The Freedom Summers Murders By Don Mitchell

The article “The Negro Digs Up His Past’’ by Arthur schomburg on 1925, elaborates more on the struggles of slavery as well as how history tend to be in great need of restoration through mindfully exploring on the past. The article, however started with an interesting sentence which caught my attention, especially when the writer says ‘’The American Negro must remark his past in order to make his future’’ (670). This statement according the writer, explains how slavery took away the great deal freedom from people of African descendant, through emancipation and also increase in diversity. The writer (Arthur Schomburg) however, asserts that “the negro has been throughout the centuries of controversy an active collaborator, and often a pioneer, in the struggle for his own freedom and advancement” (670).

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The novel Southland is a murder unknown story taking place in Los Angeles between the 40 's, and 90 's at a period when racism and discrimination were at the all time high. Revoyr’s features various historical references were taking place in Los Angeles’s past related to racial issues and uses some character interactions to drive these points home. Frank Sakai and Curtis Martin are two main characters whose life is prompted by the racism in the Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Why acknowledge history? The solution is because we essentially must to achieve access to the laboratory of human involvement. In the essay “Haunted America”, Patricia Nelson takes a truly various and remarkably gallant stance on United States history. Through the recounting of the White/Modoc war in “Haunted America,” she brings to light the complexity and confusion of the White/Indian conflicts that is often missing in much of the history we read. Her account of the war, with the faults of both Whites and Indians revealed, is an unusual alternative to the stereotypical “Whites were good; Indians were bad” or the reverse stand point that “Indians were good; Whites were bad” conclusions that many historians reach. Limerick argues that a very brutal and bloody era has been simplified and romanticized, reducing the lives and deaths of hundreds to the telling of an uncomplicated story of “Good Guys” and “Bad Guys”.

In Killing the Black Body, Dorothy Roberts describes the history of African-American women and the dehumanizing attempts to control their reproductive lives. Beginning with slavery, to the early beginning of birth control policy, to the sterilization abuse of Black women during the 1960s and 1970s, continuing with the current campaign to inject Norplant and Depo-Provera along with welfare mothers, Roberts argues that the systematic, institutionalized denial of reproductive freedom has uniquely marked Black women’s history in America.

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, written by author, Jeff Hobbs, is an amazing story of a true underdog of society defying all odds and creating a life where most people would give up. The main character in the book is Robert Peace. He was raised by his mother when his father was convicted of double-homicide. This turning point in Robert’s life forced him to become more independent and driven than the average child. As he grew into his teen years, Robert had taken the role of the man of the house, and this drove him to try to exceed everyone’s expectations of him.

James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were on their way to help with trying to get the local African Americans to where they could vote for the elections that they were not allowed to vote for. The three men were arrested on traffic charges and was locked up until a set time in the middle of the night. The three were released and was heading down Highway 19 south toward Meridian, when something strange happened. The three were being following and eventually police sirens were going off and they thought that they were just being pulled over. The police officer that released them and the Ku Klux Klan abducted and killed them. All three were shot and beaten until an unrecognizable state and were put in a swamp like area on County Road 515. The three would be missing for forty-four days before an informant would tell the FBI that was looking for the three where the bodies were located. Before the informant told where the bodies were, people were beginning to think that the whole thing was a hoax and that they were probably somewhere laughing at the whole thing. Name would begin to fly around and fingers would begin to be pointed but there was not enough evidence for the state officials to step in and prosecute the case. However, after much uproar from locals and civil right activists the federal authorities would eventually step in and take over the case.

Sara Partington Dr. Wilson-Bowers Davis Paper 9/21/14 The Return of Martin Guerre The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis is a construction to question how the identity of peasants were formed and reformed. The peasants who chose to migrate often decided to conform to the local customs; thus, changing their identities as well. This is the case with the Guerre family when they relocated from their family home in Hendaye to Artigat.

On September 19, 2016, AEON publishes an article by Judith Lichtenberg, “How US prisons violate three principles of criminal justice”. Lichtenberg suggests the Criminal Justice System is a failure for society. Americans agree that there is a problem with incarceration achieving very little, Lichtenberg says, but disagrees about the expressing their concerns about the discriminatory judicial system. She insists that retribution is a major issue for why people are being sent to prison. Three basic principles should control the use of incarceration as punishment. Lichtenberg argues punishments should correspond to the severity of the crime, discrimination in sentencings have negative effects for African Americans, and prisons should rehabilitate

In the book, Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, the story tells us about the true journey of Yanek Gruener through his time during the Holocaust. In the late 1930’s, Ten-year old Yanek is a Jewish boy who lives a happy life with his family in Poland. Until one day, his life changes as German Nazi’s invade his town, and take his family, and himself prisoner. Yanek is separated from his family and is put into one, of many, Jewish concentration camps. When arrived at the first camp, Yanek receives a tattoo on his arm, as his prisoner number, B-3087. He then is reunited with his uncle, only to hear the news that all of his family is dead. Sadly in a turn of events, Yanek’s uncle is killed by a Nazi for basically no reason. After the events of the

The fiction novel “The Detention Club”, is written by the distinguished author David Yoo. The story takes after sixth-grader Peter Lee, and his best friend Drew as they attempt to regain their popularity they once had in elementary school. After only several weeks at Fenwick Middle School, both friends realize that being great collectors of Mica doesn’t make them popular anymore. Peter Lee, in a desperate attempt to regain the popularity, discovers that serving detention can win him important friends. Designing Peter’s room, several specific details can be seen. One example is a bag full of Mica. Peter and Drew were the best mica collectors in their school. After starting their first year in Middle school, they started dropping hints about the “Mica Collecting” contest

While waiting for our breakfast, Joel’s face changed. His smile changed into a frown and the wrinkles on his face appeared. Joel was quiet for a moment until he said, “Mike Brown, a black 18 year old male, had been shot by a white cop.” The news took us all by surprise. Some people were upset or angry, I remained silent. I didn’t know how to react. The thought of this being about racism couldn’t be true because that’s what the Civil Rights Movement was for, to fight for the rights of colored people. I couldn’t believe that history was repeating

A murderer is normally defined by the psychological attributes that define him or her. These killers often suffer from a psychotic delusion that forces them to commit their horrific crimes. However, those who are pronounced sane and rational have a moral conviction that drives them to kill. It is this principle that separates the average murder from the psychotic sadists that believes in what he or she does. Charles Manson, leader of the Manson Family, believed in the apocalyptic war of Helter Skelter, the uprising of blacks and the mass genocide of whites (Whitehead). Manson’s firm conviction about Helter Skelter separates him from other criminals who commit their crimes out of insanity. In Travels in New-England and New-York, author

A truly insane being, Owlman manipulates his teammates, secretly hides his true intentions, and makes an effort to destroy every universe in existence.

In an ironic twist of events, one of Chicago’s finest represented and stood beside one of America's most infamous serial killers and never knew. Larson includes this little fact to not only shock the audience but to further show Holmes’s charismatic persona. The irony is elucidated in the words “most surprising and perhaps dismaying” and is further played out before the eyes of the reader, invoking a feeling of astonishment and even admiration for the criminal whose charm can blind the eyes of even the chief of police.