The Pan African Significance Of The Obama Administration

W.E.B. Dubois was the rivaling civil rights leader during the early 20th century. W.E.B. Dubois believed that through political action and education, full-citizenship of African Americans in America would be achieved. At first, he agreed with Booker T. Washington’s teachings, however through time Dubois realized flaws within Washington’s ideas. Dubois, in “Soul of Black Folk” writes, “The black men of America have a duty to perform, a duty stern and delicate, -- a forward movement to oppose a part of the work of their greatest leader. So far as Mr. Washington peaches

In 1900, Henry Slyvester Williams of Trinidad and Tobago introduced Pan-Africanism, the idea that people of African descent share a common destiny – that their forced dispersal through the transatlantic slave trade, their common oppression under colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean, and under Jim Crow segregation in the United States, had created parallel contours for struggle (Marable). This global esprit de corps encouraged blacks to continuing fighting for equal rights in the United States.

By going back to one’s roots, the future of developing countries resided in the “development of Africa is one of the most constructive and universally helpful missions” (Locke, 6). This direction was a form of modernization that was an improvement of relationships between African Americans and other races.

To change the “status quo”, Afrocentricity must serve as both a corrective factor and a critique. Africans throughout the world including the America’s have experienced the sensation of dislocation. Through the act of re-centering the African person and making them an agent, we shed the belief of the unquestioned European domination. In that way, it serves as a corrective factor. Afrocentricity also strives to critique the process and the extent of the dislocation of African peoples that was the result of the domination of the Europeans in all matters. In order to change the circumstances,

All of the Europeans wanted to change the views and personalities of the non-Europeans, they wanted to change the way the country was, to become more modernized, and follow the way of the world. She states "Modernization is changing traditions", by hanging the way that people think is changing the demand for wants and needs in non-European areas. During the process of becoming modernized the people were forced to change religion because it "crushed and humiliated" them. These people were not able to practice their religion because they were forced to look like a unit and not have their own personalities or be individuals. The non-Europeans are happy with the idea of being modernized while the European government are laughing in their faces about them becoming consumers for the bigger companies. Du Bois expresses that this could not only be a question of race but also a question of status. The world is always in need of cheap labor and will always rely on the lower class of the non-Europeans to do the work. The use of violence that was used to become more modernized was horrific. They would use fire arms in order to get the Africans to do what they wanted. The development of Africa, being able to educate their people would result in an interference with private foreign investors and would change the modern world for Africa. Pan-Africanism demands that Africa's that was gained by these

Pioneer in the struggle for Afro-American liberation and for African liberation, prolific black scholar, W.E.B. DuBois (1868 - 1963) was one of the giants of the twentieth century. (Foner, flap text)

Thirdly, Ill like to talk about two people who are W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington. W.E.B DuBois was the “Father of Pan Africanism” that issues of segregation, political disenfranchisement. He believed that people of African descent should work together to battle prejudice, inequality. Booker T. Washington was one of the dominant figures in African American history from 1890 to 1915. He did much to improve the friendship and working relationship between the

W.E.B Dubois organized his life 's work around the study of what was called the Negro Problem. He ended his years laboring on an global publication that might have been the sylbom of greatness of that ambition:(Hutchins Center, 2017) “to document the experience and historical contributions of African peoples in the world. Having witnessed the formal détente among European powers by which the African continent was colonized in the late nineteenth century, he lived to taste the fruits of the struggle to decolonize it in the late twentieth century and to become a citizen of the first new African nation. Having posed at the end of the nineteenth

At this stage, it is suggested that an individual sees him or herself as part of the entire human family, proud to be black, but not limited to blackness. The individual sees people only as people, not as black people, or white people, etc. Furthermore, one thing that pertains particularly to Barack, in my opinion, is that individuals in this stage enjoy regular company of a wide array of people and most importantly fight for a wide array of causes, which are not specific to race.

Hillary Clinton has stated she received no classified emails and stated she only has deleted emails that she felt were personal.

Inside Obama Presidency The film Inside Obama Presidency, is a documentary of how Obama presidency was in terms of how successful was Obama in making changes and fixing problems. Furthermore, how will historian rate the Obama presidency. However, that is not the only concern that the movie brought out. The other concern was how Obama struggled against the Republican opposition, Obama own inexperience and limitation, and sheer difficulty of the challenges any would have faced. Also, the article Inside Obama Presidency how Obama become a cultural symbolic significance.

development of Africa, I found that in order for Africa to fully develop, it must capitalize on the potential of its Diaspora by treating them not just as people who must help Africa, but also as people who need help from Africa as well as from their host countries, and vice versa. I realized that a platform must be created to bring the Diaspora and its stakeholders together around problems and solutions that concern both. I then began writing a project to develop Africa based on its Diaspora and vice versa. By that time, I also

European domination of Africa had global influence economically, politically, and socially. Areas such as France and Portugal saw some benefits economically and places such as Britain saw social and political benefits. Contrastingly, in regions of the world today, people of the African Diaspora are still seen as lesser and tribal. There has been little progress for people of color, but the progress that has been made is significant. However, the progression of people of color has been met with oppression from an ideal that has evolved from years of unchecked privilege; white Supremacy. White supremacy is not just radical KKK groups but a different version of “racial and social discrimination because it is systematic and more fully theorized.” White Supremacy is a notion that white people are superior based on their characteristics and attributes. This ideal is both conscious to those who act on it and subconscious to those who use their white privilege

As a learning experience, Lemelle 's Pan-Africanism for Beginners provides a strong broad base of knowledge. Instead of concentrating on the specifics of Pan-Africanism, this book covers a broad range of aspects, from the Diaspora to Garveyism to the Harlem Renaissance. Because there are so many people and movements associated with Pan-Africanism, it is nearly impossible to go into detail about every important event in one book. Even so, Lemelle does a good job at providing enough detail on each topic, while still conveying how complex Pan-Africanism is. By including many facets of Pan-Africanism, Lemelle is able to spark an interest in the reader so that they can continue onto more specific research. For instance, when Lemelle explained the Conference of

Barack Obama uses legitimate power. Legitimate power is based on the user’s position, power, given by the organization. (Lussier and Achua, 2013, p.150). Barack is an effective leader. As long as he isn’t breaking the law, he can have executive agencies to do anything he wants. Of course he is aware of congress being able to remove him if he abuses his power. Barack Obama is quite powerful. He has the ability to veto bills congress sends him. He also designates a large number of powerful positions. Individual who the president chooses is almost always approved. He can also fire a lot of these appointed officials, again giving him power over how these departments are run. He is Commander of the military, so he can move military resources around