Gender segregation

Lanier Phillips was born March 14, 1923 in Lithonia, Georgia. As a child, he was told by his great-grandmother to never look a white man in the eye or, he'd "get a whipping, or maybe lynched." This was just part of his early life in Georgia. When African-Americans built a school for black children, Yellow River School, the Ku Klux Klan (or KKK) burned it down. It was then he knew he had no future in Georgia. Lanier was sent to live with relatives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1932, to help save him

Canada: The Beothuk were an Algonkian speaking natives of the island of Newfoundland. Having a low population before European contact estimated at 500-1000. With the arrival of the Europeans in 1497, being able to co-exist for ages, coming to an end in late-17th century. The Europeans bringing with them diseases like small pox, measles, and tuberculosis in which the Beothuk people had never been in contact with; causing many deaths. Over time the growth of the European settlements increased, taking

Final Exam Questions 1) Between 1840 and 1980, there were so many changes, and usually changes cannot be made without a struggle. This was especially true for African Americans. Eleo Pomare was an African American choreographer who paved the way for other African American choreographers to take a stand and they did so by making their choreography coincide with the current social and political issues racism and inequality being the major one. In the 1960s Tally Beatty and Alvin Ailey took a leap into

Civil rights movements were social movements in the U.S. During the time periods of 1954-1968  people made attempts to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. African Americans have history of being treated unfairly and  people have been fighting to change that for a long time. Ever since the end of the Civil War African Americans  struggled to benefit from their full rights that the Constitution promised. Even though African Americans were promised citizenship, they

civil rights movement were Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy, and the NAACP. It is important to know about the people that helped blacks earn some rights. The NAACP united in opposition to make whites aware of the need for racial equality. They attacked segregation and racial inequality through the court system. They did win a Supreme Court decision in 1915 against the grandfather

Never Ending During the segregation era in South Africa known as Apartheid the black people in that area were subject to discrimination from white people who came into their land and exploited them. Black people in the United states face similar oppression from the government, authority figures such as police, and when they are trying to find work to support themselves. African Americans are not legally segregated from white people but there are social and economical barriers that are nearly impossible

Many writings published during the early to mid 1900s were written in order to expose the racial segregation of black people and the oppression of women. Even though slavery had been abolished, citizens still treated black people with disdain and with no rights. They would eat in separate areas with other blacks and be forced to use different bathrooms in public. They also had to go to segregated schools. It was a hard time period for the black people, yet the majority of them fought through it and

The Question that I decided to answer from class was, why are African Americans so much more athletic than the average Caucasian? And I found an article that illustrated this very question. The article is from the New York Times and is called Taboo. Is this just a notion or is there more to it? The reporter writes, “Elite athletes who trace most or all of their ancestry to Africa are by and large better than the competition.” It is all about where your genes come from; not just being black will

The pattern of racial and economical segregation has formed through years of concentrating poor and minorities in large urban areas. Initially these groups moved into the inner city in search of employment and to gain industrial jobs. The movement of African-Americans residents into inner cities caused many inner city residents to move to the suburbs, referred to as white flight. As jobs and employment moved out of the inner city and to the suburbs, the African-American residents lost opportunities

are brave enough to stand up for our rights. Segregation has been a crisis for African Americans now for decades. Despite the fact that judging someone by their skin is immorally wrong, the reason why segregation needs to end is because of of unjust education systems, segregation leads to violence, and that all people deserve the same rights. His letter that he wrote during his time in Birmingham jail has encouraged me to take action against segregation. Dr. King said in his letter “ We know through