visual activism‚ and resistance to societal norms. The first photograph is from W.E.B. DuBois’ collection of the “American Negro” exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition. The second photography is from Zanele Muholi’s collection‚ titled Zukiswa from her black and white portraits of 2010. The critical visual traditions that are represented throughout both of these pieces of photography are meant to respond to acts of violence and dehumanization. Socially these pieces were created as visual activism‚ as
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Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai is the type of leader who gained her power by doing good things‚ and continues to use her power for good. Some may not consider her a leader‚ or think that she has power but in many important ways she is and does. Malala has lead girls all across the world to stand for themselves‚ and taught them to understand that they have a right to an education. Malala was born in Mingora‚ Pakistan in 1997 (Profile). As a child‚ Malala was taught by her father to value education
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never known of a younger black man dying‚ but according to It Takes a Tragedy to Arouse Them: Collective Memory and Collective Action during the Civil Rights Movement by Fredrick C. Harris‚ it was due to amount of “Collective Action” or political activism that occurred after the death of
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. Martin Luther King attended segregated schools as a child‚ but was exceptionally smart and was able to attend Morehouse College at the age of 15. Although his primary studies were law and medicine‚ King decided to follow his religious call and become a minister as well. In 1953 King graduated with his doctorate in Systematic Theology and married Coretta Scott. King settled down in Montgomery Alabama and became a father of four
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Impact of Protests on the Rights and Freedoms of Aboriginals The treatment of Indigenous Australians by the government has been an issue of controversy since White Europeans settled in Australia. Throughout history Aboriginals have developed and hosted many protests‚ sometimes with the help of the White Europeans that wanted to make a difference to get back rights and freedoms of Aboriginals. The Australian Aborigines were the first people to live on the continent Australia‚ being here longer
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safer and have helped educators. At 16‚ Malala Yousafzai is already an accomplished young woman and the world is looking forward to her next steps of activism and courage.
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During World War I‚ African Americans went a step further. Instead of only participating in protests‚ black workers would write persuasive letters – using the war and patriotism as means to support their requests. “Despite the tendency of the postal system to marginalize them‚ African Americans participated in a broad process of communicating … ‘African Americans viewed the war as a potentially defining moment in their history of racial progress and struggle for freedom.’ African Americans … made
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Cited: Moghadam‚ Valentine‚ and Fatima Sadiqi. "Feminization of Public Space: Women’s Activism‚ the Family Law‚ and Social Change in Morocco." Journal of Middle East Women ’s Studies (n.d.): 1-37. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. Sadiqi‚ Fatima. "Language‚ Gender‚ and Power in Morocco." (n.d.): 1-18. Web. 7 Dec. 2013. Thys-Senocak‚ Lucienne. "The Gendered
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GO GREEN! The importance of environmental awareness and activism is high‚ at least to me and my family. People in the communities work better when others are leading and giving the example. Being “green” is important because we a re trying to savage the planet earth and the future generations. Using high efficiency energy saving lightbulbs and recycling is not something I was doing because of reading a magazine or watching the television‚ it was something I begun doing because others were doing
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it Personally‚ the work of ‘culture jammers’ Adbusters‚ and Reverend Billy’s ‘Church of Stop Shopping’ position themselves reflexively in relation to social and cultural change. Its discourse analysis considers what these projects understand as ‘activism’‚ the ‘type’ or characteristics of (anti-) consumers being imagined‚ and the implied consequences for consumption and production. In doing so‚ it draws from a range of theories about or relating to ‘reflexivity’‚ in particular the work of Scott Lash
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