Rhetorical Analysis Of Black Power By Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael's speech made (makes?) lots of white people uncomfortable.  With respect to his end goal, is this a good thing or a bad thing?  Why? What particularly struck me about Carmichael’s speech is how easily it demonstrates that the conversation and progress surrounding race relations in the United States has stalled.

In Grace Lee Boggs’s essay “The Black Revolution in America” the author contemplates what is a revolution and if the black movement can be considered a “revolution.” She begins her essay by defining what a revolution is to give context for the argument she is about to discuss. To Boggs a revolution is the replacing of one societal ruling system for another the oppressed overrules the oppressed and destroys the old system creating anew. With this question as an outline Boggs delves into the history of the Black Power movement with the intent to answer this question.

Alfred M. Green delivered his speech in Philadelphia in April of 1861, the first month of the Civil War. The Union and Confederate were fighting, North against South, to abolish slavery. Green wanted his fellow African Americans to join the fight, even though they weren’t allowed to. He was a very religious and educated man who was able to turn words into grand speeches. The audience are African American males who don’t have the right to vote, but are now free men.

Question and Answer section of the speech One of the questions that Carmichael addressed in the Question and Answer segment that immediately followed his talk was that of “reverse racism.” After a short pause, Carmichael wonders what that would be. [Continue. Address some of the other questions].

In their article ‘Segregation forever’: A Fiery Pledge Forgiven, But Not Forgotten Samara Freemark and Joe Richman both state that one phrase in Governor Wallace’s speech that started a heated rally cry against racial equality. In 1963 the civil rights movement took place; equality in schools, voting, intervenient in southern states. Freemark and Richman also state that Wallace’s speech message was delivery with hate, he wanted everyone to hear his message; he did not support integration, rather strongly opposed it. Freemark and Richman also mention James L. Poe.

The piece of writing which I felt was unsuccessful for me was the Rhetorical Analysis of an article relating to a topic from our course book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. This piece of writing was difficult for me to organize my ideas around. The article that I decided to use for my rhetorical analysis highlighted mass incarceration among African American and the effect of civil liberties being are taken away from these individuals. I had a lot of repetition because many of the examples I used demonstrated more than one type of appeal. I found myself repeating what the purpose of the example was and how it demonstrated proper use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

The Black Power movement is recognised as a more radical group of civil rights campaigners who believed in separatism amongst black and white Americans. They were known to approach the civil rights issue using more revolutionary tactics than those of other civil rights seekers, for example, Martin Luther King’s. However, their intent was not always violent; their goal was to give black Americans equal health service, education, etc. Although most of their efforts resulted in bringing negative impact on the civil rights movement, the Black Power movement also had positive impact on the social and economic status of African-Americans. Black Power divided the Civil Rights Movement.

Argumentative Speech Booker T. Washington an African American had great topics that were introduced to society which developed a plan focusing on economic opportunities that addressed the disfranchisement of the African Americans, and industrial education. Washington seeked to expand opportunities for African Americans in markets that white laborers have abandoned in the south. Having a period of time where African Americans are able to expand their access to new opportunities during the Reconstruction has given African Americans the opportunity to vote as well as giving us the chance to be a candidate as the President of our nation. Living in a period of time where we are all discriminated, treated unfairly, no equal rights and living in poverty has made a great impact on our society. We have all been to point where we all have to dealt with daily struggles on a daily basis.

The title of the speech I read is titled, “I have a dream” written by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist Minister, visionary leader and a Civil Right activist, who envisioned for a day when freedom and equality will be achieved in America and he campaigned coupled with other Civil Right leaders for equal treatment under the law. The speech started by referencing the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the beacon of hope it provided for African Americans.

The civil rights movement was a heroic episode in American history. It aimed to give African Americans the same citizenship rights that whites took for granted. There were several issues that happened during this time period such as, segregation, school, integration, problems of poverty, which leads to crimes and broken families. Certain issues were discussed such as the right to vote and segregation. The income of black families is still well below that of whites.