First recorded in 1939‚ the protest song “Strange Fruit” came to articulate the racism and brutality of lynching* endured by so many in the United States‚ particularly in the south. According to figures kept by the Tuskegee Institute‚ of the 3833 lynchings between 1889 and 1940‚ four fifths of the ninety percent lynched in the south were of African American descent. As horrific and cruel lynching was‚ it was considered acceptable. Society at the time believed that lynching was an act that was
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English 9.12 00Erica Patane English 9.12 -1143000-914400003314700914400An Australia book Review Blog n Book Review Blog 0An Australia book Review Blog n Book Review Blog -1028700-685800A book a day… 0A book a day… Kate Constable’s novel ‘Crow Country’ (2011) depicts both sides of societies’ capability to maintain Australian values shown by residents in a town called Boort. Throughout this book‚ the Mortlock family generally demonstrates disrespect towards others‚ showing the worst of these
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worry that keeps the knife sharp‚ and worry that gets most of us‚ in the end” (G. Roberts).Guilt is the strongest and most corrosive of feelings. Like acid‚ it can eat away at your insides and render you numb‚ just like it did to Kate. In the novel Crow Lake by Mary Lawson‚ the theme of guilt has a persistent presence and impact on Kate‚ Luke and Matt. To begin with‚ Kate Morrison is plagued by the guilt of her bother‚ Matt’s broken dreams. As a consequence‚ the guilt causes many emotional problems
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“Strange Fruit Analysis” In response to the terrible act of lynchings‚ a poem was written in protest to the terrible acts. The poem “Strange Fruit”‚published in 1939‚ and written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday is a poem that was written in protest to lynchings. Abel Meeropol was a teacher‚ poet‚ and social activist who was haunted by pictures of lynchings‚ which is when a mob takes black men who have been accused of wrongdoing‚ and usually hang them. The pictures haunted him
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with the unfairness and cruelties of Jim Crow Laws. Written by Mildred D. Taylor‚ Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is a great example of how your feelings can impact your actions greatly. This is shown in a young character named T.J. As a ramification of Jim Crow‚ he feels insignificant which causes him to make terrible decisions. Not only does he cheat on two tests‚ but also chooses to hang out with R.W. and Melvin (two bad influences)‚ and steal a pistol. Jim Crow makes T.J. powerless‚ giving him the
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Education "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead."(Aristotle) The importance of education is effectively illustrated in the book Crow Lake by Mary Lawson and also in Alden Nowlan’s poem Warren Pryor. Both Kate’s family and Warren’s family highly value the importance of education and both families expect their children to receive higher education. Both Kate and Warren used education as a tool to escape poverty. However‚ they differ in their feelings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness was written by Michelle Alexander to expose the truth of racial injustice in the system of mass incarceration through the comparison of the racial control during the Jim Crow Era. She reveals how race plays an important role in the American Justice System. Alexander argues about the racial bias‚ particularly towards African-Americans‚ immanent in the war on drugs as a result of their lack of political power and how the Supreme Court
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early life. When Jim started primary school‚ he hated it because of the discipline. "The government believed that the only way to break in Indians to white culture was through a strict regime" (Richards 21). The discipline was used if Indians used Indian language‚ were caught roughhousing‚ came late to meals or had a sloppy appearance (Richards 24). Those years were not fun for him. He only enjoyed the game of baseball. Jim and his twin brother Charlie‚ who died of pneumonia when Jim was nine years
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It was a conventional evening at the Gladwyne Pharmacy. Preparing for our closure‚ I was organizing the register receipts from the day to save myself from ancillary labor the following morning. 6:57PM: only three more minutes before I can finally return home after an extensive‚ demanding afternoon. Contrary to the ordinary occurrence‚ our regular last-minute customers were not swarming in the door. Initially‚ I took this as a good sign: today may mark the first time I get off work punctually. But
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It was a quiet night. The shadow that covered my place turns dark and blank. The light approaches me as if the light shows me something. At a very far distance‚ there was a light‚ too. I heard a voice from a distance. It was my mother’s voice‚ it seems like she’s crying and shouting for help. Then the distance between us became nearer and nearer. But‚ there was a murderer holding a gun‚ trying to chase my mother. I followed them. The murderer chased her until he killed and shoot my mother. The murderer
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