Emmett Till

When the African-Americans were freed from the institution of slavery in 1863 the idea that they would be given the same opportunities as White-Americans was a theory and not reality, and the journey to equal rights would face huge opposition. Between 1877-1981 many great achievements for the Civil Rights Movement were made. One of the most noted events, considered by many as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, was the 1963 March on Washington for jobs and freedom. The March on…

“To Maycomb, Tom 's death was typical. Typical of a nigger to cut and run”(Lee). This is just one of the several examples of discrimination throughout the story in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, whether it is against women, people of color, or even people in the lower classes of society. Discrimination is the force that drives the separation and differences in rights between these groups and it also promotes several malicious ideals, this is especially true in the 1930s when discriminatory…

Aging is something that no one can avoid, it is an important part of our life. When one is aging, it is usually the time in which one reflects on their life and understand why they are taught certain things growing up by their parents and others older than them. To help one reflect on their life, Mary was observed and interviewed and asked several questions about her life history, well-being and general health, and lastly to review life and to reflect on her aging process. Mary is a 72…

Malcolm X is arguably one of the most problematic civil rights leaders in American history. During the late 1950s to early 60s in the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X was able to reach a large audience of African Americans by expressing long term frustration and anger towards White America’s poor treatment of African Americans. Malcolm X along with other African-Americans grew up under the Jim Crow Laws which were officially labeled as Constitutional in 1896. Although the laws promised that…

No one knows exactly when or how it started or who took the first step to what later would become the Great Migration. Blacks in the south endured a great amount of pain due to the caste system that was placed in the mid 1870’s. The caste system would solely be based on race. The south payed no attention to the fourteenth amendment. In other words, blacks were stripped from their rights and protections. They had to step aside if a white person was walking. They had to respond with “sir” or they…

white segregationists across the country, many African Americans became disillusioned with the concept of nonviolence as the preferred means to achieving change. One of the arguably most notable examples of this was the brutal murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, an event that is credited with being instrumental in the formation of the civil rights movement in the first place. As the violence continued, leaders such as Malcolm X began to advocate for a new type of civil rights: Black Nationalism.…

In 1931, in Scottsboro Alabama, nine African-American boys with the ages from 12 to 20 were detained and wrongly accused of both rape and assault of two white women. A lynch mob of almost hundreds of white people assembled in the perimeters of the jail, causing the National Guard to interfere. Over the next decade, the Scottsboro Boys case as it became notorious of, was a nationwide icon of legal injustice in the segregated South, with no fair trial, consisted of an all-white jury that led to…

vampires. Although some modern vampires have same traits with the traditional vampires, such as sensitive to the sun, strong, fast, and inhuman strengths, they are not blood drinkers. They fall in love with human beings and will protect their lovers as till the last breath. Some of them watch human while they sleep, but they do cause any harm. The modern vampires want to fit into human society and to be human. They do not kill an innocent person, and they feed on animal to sustain them. They…