Southern states

Author James H. Cone uses the phrase “the shadow of the lynching tree” to describe what many African Americans are still living under in the decades following the terror that reigned across the South. Lynching was not only a violent event, but a way to keep fear in the forefront of communities and a form of terrorism used to enforce, enact and trigger trauma. The collective identity of African Americans has meant that trauma from lynching can be felt on a personal level, whether the violence was

to be attacked. Fortunately, our judicial system created sentence enhancement for those who commit a hate crime (Hate Crime Sentencing Enhancement Act 1993). While some states have installed the us of the sentence enhancement and even added their own statutes in the mix, there are some who have not adopted this. There are 15 states that

Not just for his self, but for all blacks that was affected by the unfairness. He wanted to capture the frustrations he had and he was not afraid of a challenge. Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, segregation in the U.S was mostly in the Southern states. The segregation was supposed to be separate but equal. But that is not how it was. Blacks in the south were discriminated against and the law did nothing to protect their rights as individuals. The civil rights act of 1964, stated that all public

In March 1951, Faulkner (the 1950 Nobel Prize Laureate) spoke to a group of northern and southern McGee supporters, arguing that McGee was framed and innocent of the charges against him. Wright raised $18,000 for McGee’s widow and children. Williams even added reference to the McGee case in his play Orpheus Descending through the character of

they were in a lower class they was look down upon and if they was seen associating with someone of lower class they was beneath them. Emily is a representation of the old south. She was raised in a background of southern gentility by her father who devoted himself on being a true southern gentleman. In the south marriage was known for white woman. Woman was expected to marry within their social status. Miss Emily would love to have been married, but her father driven all her male friends away. Her

The argument I will be discussing is what caused the Civil War, the fight over slavery or over states’ rights. Dew is going to be arguing that the South was fighting to protect their right to have slaves. Dew believes this partly due to the commissioners in the Deep South trying to rally people together to fight for the right to protect slaves. Gallagher will be arguing that actually the War was to preserve the Union. Gallagher believes this partly due to the most powerful symbol in the nation, the

organizations who wanted to fight for civil rights. In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled segregation in interstate travel as unconstitutional, therefore these activists set out to test this law. Throughout 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses into the deep southern states, which happened to be the most segregated. They wanted to see how the townspeople would react, by accepted or declining the new law. The results were terrifying and brutal, white mobs would chase the riders out, beating them, and forcing them

By revealing Dave’s psychological state through his thoughts, Wright not only exposes a habit familiar to teenagers but also highlights a sense of immediacy and identification of Dave’s dilemma. Therefore, the reader becomes conversant with Dave’s crisis as it transpires in his mind (Rayson 89). Wright’s use of Dave’s private thoughts (in the native southern black dialect), makes the reader empathize with the protagonist’s struggles. Hence, Dave’s

complacency, but there would be no reason for complacency if Emily’s nobility was not dissolving. The complacency of the town towards the deaths surrounding Emily represents the inability of the South to fight off the destruction of the romantic Southern society. The town ignores Emily’s actions and circumstances in the story, and through their complacency, the town adds to the terror of the story. Rather than confronting Emily, the townfolk “sprinkled lime [in the cellar]” to counteract the smell

narrator’s surroundings bring him into new conflicts that alienate him. At the same time, this new environment helps to mold and shape the narrator’s identity through enriching events. Although this expulsion creates a rift between the narrator and his Southern identity, in return the narrator matures and gains a deeper understanding for the world around him through the objects that he encounters, his experiences with power, and the role of women in his life. Through the narrator’s experience with being