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The African freedom struggle was inspiring to you students like Smith who was faced with the challenges of segregation. The African freedom struggle was similar to the struggles of African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in America. The Martin Luther King speech entitled, “Keep Moving from the Mountain”, reinforced by Spelman’s President Manley started the thought process of getting more involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Smith became inspired to lend her support to the cause after

Many people believe that solitary confinement is justified given the magnitude of certain crimes. Utilitarianism, an ideology most commonly used by policymakers to defend solitary confinement, rationalizes isolation by suggesting that the purpose of all legislation “is to augment the total happiness of the community; and therefore, in the first place, to exclude, as far as may be, every thing that tends to subtract from that happiness: in other words, to exclude mischief...”; however, the same principles

The Freedom Riders The Freedom Rides were formed on May, 1961, launched by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group. A group of African-Americans and white civil rights activists departed in two buses from Washington, D.C. to the South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Supreme Court rules in December of 1960, that segregation in interstate travel is illegal but still state laws in the southern states and local ordinances ordered segregation of the races

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward follows the main character, Jojo, on his road trip to Parchman prison to pick up his father. The novel explores ideas with complex familial relationships. Ward utilizes water as an indicator of a character's relationship within their family. In the novel, Jojo’s grandmother Mam and maternal figure teach him about the importance of balance, she explains, “If you get too much sun and not enough rain, crops will wither. If you get too much rain, they rot in the ground

the white man. He also states, “I don’t go by what the law say. The law’s liable to say anything. I go by if it’s right or not. It don’t matter to me what the law say. I take and look at it for myself.” This is a part of what landed Boy Willie on Parchman Farm, a plantation- prison in his home state of Mississippi. Many of the laws at the time were directly biased against African Americans, so it’s reasonable why Boy Willie might not have much respect for the legal

On 1961, seven African American and 6 white man civil rights activists made the freedom rides group. The freedom ride was a bus trips through the American south to protest. The goal was to draw lots of attention to and incite federal action against the non-enforcement in the segregated south of the Supreme Court decisions Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia, which ruled segregated public buses to be unconstitutional. The freedom writers were recruited by the c.o.r.e,

Instead of police, they were greeted by white men with weapons. In Jackson Mississippi freedom riders were flooding jailhouses. So many of them were being arrested that they were to be transferred 120 miles away to Parchman. The riders were put in maximum security units in parchman deep into a 18,000 acre-prison

The documentary "13th," directed by Ava DuVernay, presents a searing exploration of the history and impact of mass incarceration in the United States. With a focus on its disproportionate effects on African American communities, the film examines how systemic racism within the criminal justice system perpetuates cycles of incarceration and inequality. Through a blend of interviews, archival footage, and analysis, "13th" sheds light on the deep-rooted issues plaguing American society. In Jesmyn Ward's

Instead of police, they were greeted by white men with weapons. In Jackson Mississippi freedom riders were flooding jailhouses. So many of them were being arrested that they were to be transferred 120 miles away to Parchman. The riders were put in maximum security units in parchman deep into a 18,000 acre-prison

suitor. In any case, Odysseus and Everett's faith and beliefs, such as religion, is one of the main causes in why the men differ. Lastly, both Everett and Odysseus experience a long voyage trying to return home to their families. Everett escapes Parchman Farm and tries very hard to reach home after hearing that his wife is about to marry a suitor. Odysseus manages to escape all the obstacles that come in his way and also tries very hard to reach home after hearing about his wife and son being