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Segregation is one of the things that happen long ago, and still happening today. In the biographical story, “Eleanor Roosevelt, and Marian Anderson,” by Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential library and museum. In the story “ Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson,” Marian Anderson has to face racism just because she was a color person; however, the first lady Eleanor Roosevelt becomes friends with her, and decide to do an benefit concert in the Constitution hall, but the DAR did not let her, so they do a outdoor concert in Linlconś memorial that brought everyone close to them. Eleanor Roosevelt should have resigned from the DAR because they segregate Marian Anderson, and didn’t let Marian Anderson perform at the Constitution Hall.
From the six civil rights leaders, I chose Betty Friedan and Stokely Carmichael. Friedan was a feminist that believed in the right of people to decide their sex. Carmichael was a prominent organizer that wanted to build a new society where whites moved away from racism and begin to focus on other problems in the U.S. such as education, economy, and political issues. I chose them because I wanted to research on minority groups and leaders. Everyone knows the famous leaders MLK and Malcolm X. Similar to the Battle at Gettysburg, everyone knows about the Pickett's Charge but not the other battle that took place.
In history, every social movement had its prominent leader. The African American civil rights movement had Martin Luther King Jr., and the women 's suffrage movement had Susan B. Anthony. As for the LGBTQIA community, the obvious leader would be the man who spearheaded the gay rights movement other than the Stonewall Riot. Milk reached the greatest milestone for the movement by becoming the first openly gay man to hold public office. Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, Dan White assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone not even a year after Milk won the election.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson When Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the D.A.R. in protest, it’s outcome led to the attention of segregation. In the nonfiction article, “Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson” by FDRPLM, talks about how Marian Anderson was able to perform at the Lincoln Memorial with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt. The awarness of racism was brought up after Eleanor Roosevelt left the D.A.R. in dissaproval. Eleanor Roosevelt did not agree with the D.A.R. for not letting Marian Anderson performing, so she tries to put matter in her own hands.
In Roger Rosenblatt’s “The Man In The Water” the author tells the readers about a plane crash that killed nearly 80 people with only six survivors left in the water. Then out of nowhere a mysterious man appeared to risk his life to save the other passengers. His actions left them thinking how could an ordinary man-they didn't know- to be brave-selfless, and a hero. Bravery means ready to face and endure danger or pain and showing courage. In this case the man in the water showed that he was brave, according to paragraph 4 lines 2-3 “He was seen clinging with five other survivors to the tail section of the airplane.
She was the first African American woman to sing as a part of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In those two years of studying with Guiseppe, a contest organized by The New York Philharmonic Society, gave her the opportunity to sing at the Lewisohn Stadium. In 1928, she performed at Carnegie Hall, which soon led to her tour all around Europe. Marian was the first African American singer to be invited to sing for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1939, the singer came across an incident involving the Daughters of American Revolution, who denied her to use their Constitution Hall for a concert, simply because she was African American.
Marian Anderson was a driven African American singer. "We don't take colored" (Collins 106). Marian was deprived of singing in many places because of the color of her skin. She was always well behaved and never wanted conflict so she never would argue.
"A Speech by Shirley Chisholm before the House of Representatives. " The African-American Experience, Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2152000360/SUIC?u=kans93560&xid=c9f291d6. Accessed 14 Dec. 2016.
Jackie Robinson was born in January 31,1919. During his childhood, he had experience the feeling of segregation against the Americans and the African-Americans. Jackie Robinson spent his entire school years from elementary to middle and high school then to University of California, Los Angeles in a black community. Where he met his future wife Ms. Rachel Robinson who was studying for a bachelors of Nursing. After graduating from UCLA and graduated from Officer Candidate School in the Army, Jackie and Rachel got married and had a son.
In-Class Essay Practice Rosa Parks once said, “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free.. So other people would be also free”. Rosa Parks was the Civil Rights Activist , who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation. The author of this speech, Oprah Winfrey, shows how thankful she is, and how Rosa Parks change the world through her eulogy. To remember her life to change our world, Oprah Winfrey delivers eulogy for Rosa Parks.
“So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us (Gaston Bachelard).” This quote means that even in our most mature times we can still act like a child. I know for a fact that everyone still has part of our childhood with us. Even if we think that we are all grown up we still have a child’s spirit. It even says in the bible that we should have the faith of the child.
#1 African Americans and women have both had to struggle through obstacles to be treated equal as white men, but being an African American women meant there was going to be even more obstacles. Black Radical Feminist such as Shirley Chisholm and Angela Davis both had shared the same ideals of women gaining better job opportunity and speaking out on their oppression. Shirley Chisholm did not understand why is was acceptable for women to be secretaries, librarians, and teachers, but not acceptable for them to be managers, administrators, doctors and lawyers. She knew there was a prejudice assumption that women do not have the executive ability orderly minds, stability, leadership skills, and they are too emotional.
Winfrey shifts her eulogy by expressing an appreciative and admirable tone to depict the great impact Rosa Parks had on African Americans nation-wide. Winfrey
The speech identifies the struggles African Americans faced due to discrimination, hence allowing readers insight into African American lives. The speech is inspirational and powerful due to the speaker exhibiting to the audience his anger regarding
The Progressive Era The progressive era was most significant to African Americans for the opportunities to emigrate to Northern cities as the advent of new manufacturing processes and growth of industry meant there were more opportunities for African Americans. This is the main reason why Tianna decided to move her family to Detroit. She moved in order to work in a factory that belonged to Henry Ford. She thought things up North would be easier for African Americans and a way to be more self-sufficient.
