...Killers of the Dream, written in 1949 by Lillian Smith, is a book that states the historical, personal, psychological, political and economic reasons which led to the segregation of the South. The book starts off with the author remembering a childhood incident with her parents that made her wonder about the hypocrisy she has been raised by in the Southern way of life. The incident is that of her mother’s friends finding a white girl at the black part of town. They believed that the girl was kidnapped and ends up living at the Smith’s house for a few weeks. The author quickly becomes friends with this girl-Janie, until her mother tells Lillian that Janie is in fact a black girl and cannot live in their home anymore. Moreover, her mother informs Lillian that she is too young to understand why, and she should not ever ask about this subject again. Hence Lillian now had to explain to Janie that colored children should not live with white children. Both children are left wondering and confused. After recollecting memories from her own Southern childhood, Lillian Smith looks closely into the region’s image of childhood. She talks about the parents’ mentality towards their children and how they are raised. Those parents enforce their children into believing that sexual desires, and all the parts of their bodies that cause these sexual desires, are shameful and should be feared; including their fear for black people. Moreover, to stimulate these fears, the parents introduce the...
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...Back then in 1956 the blacks and white were separated they did not like our black skin color we had they separated are bathrooms and sinks and even schools we need our rights in america people back then use to treat us wrong very wrong we done nothing to them they just hated are skin color ,we need our rights nowadays because nothing is fair unless we make it fair. Back then when segregation was going on when us black people had our own churches and the whites would get mad and they didn't like how we did not use the church they us so they got bombs and were blowing up our church to punish us and man was it bad everyone last one of them got injured and it was because those white people are treating us wrong for something we had and we these...
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...King’s tone is critical and hopeful in order to justify the protestor’s actions and fight for an end to segregation. King utilizes allusions to persuade his audience in a hopeful tone. King believes freedom will be won. He believes African Americans deserve freedom because they have a right to freedom: “We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands” (1). He brings awareness to how African Americans continued to thrive despite times of hardship and opposition. King also believes African Americans deserve freedom because of how much they have done for the country. He states African Americans have been a part of the country since the very beginning: “Before the...
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...is another case that deals with segregation. In 1892 Homer Adolph Plessey was thirty-year old shoemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was only 1/8 black and his whole family passed as White, but the State of Louisiana considered him Black. Plessey wanted help fighting the new Separate Car Act that separated Blacks from Whites in the railroad cars. You could serve 20 days in jail or even a $25 fine if you sat in the wrong railroad cart. Plessey purchased a first class ticket and sat in the “White’s Only” car and waited until someone said something to him. The conductor consulted Plessey and he refused to move to the “Colored” car which resulted in him being arrested immediately and released the next morning. Plessey received an attorney name Albion W. Tourgee and they went to trial a month later and Tourgee argued that Plessey civil right under the 13th and 14th amendment was violated. The case was later brought up in Supreme Court. This case relates much too today because in a way segregation still stands. There are some buildings, restaurants, stores, and even employment that segregates base on race. More so they aren’t out front but behind the cover up its present. Personally I’ve encountered incidents where I order food from a restaurant that only “Whites” eat in and the food itself was delicious but the amount of food that was given on the plate didn’t match up with the food that was given on the “White” man plate. I feel its segregation because if I paid the same amount...
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...Kyle McCrite Ms. Vaughn English 102-01 14 September 2009 Someone Else’s Shoes Martin Luther King’s (MLK) “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” was written in 1963 as a response to the Eight Alabama Clergymen’s public statement against King’s actions in April of that year. Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist for desegregation of the south in the early 1960s and overcame much adversity to attain incredible gains on the segregation issue in the United States. King uses effective persuasive appeals of logical evidence, emotional appeal, and author credibility to win over his audience in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail.” MLK’s writing shows the effects of segregation in Birmingham with clear direct language and heart wrenching examples. Imagine being put in his position. If your family and friends were being treated cruelly and unjustly would you not help them in any way possible, especially if included in the mistreated group? After reading MLK’s letter, maybe you would see things in a different way with his convincing examples of logical and emotional appeal. Martin Luther King proves his credibility by several factors. The first way King proves he is a credible author is the fact that he is in the Birmingham jail. He is arrested while protesting in the city. The reader can believe that MLK is writing about something that he is well versed in because he shows that he has experienced it firsthand. Another way that Martin Luther King shows he’s plausible is by stating “I have...
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...Birmingham, Alabama in the late 1960’s when segregation against blacks was at a high. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a minister who preaches about using nonviolent acts to prove a point or solve a problem. The rhetorical situation is the segregation and discrimination of blacks in the early 60’s. Dr. King led protests where blacks would sit at restaurants that were for whites only or used white restrooms. This caused a lot of chaos and some violence, but it was deemed that what Dr. King was doing was wrong by leading people to do these illegal acts and he thought this was unfair and still broke it. He was jailed along with several others, but was released eight days later. After protesting for no...
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...against segregation and Jim Crow laws.The murder of Emmett Till is important for American citizens to know about because it boomed across the nation bringing attention to racism and segregation and started the outbreak of the Civil Rights Movement Emmett Till was in Money, Mississippi visiting his uncle. Emmett was brutally murdered for flirting with a white women. He was killed by the woman’s husband and her brother. They killed him and threw him into a river. Emmett told his friends in mississippi that he had a white girlfriend back home but they didn't believe him so they dared him to go flirt with the white lady inside the store. He...
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...has a large number of academic and social benefits, which encourage students to work in groups with members of both genders, learning the skills of team work, interaction and communication (O’Malley, E. 1995, Feb 21). It is not only women who are shy to interact with men, but in universities it has been noticed that men find it easy to deal with women faculty but find it difficult interacting with female students, and this is a skill that needs to be developed (Moussly, R. 2010, Sep 12). Not only does segregation make it difficult for individuals in the real world, but also eventually brings up an awkwardness among siblings since they find it difficult to have outings together and prefer to go to outings with siblings of the same gender (Shamsi, F. 2011, Jul 16). According to me, coeducation should be enforced in universities around the world since in enhances the development of students and makes them ready to enter the real world. Mixing of genders is necessary and segregation is not the...
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...This story is about Rosa Parks and how she helped stop segregation. Just Imagine if you were arrested just for sitting at the front of the bus? What would you do? Rosa Parks took a stand to something she felt was wrong. Rosa Parks showed braveness by sitting at the front of the bus when she was just tired. She also led by example by demonstrating that blacks could sit at the front of the bus where whites sat. Then she also showed determination by trying to help stop segregation. Rosa Parks’ braveness was outstanding, but some people could say but she was just tired so she just took a seat. Rosa Parks is famous because of her braveness, Rosa just got off from her job she was tired and she just wanted to go home. So she got on the bus and took...
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...not know how to deliver or receive then we develop a form of miscommunication. Naturally the user or recipient has to improvise and develop a quick understanding of the form. Unfortunately with such a speculation, the understanding is very ambiguous and arbitrary. The user may mean one thing and the recipient might think the complete opposite. In a country as diverse as America, there are many walks of life present. There are communities with almost every imaginable ethnicity, and other areas that are solely one type of race. The segregation makes it difficult at times to communicate with others. The issue is further complicated due to the cultural factor. Some cultures excel at making custom idiomatic expressions, such as Americans. Other Asian cultures may excel in gestural expressions. Lastly sound is an important issue since certain languages or types of communications rely on distinct sounds that others cannot mimic. These three factors: segregation of communities, cultural aspects, and sound all play a role in the problems behind intercultural communication issues. Unfortunately these are very broad problems as each one has multiple issues that complicate the matter further. Thus to examine the issues of intercultural communication, all aspects of the...
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...Civil disobedience is the act of refusal against laws, taxes, or demands by a government usually staying peaceful in nature. Martin Luther King Jr. and Antigone implement civil disobedience to defy unjust law; however, both approaches used to go against the wrong laws are different. Martin Luther King Jr. became the leader for the civil rights movement to put an end to segregation through civil disobedience by stressing the importance of peacefully protesting; while Antigone purposely went against the law, knowing the consequences, to follow God’s law instead of man-made law in a holy effort to bury her late brother Polyneices. Martin Luther King Jr. goes against unjust laws through civil disobedience by initiating peaceful protests. He believed that using nonviolent tactics are better at showing the immorality the unjust laws’ and calls for black people to fight the long battle against segregation. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”, he reveals the unjust treatment going on in Birmingham and why it is important for him to be there helping, “Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already...
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...Ending segregation in public schools was a life changing moment for everyone. African Americans were affected dearly during the 1950’s. African Americans were not allowed to go to the same school as whites. African Americans would have to go to colored schools in order to receive an education. Segregation ended in schools due to the fact that the fourteenth amendment was tampered with. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person life, liberty, or property, without...
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... | Project |My Ethnic Group and Discrimination | Ethnic Group Chosen |Black | 1.) Reason (s) for choosing that group |The reason why I chose this group because black was in the past was discriminated against. | | | | | ORIGINS 2.) How the group came to be a part of the US |Date(s) of Immigration Wave,| Reason(s) | |Annexation or Colonization |Because the slaves was sold on the slave trade to the US from Africa. | |16th and the 18th century | |...
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...Segregation in Public Schools Mishonda Atkinson Winston Salem State University EDU 2334 April 28, 2015 Abstract After several laws have been passed and civil rights time being over, you would think that segregation in public schools wouldn’t still be going on. Unfortunately, there is still segregation going on in schools. Not only based on race but based on the student’s socioeconomic status. In this paper I will tell you what segregation is, how it has evolved in the past 5 years, and why segregation is important in North Carolina public schools. Segregation in Public Schools According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of segregation is the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other. Gary Orfield(2009) wrote an article stating that schools in the United States are more segregated today than they were in more than four decades. Schools in the US are 44 percent non-white and minorities (mainly African Americans) are rapidly emerging as the majority of public school students. In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that the South’s standard of “separate but equal” was “inherently unequal,” and did “irreversible” harm to black students. Now the most reason for segregation in public schools isn’t race, its poverty. Most of the nation’s dropouts occur in non-white public schools, which leads to African Americans unemployed. Schools that are in low income communities don’t get the same funding...
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...“Letter from Birmingham Jail” In the 1950’s and well through the 1960’s, Martin Luther King Jr. was the main leader of the civil rights movements. There was violence in innocent protesting, cruel bombings, and soul poured speeches. The Civil Right movements, involving people of both skin colors, measured up to a very large sum of events, both implementing segregation and the fight against the segregation. King had experienced many events, both eye opening and cruel, both strong and solid with morals. Yet throughout the turmoil between the differences of both races King did not fail to speak his word. MLK did not fail to make know that what segregation stood for was wrong and treacherous. King did not underestimate his ability to be unwavering...
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