement as a whole.

In the early nineteenth century, the African American went from slavery to the struggle for freedom. They had to do several activities in order to survive. Even though food affected the lifestyle during slavery, with religion, soul food like greens, and hamburger meat was prepared and grown to help families survive. There were several kinds of slaves during the nineteenth century. The African Americans were the most popular among all the slaves and had the hardest time for survival. They reported in mid-2003 that today: "Millions of men, women and children around the world are forced to

“Forcing people to be generous isn 't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.” – Harry Browne. Sadly the good humanitarianism would not reach Africa until some thousands were killed by the greed of the Europeans. Europeans wanting to explore Africa for their personal gain should not have used the excuse of humanitarianism to justify the true act of imperialism that was happening in Africa because, many European countries want to “win the race” of being the first to colonize unexplored Africa, Europeans saw Africa as having an unfathomable amount of natural resources, and Europeans wanted to spread Christianity and “save” the people of in Africa.

The struggles of African Americans to establish their freedom is a big part of American history. From the time of slavery until recent days, changes have taken place to better the lives of many. Names such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and Jackie Robinson are names forever recognized and remembered by every American black or white. Many of those people led the way and instituted themselves leaders in the movement which directed everything that is connected to the life of African Americans. The biography of Anne Moody Coming of Age in Mississippi chronicles the many events she lives while enduring the harshness of discrimination. Moody’s traces her life from the age of four to twenty three divided into

During the 1970s many groups were dealing with the fact of fighting for equality such as African-Americans, Native Americans, and other marginalized people. This era had inspired some artists to produce songs on the revolution. One artist being Gil Scott-Heron who wrote the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” which is about how what is televised on television is not the revolution but they are only the symptoms and how society needs to have their own mind. In addition, not be followers to those who are being ignorant and turning to violence. He explains, how for you to change the way you live you have to possess the right mind. It will only be something people see, but eventually they will begin to realize that they are on the wrong

During the 1860s there was a lot of different stands on the state of freedom for the African-American people in the south, also a false identity of freedom for the quote on quote freed slaves. During this time there were multiple documents stating the condition of the south by observation, also to further educate the Northerners of the condition of the US and following up on the progress that was being made after the civil war.

Strong. Determined. Beautiful. These are words that have been used to describe a race that through trial and tribulation has never faltered in their struggle for justice in an unjust world. African Americans ' fight for liberation in the early to mid-1900s has paid off in many ways, but it is their tenacious efforts in acquiring equality that has given them such acclamation. While it is clear that America’s history of African American oppression is explicitly cruel and barbaric, I argue that the aftermath of such a grim past has helped to affirm a culturally rich, strong, and resilient race. Through abuse, prejudice, and death, African Americans have remained strong by becoming united in times of duress, never losing hope in a better future, and remaining persistent in their efforts to change their social inequality.

The fight for freedom was not an easy one for blacks. Years of racial bigotry programmed in society’s mind was the biggest hurdle for blacks in the US. You can change legislation but not the minds and behaviors of people. This made it imperative that black initiate different strategies to achieve the goal of being treated like a human being and having the same inalienable rights given to everyone else. They demonstrated peacefully and they demonstrated in ways that became violent. In the end, they got the attention they needed to begin change. Their fight not only gave rights to blacks but to all people.

In the 1940’s and 1950’s African Americans were still considered as second class citizens. Unfortunately, African Americans continued to receive unfair treatment which led to a society declared to be “separate but equal”. Segregation stood firmly in transportation, schools, and more. African Americans were sick of inequality, therefore, they became more aggressive in their fight for equality. The marches and protests began in the early 1960’s. Important African American heroes began their actions during the 60’s, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Their actions were a turning point of African Americans lives. The battle of discrimination and segregation led to the Civil Rights Movement which changed America undoubtedly.

Now, there are several salient points that can be made about Symoné’s comments. Symoné’s concern with her inability to accurately trace her African roots is reminiscent of the Pan-Africanist point of view. In this interview, Raven is privileging the Pan- African point of view, deciding that her blackness cannot be validated unless she can show a clear connection to Africa. The Pan-Africanist point of view came about during the time of 18th century slave revolts and continued throughout the 19th century abolitionist movements and the rise of new antisystemic movements in the 1960s (Lao-Montes 311).