Working In The Archives : Practical Research Methods For Rhetoric And Composition?

He wants his readers to imagine the pain and humiliation of the ill treatment that African Americans endure on a daily basis. King writes of vicious mobs lynching people’s mothers and fathers, policemen killing people’s brothers and sisters, a man and his wife not receiving the proper respect they deserve because of their skin color, and the notion that African Americans feel insignificant within their communities; this is why these peaceful demonstrators of whom the clergymen attack “find it difficult to wait” (King, 20). However, King believes that soon, injustice will be exposed, like “a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up” (King, 30). This vivid description helps arouse an emotional response, driving shame into the hearts of his white readers.

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).

Founded in 1965, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History showcases the world's largest permanent exhibit on African American culture. My visits there are always educational and profoundly moving. The museum has an incredible perspective on the past and the present journey of African Americans. At the same time, it takes us on a comprehensive journey of the African American contribution to the world. Today, I will take us on that journey and paint a vivid image of Charles H. Wright Museum.

In today’s society, many have come to believe what they have been instructed over the years, whether it is fiction of facts. Living in a world, where only certain race can be seen as superior to others. Schomburg was a pioneer beyond his times. In the article “The Negro Digs up His Past”. The beginning of this essay revealed a powerful statement, “The American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future” (Arthur Schomburg). It is very clear, Schomburg realized the importance of being knowledgeable on your true history. “History must restore what slavery took away, for it is the social damage of slavery that the present generations must repair and offset”. Therefore, I acquiesce with such statement, it is up to the present generation to fight, and to aspire on restoring what was taken away. As we acquired more intelligence, today’s generation must continue on indoctrinating one another on our true history. However, let’s not forget, slavery was not the onset of the Negro history; when in fact, slavery interrupted the Negro history. Meanwhile, long ago, before slavery, Africans ruled the world, built nations, mastering in architectural ideas, philosophies, etc. Nonetheless, it is crucial for the Negro to dig up his past, for from it; today’s Africans shall conceive their true potential, and their ancestor’s greatest achievements. Just as Schomburg found his motivation after being told “Negroes has no history. On the other hand, he then stated “The Negro thinking

For both members of the Native American and African American communities the disturbance of the remains of those believed to be their ancestors might represent not only a spiritual upset but also a further example of racial and cultural discrimination (Sayer, 2010: 71). In addition, failure to properly connect with the two communities led to members of both communities voicing their feelings of discontent over issues of civil rights and discrimination. Thus, as a result of the failure to communicate and reach a common ground in both cases led to the many costly and lengthy legal battles. In both scenarios, the human remains that were uncovered became a political symbol that was used by both parties. Once this happens, there issue of how to

As a modern-day student of English Composition, how is the study of rhetoric and rhetorical canon valuable to me? Prior to beginning this assignment I had very little knowledge of the term rhetoric, or rhetorical cannon when asked to write anything. In elementary school, our teachers taught us sentence structure, vocabulary, and the basics of writing for testing purposes, nevertheless reading this assignment showed me that rhetoric is basically the core of almost everything that we read every day.

There have been many cases of social injustice on a number of occasions in the expansive history of the United States. The oppressions of the early movements for women’s suffrage and the relocation and encampment of Native Americans are two of many occurrences. Around the middle of the 20th century, a movement for equality and civil liberties for African Americans among citizens began. In this essay, Notes of a Native son James Baldwin, a black man living in this time, recalls experiences from within the heart of said movement. Baldwin conveys a sense of immediacy throughout his passage by making his writing approachable and estimating an enormous amount of ethos.

The single most defining aspect of any culture is its history, whether it be moments of triumph or failure. An optimistic hope, for any culture is that following historic occurrences, whether the outcome be positive or negative, lessons are learned with the hopes that history doesn’t repeat itself. In American culture however, every decade it seems, a different minority group is forced to fight for their rights, against those who are ignorant or unwilling to offer acceptance. A significant reason children are taught history, is so that as each new generation is brought up, they are educated of missteps on the part of their elder generations, so that the culture and society can grow and prosper. Society is hopeful that learning from these mistakes, will prevent similar occurrences in the future.

Over the course of centuries history has been recorded with different sources, but when different interpretations are given, things are filtered out. Some issues and events are often disregarded, overlooked, or underplayed. The American Promise, The African-American Odyssey, and The American Challenge present historical events from different

In the episode of “We Come from People:” Finding Your Roots, you could see the various legacies of some slaves and how their efforts allowed their families to develop into what they are today. Angela Bassett, Valerie Jarrett and Nas ancestries go back into the heart of slavery, exposing there is not an only one storyline and it questions our presumptions of a period that has intensely molded our nation’s opinion of slavery. Hip-hop artist Nas, uncovered a network of his slave descendants and their intimate relationship to their slave owner. It’s interesting to see the linage of families and how they evolved through the course of time. We can see in some instances the way that slave owners tried to keep their slaves and how much they made them

“These shackles don’t rob us for being black, son, they rob us for being human.” said Robert Lewis (Planter) (Myers 359), he is one of the generations of the Lewis family. 5 generations of the Lewis family tell stories their life and will find the way to freedom. Using three different conflicts during the Civil Rights Movement, Myers correctly presents the fight for Civil Rights in the U.S: Civil Rights march/ “I have a Dream” speech, Malcolm X, and Tommy fights to go to a white college.

It seems like in today’s day and age, most historical documents are looked over, blatantly ignored. Many people are misinformed of what they are meant to be and what the meaning is behind them. After I received my summer assignment, I asked my father if we could go to the National Archives Museum and learn more about what I’d be writing an essay about. He replied, “Of course.”

Although discrimination presents itself to a different extent in each of our lives, we should use knowledge form its’ effects to benefit our community. Bellah et al. believes a community lacking memories or heritage is not ideal for helping others progress forward from the discrimination we once faced. In order to shape our future along with forming a sustainable community of memory and hope, we must explore our past to accept our heritage and all of the advantages and disadvantages attached to it. Most people want their kids to grow up embracing who they are, and they long for them to be better off than they were in their cultural society. In order to achieve this, we must regard the future and get as close to the ideal community as we can by altering our way of life to improve our future generations. It might be hard to accept the past, but people who completely erase their heritage for individual benefit don’t achieve the enriching sensation a community of memory can

New Historicism is a critical practice emerged in the in the early 1980s. It developed essentially through the work of Greenblatt, and became the new “status quo” in the 1990s. This new historicist practice seeks to reveal the ways in which culture and history are the main sources for the human experience. New historicists participate in the activity of interpreting and explaining material documentation as the representations that a society produces of itself. They tend to view society as a web of cultural discourses that circulate within it, and are created by particular conditions in a particular place and time. This critical approach, therefore, is interested in examining the process by which a society organizes and produces its own

In Southern Hills, one would better spend their time searching for a kangaroo than a police car. In conjunction with the majority of white suburban neighborhoods, crime was virtually non-existent, facilities well maintained, and school children always had a full lunch bag. In simple terms, life was good. Living in such a community meant I never felt as though my basic human rights were ever being violated because of my skin, gender, or religion. The extent of my knowledge regarding human rights, while limited, derives from my concessions nature, that I acquired from typical Southern Hills schooling. Being fortunate enough to have been born in a community safe from world atrocities has allowed me to view the world in a much broader sense while simultaneously providing me the understanding of how anyone, regardless of upbringing, can begin to change such daunting issues.