American abolitionists

rise and success of the Black Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Liberation Movement. In an era of drastic social reform, many black women believed that their needs were not being properly addressed. Black Feminism played a significant role in American History by highlighting the flaws in the various liberation movements that arose. In doing so, it gave rise to many Black Feminist Organizations which in turn fostered a sense of accomplishment and effectiveness in the Black Female Community. In

Rhetorical Equality Successful, self-educated abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington fought tirelessly to eradicate slavery. Born into slavery, Douglass and Washington shared the belief of equality, but differed on the manner in which it would be achieved. Douglass’s philosophy was “agitate!, agitate!, agitate!” whereas, Washington was of the ‘work!, work!, work!” mindset. Through his crafty use of rhetoric, Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of America

prison that had an extensive library. As a result, Malcolm X was able to discover and learn more about his own culture. Malcolm X learned that the African American culture is unfortunately cast in the shadows of the white population and neglected in textbooks as well as history. Not only does he believe the white population suppresses African Americans, but he believes

America is a melting pot of cultures; we have all heard this statement over and over again in our standardized history or government classes. Yet what does that means in a globular perspective or even for the America people beyond conflicting interest and inability to create a competent government? Just the English language itself is a feat of migration and blending of ideas. It has a Germanic sentence structure, with its very strict placement of verbs, nouns, and the actual subject of the sentence

SUFFRAGE, AMENDMENTS AND RACISM ARE ADDRESSED IN DOCUMENTARY Ninteenth-century African-American women, who are typically a footnote in the women's movement, get a spotlight in feature film. MONTCLAIR, NJ – December 11 , 2017 “The Black Suffragist: Trailblazers of Social Justice”, which is being produced and directed by filmmaker, Jennifer Rolle, explores the role and contribution of 19th-century African-American women within the women's movement movement. Films that are directly related to the women's

origins of Jazz began in the African American slave trade, hundreds of thousands of slaves have landed in the United States from mainly west Africa. While working on the cotton fields the slaves began singing “call and response” rhythms which originated from the African tradition. Slaves were unable to speak their native language therefore they organized secret religious services. In these services, they sang with many people clapping and dancing. After the Abolitionist movement and the Civil War, the

The author of A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn was born in 1922 and grew in Brooklyn. By 18 he became a shipyard worker and a few years later joined the air force where he flew bomber missions during World War II. It was these years that created Zinn’s opposition for war and passion for history. He was a professor at Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia, but got fired because he supported student protestors. Zinn ended up different places such as imprisonment for civil disobedience

in the state • Ms. Crandall opened one of the first schools for African American girls in 1933 after admitting an African American female into the private academy and refusing to expel her upon the white students’ parent’s outrage. The townspeople were hostile towards Ms. Crandall, but she refused to close the school for African American students despite being scorned and harassed • In 1833, Ms. Crandall taught African American girls advanced grammar, math, and science, which would allow them the opportunity

South Carolina. He moved to New York and shortly after became co-editor of The Liberator, a famous abolitionist newspaper, he wrote some of his most revered poems while working there. He was part of the Harlem Renaissance a movement that was a reawakening of artistic and cultural talents of African American people in the United States and helped to reinvigorate their pride in being black. In “All American” by David Hernandez he talks about how confusing it is to be here, how odd it is to be of a different

Testament we can see the following phrase repeated many times “The slaves are obedient to yours masters”, The whites interpreted this as that God agreed with slavery. Obedience was the first commandment that whites taught slaves. Some African Americans questioned the interpretation of the Bible by saying that there was a conflict