Gay Liberation Front

century, this cycle of white male dominance was quickly challenged by various minority groups. The Women’s Rights Movement, Gay Liberation Movement, and the African-American Civil Rights Movement to name a few all demanded basic human rights and to be treated equally as their straight white male counterpart. In 1977, Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist, became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California (he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors). About year

Maria Bonilla Dec. 10, 2014 Professor Smithers History M12 Writing Assignment #2 CHAPTER 6: 1.) Who was Ida B. Wells? ANSWER: Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist from Holly Springs. Ms. Ida attended Fisk University and Rust college. Ida was an activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States. 2.) Who was Leonora Wells? ANSWER: Leonora Barry was born in the County Cork, Ireland. Leonora Barry was the only national officer of the Knights of Labor. She organized women workers

civil rights efforts, but became a pioneer in black power and feminist ideology. Nina Simone transcended the typical ideas of blackness through her music, and used this position of respectability to further more radical, advanced ideas of black liberation that would make up much of the rhetoric for the 1970s and beyond. Before Nina Simone was an activist, or icon, or black power leader, she

Extra Credit Assignment MILK  1. What are the main themes, politically and socially, that are portrayed in the film? Milk is a biographical film based on the triumphs and struggles of Harvey Milk. He was a gay rights activist and the first openly gay elected official in California. Socially, the film addresses the discrimination homosexuals faced on a daily basis. “(T)he normal majority”, as labeled by Anita Bryant, inflicted prejudice upon the homosexual minority. “The Castro”, the name

Our Angela Davis is about an African American women who was focused on doing everything in her power to create peace, stop racism, and also promoting equality within the world. Angela fought for people to have equal civil rights in multiple ways. Angela Davis fought for civil rights by joining multiple associations and organizations that fought for equality and civil rights created for all. In my own words, civil rights is equal rights for citizens politically and socially. By stating this, I feel

Introduction Over the years, the administrations guarantee of the right to speak freely has been giving the American people voices and privilege to be heard without fear of punishment. This began with the First Amendment of the Constitution when the law that allows every citizen the right to speech was enacted (Mason & Stephenson, 2015). The idea behind freedom of speech was to ensure every person had the right to voice his/her thoughts or opinions. Enabling people to say their view is crucial to

for her to obtain liberation. A similar internal fight went on in the minds of great historical figures who lived in the midst of the Civil Rights movement, these figures include Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman, and Rosa Parks. They listened to the voice inside them, much like Lily Owens, however it lead to the liberation of many. Both authors collectively teach their audience that people must face their fight; whether it is from within or standing right in front of them, being apart

the 1900’s where there was segregation, racisms, discrimination, women suffrage, and many more issues that have changed throughout the years. Around the time of the 1960’s many movements pass like the movements of civil rights, women's rights, the gay movement, environmental movement, student movement, and the anti-Vietnam war movement. This movements change the world for good, but people started all this because they were influenced. As we can see in the book Brave New World Huxley influenced the

Most of the refugees in our focus group also recounted their difficulties with finding housing in the city. Shelters in Toronto are usually full and even if one was lucky enough to be accommodated at a shelter, they could only stay for the night. Shelters force these vulnerable people to stay outside the entire day and only come back around nine o’clock at night. One of the refugees from Namibia described shelters to have horrible living conditions because they were given bad food and often had unhygienic

activist, mother, and a visionary. Audre Lorde was creative in a way that she used her poetry to support and spread awareness for many social movements in America. Her poetry often expressed her thoughts and feelings on major issues such as Civil Rights, Gay rights, Women's rights and racial equality. Mrs. Lorde uses unique literacy languages, such as similes, symbols, imagery, and tone throughout her works entitled “A Litany for Survival” and “Outline”; to voice her struggles through her childhood and