Lena Horne: Actress And Activist

She began to speak out on civil rights which caught many people's attention. "As the years passed she was sought out repeatedly as a dignified spokesperson for the civil rights movement"(Henderson 192). One of her famous quotes from her speeches was: "Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome"(women history). Rosa Parks started to be known as the female speaker of the civil rights movement.

Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She sang about women’s rights as she believed women were being treated unfairly during the time that she sang. She also spoke about African Americans rights because she believed they were being discriminated against. She became a role model for other minorities and many other artists followed in her footsteps. She was a very powerful icon during her time, and her songs such as “Respect” encourage minorities to speak up for their rights.

I didn’t consider myself breaking any segregation laws. Because he was extending what we considered our section of the bus and in black women. I felt just resigned to give what I could to protect myself (Black hero’s Jessie carney smith 530). Rosa Parks fought for her rights, as she did not think she was doing anything wrong not just because her feet hurt but because she was tired of being treated differently.

Although her mother was not particularly thrilled with the choices Skeeter was making concerning her love life and her job, the film eventually reconciles them when Skeeter’s mother praises her for being the only one with courage in her family. Despite the fact that Skeeter wished for her work to remain anonymous, her entire hometown gleans an idea of who the author might be. The book collapses barriers and reaches those of all races in a divided world. It is safe to say that Skeeter saw a problem and became the woman of action 1960’s

Oprah Winfrey is globally known as an American talk show host, actress, producer and most importantly known for her philanthropy. Since the beginning of her career, Oprah has set the standard high for success. Despite her devastating childhood and being a black woman in America, she refused to allow her uncontrollable circumstances to dictate her future and the future of others. Oprah believes the starting point of success is being educated as much as possible; therefore, majority of her philanthropy goes towards the betterment of youth education. Oprah dedicated herself and her giving to young, black girls in South Africa because they are less likely to receive the opportunity for education.

To simply forget these groups contributions is to forget the basis of what the United States as a country fights for. Now although the fight took years African Americans and women have equal rights which are insured by the sacrifices made by the brave African Americans and women of the Revolutionary

Throughout history, mothers have made countless sacrifices for their children, sacrifices that have sometimes cost the women their lives. Black women had to think about things that white women during this time period didn’t have to think about: the status of their children as a slave or as a free person. Because I had only read the slave experience from the story of a male, I was completely blind to the many and difficult sacrifices that women made for their children. I think that the only way a person can truly develop a detailed understanding of how slavery affected African Americans is by reading a story from a woman 's

She is effective in delivering the message because she talks about how she became a professional dancer even those she didn’t have the right body type that was known in ballet, also being a person of color. The intent in the clip was to inform the viewer that Misty wanted to change the classical ballet and was very hard for her, because she was the only black women out of eighty dancers, and being judge because of her body type. She said “It hit me at once, moving to New York, being the only African American women in a company of 80 dancers. I felt like I was sinking for a while.” (Clip 3)

(Source 3) the source further explains that Coretta Scott King continued to play a critical role in many of the civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s, performing in freedom concerts that related to the history of the civil rights movement. On the 2nd February 2013 the film Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King came out and the film ‘goes beyond their advocacy works and humanizes these valiant women’ (Source 4) the movie tells a bigger story that these woman stood together and turned their tragedies into triumphs and shows how both woman used their faith, family and friendships to advocate justice on behalf of woman, children, the poor and oppressed. They stood together and changed the world. (Source 4) furthermore proving how these woman played a major role, in bringing social change to African Americans just as their

Rosa took a stand because she did not want to be treated like a slave but she was not the only one how was sick of being a slave there was plenty of other people like there was Martin Luther King jr,Gandhi,Cesar Chavez, and plenty of other people. But also in those days slavery was fainting away but after her boycott Martin Luther King jr had his I HAVE A DREAM speech. Parks was also the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. capitol and also Parks was forced to move from montgomery soon after the boycott.

Pauli Murray was a feminist and civil rights activist who become the first African American woman Episcopal priest. Although she accomplished her goal, she had many troubles to get there because of the color of her skin. She was born Baltimore, but moved to Durham, NC where she grow up at. Murray graduated from Hunter College in New York City, but she wanted to further her education by attending the sociology program at the University of North Carolina. Murray was a very bright and intelligent woman, but her application was refused by the president of UNC, Frank Porter.

In this film, we see that the black was only allowed to raise the white children, they weren 't permitted to use the same supermarket, parks, toilet and they couldn’t eat on the same table. When Skeeter gets the opportunity to publish a book, she wants to write about black women’s problems to shows the discrimination against the black women’s. These three women team up on a project that will put them all at risk in an attempt to change the minds of the people. In the film, they demonstrated courage and showed the idea of Martin Luther King quote “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they

She joined SNCC to speak and make a change for the African Americans. Many people got killed and beaten for standing up for their rights, but African Americans still wanted to participate in it. They were excited to visit different towns to stand up for what they believed

In “ Our Reactionary Age, “ Mark Lilla Argues that the reactionaries of our time have discovered that nostalgia can be a powerful political motivator, perhaps even more powerful than hope because it could lead a person towards disappointment but nostalgia is irrefutable. In addition, he asserts that hope is an active force in world politics. He contends this because worldwide politics are being driven by anger, hopelessness, resentment and nostalgia. He states that we live in age that is opposition to progress but revolutionaries believe that change can happen within a matter of time. Moreover, he argues that a revolutionary conveys hope and look towards the future and that a reactionary looks to the past and wants to return to the good old day.

Everyone has a why and it takes a leader to fulfill theirs why. Every leader has their trial and tribulation. But it takes a person who sees that there is a problem within the community and wants to make it better. There were many players who were involved in the civil rights movement. There were many key players who wanted to see change such ass W.E.B Du bois, Ida B Wells, Booker T. Washington and many.