Aretha Franklin's Respect: The Queen Of Music In The 1960s

I disagree with this statement and strongly believe that she was responsible for numerous steps towards eliminating prejudice in America. She fought for equality towards blacks, even more specifically black women (keep in mind that during this time of the 20th century, there was prejudice towards several groups of social minorities). Her decision to sit on the white side of the bus symbolized her courage to risk her freedom for the rights of other blacks, most of which whom she did not know. Even though most people will deny that Rosa Parks had a great effect on the treatment of blacks, I respect that but I personally feel that she had a substantial effect on how African-Americans were treated in the past, as well as how they are treated

Martin Luther King Jr. Through his efforts for peace, equality, and justice for African-Americans throughout the 1950s and 60s, Martin Luther King Jr. created many opportunities for African-Americans for the future. Before Martin Luther King Jr., racism and racial segregation were very much accepted in society and were a common thing throughout the 1950s and 60s. While Martin Luther was preaching and protesting through the 50s and 60s, people all across America started to become more aware of how poorly African Americans were treated in almost every aspect of their lives. Everything that African Americans would do, they would be judged and discriminated.

The 1960s were the highest point of African-American struggle towards equality and many historically important events that changed the course of history for these people took place. The 1950s gave the blacks hope for an improving and better future without being violent. Many groups such as SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) were formed by the African-Americans including young aged activists in order to peacefully change the situation and circumstances they had to deal with. Yearning for equality and trying to prove it right, African-Americans began to capture the attention of the media. Most of such demonstrations happened in the 1960s, college students at an isolated counter at Woolworth’s in North Carolina sat down for lunch and when ordered to leave, refused to do so.

In a time when the United States was hurling into a decade full of change with regards to society, with flappers and the New Negro Movement, many American citizens change the idea of themselves. Women turned their modest, Victorian image of themselves into a modern Flapper. African American citizens began to challenge the second class position given to them by fellow white Americans. With the New Negro Movement and the First Great Migration came the Jazz age, the explosion of a new musical and cultural phenomenon, from which the Harlem Renaissance sprouted from. However, the explosion of change brought about by women and African Americans was met with resistance led by the resurged Ku Klux Klan, which specifically targeted African Americans.

Being a woman of color in the 1920’s was no easy task. Gender and racial inequalities have made progress throughout history, however during the time of this novel, and even in our modern day world they are still present and causing conflict. This is an issue that should be focused on and taken more seriously. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie does a fantastic job overcoming several of these inequalities in order to pursue her own happiness, overall depicting her as an extremely powerful role model for young

Whether they were supportive or oppositional to the current events, Americans began to openly voice their opinions in the form of protests. Politics, economics, and global issues were not the only issues Americans were upset about. African Americans began to stand up and protest for the rights that should have been theirs since the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. The Civil Rights Movement was born. In times of unrest, music rises up as a form of opinion.

Same Objectives, Different Strategies: The Transformation of the Feminist Legal Strategy The fight for women’s rights had never been easy for feminists and at the outset of the 1960s, women’s legal equality seemed momentarily out of reach. The chaotic social and political landscape of 1960’s America was as much a blessing to feminists, as it was a burden. The civil rights movement had picked up momentum from landmark judicial decisions and simultaneously fostered a discussion about the opportunity for women’s legal equality.

Americans (northerners) did not want African Americans in the North since they were still prejudice against them at the time. Even southerners did not like African Americans since they were treated a little better than slaves, but not by much. Then, Ku Klux Klan and other groups were created to discriminate against blacks during the time. “The Harlem Renaissance provided the gateway into an unfamiliar culture that was a major ingredient of the country's “melting pot”. The movement introduced millions of Americans to literature, music, and art that had never before been seen.”

As well as promoting female equality the Grimke sisters testified to the state legislature for African Americans. The issue that remained was that white abolitionist still could not accept blacks as their equals. It wasn 't until Maria Stewart spoke out to the public, that the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society was established in 1833. The idea of being free and equal was beginning to seem more and more reachable, but the road to women 's equality continued until 1863. A significant step towards equality was in action, the voices of thousands of women could not be

Grandma and time both signify the past. In fact, Wiley writes, “There was a time when you didn’t exist at all” (16). Historically, black women did not have a place in society. American culture lacked black women icons, especially in the world of rap when considering the previous stanza concerning Nicki Minaj.

The seemingly endless battle for civil rights was one fought long and hard and during the 20th century a time of fruition occurred that allowed for concrete and tangible progress though the efforts of many, including key black intellectual revolutionaries. The call to freedom, and the fight for civil liberties to be bestowed upon people of color, who for hundreds of years were perceived as subordinate was happening. Change was fought through self-determination, and a burgeoning of powerful ideologies that laid the foundation for movement to be made. The admirable actions of women have been slighted, as they are almost non-existent in the pages of our history books. The contributions of the civil right movement have many a time excluded the contributions of prominent African American woman who tirelessly fought.

In Los Angeles, in August 1965, the Watts Riots occurred. Howard Zinn commented, "It seemed clear by now that the nonviolence of the southern movement, perhaps tactically necessary in the southern atmosphere, and effective because it could be used to appeal to national opinion against the segregationist South, was not enough to deal with the entrenched problems of poverty in the black ghetto. " This was why there was so much distrust towards progress given or correlated by whites. Even though, Martin Luther King Jr. was immensely respected, the preachings of revolutionary radicals like Malcolm X, and Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers became more accepted as the solution to the discrimination in

Grandma Gladius Civil Rights Era The Civil Rights movement was one of the major impacts in history that influenced the world in so many acpects today. When talking to my Grandmother Gladius about her personal experience when it came to the Civil Rights Era I discovered many things. The impact it had on every ascept that an African American lived in, the daily struggles and the horrified experiences that no person should have to go through. Without the Civil rights Movement, school resturants and many other things, would still be unequal between African Americans and Whites.

However, until today, African Americans still couldn’t get their real voting rights. This act doesn’t totally infer this situation, no matter how industrious blacks demand their completed fundamental rights. Except African American, within the United States, many minorities have struggled for their rights for many years. It is necessary for a government to protect all citizens’ rights, including the minorities. If the government couldn’t do that, as a citizen, we should speak out our perspectives by participating in the voting

This intersectionality doesn’t only include African American women, but all multicultural women. To ignore the vital role of women’s dreams and accomplishments that plays in our own lives would be a great mistake. That’s why it is important that we recognize all women. We draw strength from those who came before us- and those remarkable women working among us today in all fields of work. Black history month and women’s history month is crucial to the history of America, but without inclusiveness we will forget what the months actually were created for.