Imagine you are a black person, in the 1900’s. Think about the certain things you could do because of your skin. The limited places you could go, the separated water fountains, always going to sit in the back of the bus. That’s what it was like to be black back then.With sports, things were worse. Blacks couldn’t play in certain tournaments, but that all changed with the U.S. Open, a tournament where blacks and whites compete. In that tournament, two blacks, Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, competed
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Oshinsky begins his work by describing the social, political and economic atmosphere that helped influence the development of Parchman Farm. Oshinsky articulating the backlash to the Reconstruction era that was centralized in Mississippi where horrid acts of violence took place to region political control. The effect of these acts led to a shift in power structures where old regimes set out to tackle two central issues: labor shortages, and the restoration of white supremacy. Criminal laws where
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CITATION Dixon v. Alabama, 294 F. 2d 150 (5th Cir. 1961) FACT A sit in by four North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students, which took place on February 1, 1960, was inspiration for 29 black Alabama State College students who went to the Montgomery County Court House lunch counter and attempted to get served. After being denied service, nine of the 29 were then expelled from Alabama State College and the additional 20 were placed on probation. The students were supposedly
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The study of the American Civil War is a prolific topic in the field of history. Historians continue to write about the war in many different ways from the social, political, military and economic causes and repercussions of the war. James McPherson has continued this field of study in his book Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam. The book examined the importance of the Battle of Antietam on the results of the Civil War. On September 17th, 1862 the Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American
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Congress was encouraged by a Quaker delegation and Benjamin Franklin to consider the end of the African slave trade. Southern representatives demanded that the topic not even be discussed, since the Constitution stated that Congress could not end the slave trade until 1808. Northern representatives wanted to discuss, but tried to avoid bringing up total emancipation. Some of the Southern representatives adopted the tactic that silence would be their best ally in this debate, believing that slavery was
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George Templeton Strong: Civil War Supporter George Templeton Strong was a remarkable man for his time. He was a supporter of the Civil War in various ways. Strong was very fascinated with war and took part in several organizations and committees that supported it. His actions toward the Civil War have forever changed history. Strong was born on January 26, 1820, in New York City. Growing up he lived in a musical household. This inspired him to compose music. Both of his parents were amateur musicians
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Gaining knowledge and picturing the story from every perspective can modify our view on the events that helped shape the American Revolution. According to Simon Schama, author of Dirty Little Secret , the way the American Revolution is perceived drastically changes once we see it through the eyes of a slave. Under Britain’s rule slaves were promised freedom and acres of land. According to Thomas Jefferson, King George III was to blame for the institution of slavery “ blacks like British Freedom did
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session until December, Johnson sketched out his arrangement for rejoining the country. He offered acquittals to all Southern whites, then named temporary governors and requested traditions held to which whites alone chose delegates. The behavior of these Southern governments chose under Johnson's system turned the greater part of the republican North against the president. White Southern voters to a great extent returned individuals from the old tip top to control. Incensed by reports of rough responses
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(Encyclopedia). Jackson joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). He participated in walk-outs, sit-ins, and marches. Next, he was in Selma, marching on Bloody Sunday for Martin Luther King. After moving to Selma, Jackson began working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He did many great things in there. He helped achieve the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He helped establish the Chicago Freedom Movement, which was a plan to spread the civil rights activities to the north. After
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Thomas Ketchum, known as Black Jack Ketchum, was born on October 31, 1862 in San Saba County, Texas. He was a cowboy who then later turned into the life of crime. He joined other outlaws of the Hole in the Wall Gang, focusing on train robberies. When they were not robbing trains, they worked for ranches in New Mexico and Texas. Ketchum had participated in previous train robberies and murders. But on August 16, 1899, Tom attempted to single-handedly rob the same train that he and his brother, Sam
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