Medgar Evers

represent the struggle that the standards of discrimination thrust upon them. They did the best they could for themselves, but because of the color of their skin they were severely limited in their day to day lives. For example, in the novel when Medgar Evers is shot by the KKK, the bus driver stops and forces all the black people off. Everyone on the bus was in potential danger, but only the white people were valuable enough to…

Shortly after arriving on campus, the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha caught my attention because I realized that they play an integral role in various student organizations. One of my first experiences came when I attended a Black Student Movement meeting and everyone in attendance was to pair up to write notes to elementary school students. The president of BSM, Tre Shockley, walked up to me and asked to pair for the assignment. While up with me while writing the note he talked to me my…

Nina Simone Biography Nina Simone was a powerful black singer in the 1960s and 70s. She became famous for her amazing talent and the way she put her feelings and emotion into words through song. She wrote a lot of music about civil rights and was admired by many other influential people of her time. Many people respected her for her unapologetic attitude and her amazing voice. Her songs are still sung today because of the amount of raw emotion flowing through them. Originally named…

Times were changing the in the United States during the 1960s. President Eisenhower was leaving office while President Johnson was stepping in. “Civil Rights” became a common term, while names like “Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Rosa Parks” were impolite to talk about but everyone loved to chat about it behind closed doors. Everything was split; separate but equal was taken to the extremes. Segregated bathrooms, separate counters to eat at, blacks and whites couldn’t even attend the same…

aspiration, and black stands for people of African race. The first three principles are Umoja (unity) which could sample Nelson Mandela ‘work, Kujichagulia (self-determination) in example to Harriet Tubman, and Ujima (responsibility) which collides with Medgar Evers work. Next, the Ujamaa (Cooperative economics) correlates with A. Philip Randolph practice, Nia (purpose) links to Mary McLeod Bethune, Kumbaa (creativity) relates to Phyllis Wheatley. The black candle named Imani (faith) can be…

What would America look like today if we were all truly equal? If prejudices based off skin color wasn’t ongoing, or if police brutality didn’t exist. Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army, wrote her speech in the 70’s and it continues to apply to our modern day minorities. In To My People, Shakur criticizes the unjust actions and prejudices held against black people in their society at the time. To begin, Shakur applies the device of diction in order to…

This is why after the four children in Birmingham, Al and Medgar Evers were killed Nina could no longer be silent. She wrote Mississippi Goddam. This song became an Anthem for the Civil Rights Movement. She uses Goddam to emphasis how important it is and that you should not be comfortable when confronted with the…

In addition, a former civil rights activist and scholar, Charles E. Cobb book, This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible, explored the role of self-defense during the movement. A common narrative in the discussion of African-Americans in America are that they have been a complacent group who did not rebel under oppression; that is false. The image of African-Americans capitulating to the demands of White people is a vast revision of the reality of…

trends of today's community or the challenge of being the best. We cannot put down and turn against our own kind, when they need us, others must first see us as one before they become one. When we should look back in history, Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, Mary Church Terrell, were all black activist who fought for equality. They did not only fight, but walked with courage, they never neglected their backgrounds and most of all we stuck together. It is difficult for the young people to…

punishment for blacks was unfair. These punishments actually happened during the time period that the story took place; they were not just made up to create a compelling story. For example, in chapter fourteen an instance occurs where a black man, Medgar Evers, was shot in front of his children for having views against racial discrimination. In the real world, this instance actually happened. “On June 12, 1963, a sniper shot and…