Grassroots Activism

After slaves were freed in the Civil War, a long period of anti-racial hatred sparked against many African Americans. Major spokespeople for ending segregation included Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. The first act of the federal government against segregation, a form of discrimination, was taken with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, establishing that "All persons shall be entitled to be free, at any establishment or place, from discrimination or prejudice of any kind on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.” The Civil Rights Act desegregated schools and other public facilities, but it did not majorly affect individual crimes (Civil Rights, 1964, Section 201, para. 1).

The events of Brown v. Board of Education had impacted the Supreme Court and the vast majority of white folks in the South that was prepared on fighting the desegregation progress. It impacted the Supreme Court, to imposed the Board of Education that’s wrong on “segregate public schools by race” (Benson).Afterwards,1960, South had methods on keeping blacks and whites separated in school; while complying with Browns (Benson). Injustice, is clearly is demonstrated in the timeframe between 1954 - 2000. People from the South were going to such lengths to ensure that children of colour won't be attending the same school as their children. It leaves an unfavourable tastes in my mouth, that people are just misconception on one’s appearance when in fact they had done nothing to affect their personal lives.

(King, 49). In the world today there are many ways people are being looked down upon including their religious beliefs, having a disability, or a person’s financial state. Although it has been fifty-five years since his famous speech, there is still injustice today. This injustice is seen in the Black Lives Matter movement.

This book is very useful as it includes first-hand accounts from different occasions on what happened. From a historian 's point of view, the book 100 Years of Lynchings, should be interpreted and its content dispersed throughout the American population. All American citizens should be enlightened of what these racial atrocity events are, that have occurred in our past. They should understand the consequences the events had on our country. Lastly, be knowledgeable enough of the techniques used and prepared to prevent something like this from ever happening again.

A white person was considered to have greater taste and quality, which influenced the assumption that all blacks were immoral beings and not trusted to be around white women. Scout demonstrated a difference in social status between the Cunningham’s and the Finches when she reacted to Walter Cunningham pouring dark syrup over his meat and vegetables. Scout’s brother Jem explained the class division of Maycomb by categorizing the four types of people in the town’s society. In relations to the Jim Crow laws, the people who were ranked from highest to lowest of respect were the Ordinary, Poor, live off the government, and finally at the bottom of degradation were black people. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Maycomb considered the black people to be unsuccessful, African-American, and least respectable as Jem stated, “There’s four kinds of folks in the world.

In the very beginning of the essay, Chavez is able to tie nonviolence to power which supports one of his major claims that non-violent protests still provides an opportunity for the oppressed to “stay on the offensive.” This is able to give the audience the impression that non-violent protests is clearly connected to influence. The author then goes on to mention that people who truly concerned about others will continue on the path of nonviolence. This gives the reader no choice, but to continue in King’s footsteps if they sincerely care about the people in their life. As the article progresses, Chavez’s diction seems to become harsher.

The Appeal pressed the opponent movement in a more fundamental direction. In 1830, when the Appeal was put out, more than fifty Negro abolitionist groups already occurred across the country. And David Walker’s call for the instant elimination of slavery vibrated strongly with many Blacks. The David Walker’s Appeal also influenced the thinking of leading white opponents who formed

As current time and social status are being challenged and pushed, the Jim Crow Laws were implemented. These state and local laws were just legislated this year, 1877. New implemented laws mandate segregation in all public facilities, with a “separate but equal” status for African Americans. This may lead to treatment and accommodations that are inferior to those provided to white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational, and social disadvantages.

We as citizens need to come together to make America a safe, equal, and peaceful place to live. Colin Kaepernick protest is the voice for many people in different communities. The protest isn’t about disrespecting the flag or veterans who have fought for us. Colin is exercising his first amendment which is freedom of speech. We should all want equality for each other.

During the book and the movie, whites were trying to get rid blacks like they were nothing. As Atticus states “Mayella has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. In other words, Mayella is trying to get rid of Tom so it doesn’t make her remember her guilt. Atticus explains that anyone who has a relation with a black in the society is segregated like a black, and because Mayella is already poor, she cannot afford to be more lowered in the society. So she’s trying to get rid of Tom.

Why should it matter if whites, blacks, Mexicans, or any other “colored” people are in the same area or building at the same time? It shouldn 't matter, but in the beginning of the 1800 's in the Southern United States, there was not a worse law you could break as a white man. It was thought to be unclean and unlawful. Even the simplest things like eating in the same restaurant, using the same public bathroom, schools, even using the same hospitals was highly forbidden. Blacks were treated poorly, harassed, given a lot less opportunities than whites, and even assaulted.

Dr. Patrick Miller gave an amazing and interesting speech on the issue of the Confederate flag and monuments. The presenter went through the history of what the Confederate flag once stood for and how it became a symbol that affects minorities today. I really like how he was able to relate everything that was occurring in modern times. Something that surprised me is the vast amount of monuments that are still stand to this very day. Dr. Miller told the audience the great lengths people have gone to remove anything that is related to the Confederacy, for example, the many schools in the south were renamed after Obama since they were originally named after Confederate fugues, such as: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis.

Before the implementation of Executive Order 9981, the military was segregated into colored infantries and regiments. African Americans were subject to racism back home, and this was extended outward hundreds of miles away, in foreign countries of war. To proceed with integration, the order was established in 1948 by President Harry S. Truman, stating, “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin” . This was implemented after WWII, where African Americans felt joining the military would allow them equal citizenship like their counterparts. With the input of Executive Order 9981, more African Americans joined the military as fear of segregation was over.

when it came to their rights as citizens and treatment in society compared to whites. Segregation of blacks from whites in public spaces such as schools was protected under the law. In 1954, the supreme court overruled the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision which allowed for segregation of schools often referred to as “separate but equal”, this decision was called Brown vs. Board of education. It ruled that separation of educational facilities was unconstitutional and put black student at a disadvantage socially and educationally. This decision being made was largely due to the young black student’s fierce protest against the injustice.

Many whites felt as if colored people and whites should not attend the same schools. Segregation was not just in schools but in the communities as well. Laws such as Jim Crow Law stopped the colored and the white people from seating, eating, and playing together, “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers” (americanhistory.si.edu). White as if they were more superior then the Colored people, “African Americans were reminded that most of their fellow citizens believed them to be inferior and undeserving of equal treatment” (Sharp 39). It was very hard for a colored person to find a job, they worked as farmhands, servants or janitors.