Category: African American

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Creator of the ‘I Have a Dream and owner of an extraordinary Ph.D. from Boston University, in the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) was to address criticisms directed against him by individuals who unarguably should have known better during the times of discrimination. Dr. King used historic information, pathos, ethos,…

‘The Social Life of DNA’ by Alondra Nelson goes in depth explaining how genetic testing can be the key to discovering our roots. Nelson highlights the concept that people, specifically African Americans, should rediscover their roots to find out who they are and where they came from. Through DNA testing, such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA,…

Paul Laurence Dunbar’s lyrical rondeau poem – ‘We Wear the Mask’ indicates the oppressed treatment faced by African Americans by focusing on their lack of identity over the subject of the ‘mask’ which interconnects the trauma of slavery. Within this essay, I will be analysing the way Dunbar explores the suffering of African American’s through…

Throughout the civil rights movement, many individuals influenced the position of African Americans in a variety of ways. From grassroots activism to national marches, individuals affected the morale, organization, and pride of African Americans, but nobody, however, did this as significantly as Martin Luther King did. The influences upon the impact of individuals altered to…

Systematic racism in America hurts people of color worldwide, especially young black kids and teenagers. Our system is set for African Americans to fail. Standards are doubled, rules are broken, and stereotypes are made. Young African Americans have higher standards compared to young Caucasians. During school, blacks are expected to participate in learning white history…

In the 17​th and 18​th centuries, many labor market institutions and companies developed to enhance the movement of labor in reaction to the opportunities created by American factors of proportions. While some immigrant’s servants migrated on their own to America, as adventurers or African slaves. African American Slavery was introduced in West India at an…

The Historical Impact of this development, ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ Martin Luther King Jr, Reverend and Civil Rights Activist, the letter that he wrote was about Dr.King writing back to the eight clergymen who were criticizing him and his fellow activists. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”(1963) written by Martin Luther King, is the most important civil…

Malcolm X was an African American minister and human rights activist in the 1950-the 60s. When he first started his road to activism, people doubted him. Whites all across America were hearing about this man who went against the norm and fought for the underprivileged blacks in America and the white population was not in…

During the early long stretches of this new American country, powers for African American freedom challenged the powers of bondage and inequality. In chapter 5, one can look at how African Americans as various as a freeman, Hammon, and Gabriel helped shape the lives of black individuals during America’s initial years as an autonomous republic.…

For many decades African-Americans have had many of their right suppressed since the arrival of white settlers on American soil, much like the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders here in Australia. Many Aboriginals had their own children taken away from them to be ‘white washed’ and to grow up in a white community, where they…