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SOCIAL JUSTICE Even though African American women have played vital roles in social justice movements, they are often overshadowed because of their gender. Only a few organizations like Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) gave more access for female leadership. But more often than none, women had informal positions of leadership. Because of gender norms in the 1960’s, society was resistant toward women in power and leadership, especially African American ones. Even though African American

Should Have States Enacted The Stand Your Ground Law? In 2005, Florida became the first state in the United States to enact the Stand Your Ground Law. Before the enactment of this deadly law, the justifiable homicides per year was around twelve. Many incidents have occurred since 2005. In 2016 seeing the stand your ground law are no longer foreign but, domestic. Violent altercations, police brutality, and naive judgements are the main reason why America is America. According to Criminal Law

from such protests, riots and accusations across the state of Maryland and also across the country. I will give insight on responses from the Baltimore community and then will also give some information on precautions and measures that should and/or have to be taken when events like these occur. An Overview of the Case CJ&PP: On April 12, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland, 25-year-old Freddie Gray was arrested on weapon charges after running from police. During his arrest Gray somehow suffered a severe

The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers best conveys the character traits of courage, ambitiousness, and supporting family even when times appear to be distressful. This book takes you through African American history with the excitement and thrill of fiction. It allows you to witness the glory of African American evolution, from a period of slavery to modern day. The reader witnesses courage as African Americans try and fight for freedom and equality in an unforgiving society. African Americans try

feel bad for the people of Baltimore with the furious nature from April 18, 2015 - May 3, 2015. It’s really easy to feel a lot of compassion for the people who’ve suffered from police brutality, poverty, and injustice; even if you’ve never experienced either. Burning and looting a CVS store would be a lot harder to understand and would hardly seem to have anything to do with protesting the actions of the Baltimore Police Department. President Obama decried the Baltimore riots as “senseless act of

Eleanor W. Traylor begins by explaining the fallacy in thinking that ragtime was the first and foremost contributor to black theatre art in America. She argues that "the source of all that can be called representative American theatre is Aframerican" (47). In other words, she elaborates, there were two kinds of ceremonies and narratives pervasive to black theatre before ragtime. The minstrel show is one example. The article stresses that the minstrel show was not invented by white plantation

Alice Walker attempts to depict the different ways of viewing heritage and identity of an African American family. During the first read, the audience sides with the narrator and Maggie against Dee/Wangero. The reader can see Dee/Wangero antagonist of the story. However, this is not the only way to interpret “Everyday Use”. Walker has created a more complex story than just right and wrong. After further analysis, the reader comes to understand that Wangero view of her cultural heritage and identity

Ferraro’s Market, is a local Italian market across the street from a predominately African American and Hispanic community. Ferraro’s, an Italian owned business that has been around for over 60 years. “It’s always been known for meats,” according to General Manager Al Lauro. “Going back to when Mr. Ferraro started Mohawk Market on State Street in 1953, I think that was.” The business remains in the same neighborhood with their reputation, “The Meat King, where quality costs less” as indicated in

Single Stories are Problematic In the world we live in now it has become easy to stereotype and create a single story about certain people and situations, whether it’s intentional or not. In 2009, a Nigerian novelist named Chimamanda Adichie gave an amazing TED talk called “The Danger of the Single Story”. A single story more or less means an incomplete or inaccurate viewpoint of a person or culture based on a story created from a single experience. When one hears the same story over and over

Merlyn Manoj April 13, 2016 Period 2 Kale Then and Now: Changes of Racism, Sexism, and Classism In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout, the protagonists in the book, experience and learn about the problems of racism, sexism, and classism when their father, Atticus, agrees to defend Tom Robinson, an African American, in a trial. Set in the 1930s, most people were treated unfairly because of their race, gender, or social class. Even though problems about race, gender, and class