“Strange Fruit” ‚a poem written by Abel Meeropol in 1929‚ was a world renowned piece of writing. This poem was a result of Meeropol’s reaction to the picture of a lynching that took place during that time. He was already disturbed by the racism that existed‚ but was horrified after seeing a picture taken of two hanging bodies. Then after putting it to song‚ it was sung by Billie Holiday who was heard around the world. I find that this poem is a chilling act of defiance against the inhumane act of
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Warrenton Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16‚ 1862 – March 25‚ 1931) was an African-American journalist‚ newspaper editor and‚ with her husband‚ newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett‚ an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States‚ showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in the women ’s rights and the women ’s suffrage movement‚ establishing several notable women ’s organizations. Wells was a
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African Kingdoms and Empires During 400 AD‚ West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana‚ medieval Mali‚ and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and
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The Progressive Era in the United States lasted from 1880 to 1920 and started as a response to the change brought on the country after the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The Progressive Era was a period of social reform caused by industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and social inequality that lingered from the Civil War. After the Civil War‚ when the slaves gained their freedom‚ the Reconstruction Era occurred. A major goal of this time was to guarantee rights to former slaves and create new relationships
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She starts with Claude the son of a successful farmer. He is guaranteed to live a comfortable life. Nevertheless‚ Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father’s success. Just as Claude is doing well at the university his happiness comes to an end. His studies are cut short when his father‚ Nat‚ announces that he has bought a farm in Colorado. Nat tells Claude that he will begin living most of the time on the ranch and will take Claude’s youngest brother‚ Ralph‚ with him. Claude is told to drop
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Program Evaluation critique to: Trish Mckay from: steven wayock subject: Team read- program evaluation Critique date: [ 10/31/2012 ] cc: Professor Turner‚ Margo Jones‚ Trish McKay Steven Wayock’s Independent program evaluation Critique Team Read’s program evaluation completed by the independent evaluator Margo Jones took an overall look at Team Read based off of statistical analysis conducted in two different phases. These phases evaluated different scopes of Team Read‚ the readers the
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Gibson‚ Robert . "The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States‚ 1880-1950." yale.edu. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 26 Apr 2009 . Luders‚ Joseph E. "Civil Rights Success and the Politics of Racial Violence." Polity 37.1(2005) 108+. 2 Mar 2009 . Markovitz‚ Jonathan. Legacies of Lynching: Racial Violence and Memory. Minneapolis: University of Massachusetts Press‚ 2004. Olzak‚ Susan. "The Political Context of Competition: Lynching and Urban Racial Violence‚ 1882-1914." Social
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Cited: "Christine De Pizan [Pisan] Web Page." Xenophon Group. 10 June 2002. Web. 30 Aug. 2010. . "Christine De Pizan." Redirecting to Atriustech.com. Feb. 1999. Web. 30 Aug. 2010. . McKay‚ John P.‚ Bennett D. Hill‚ and John Buckler. "Listening to the Past‚ Christine De Pisan." A History of Western Society. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 2003. 412-13. Print. "Renaissance Women of Influence - Renaissance." BellaOnline -- The Voice
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First‚ the aspect where the author calls for eradicating prejudices and discrimination in the society; reminding the country that the constitution guarantees every citizen “unalienable Rights” of “Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (B. McKay‚ 2008‚ para. 4). Additionally‚ the speech admonished the Negro not to gain their rightful place by being guilty of any wrongdoing. In other words‚ they were not to engage in violent activities that have the propensity of jeopardizing the gains or the
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First‚ the aspect where the author call for eradicating prejudice and discrimination in the society; reminding the country that the constitution guarantee every citizen “unalienable Rights” of “Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (B. McKay‚ 2008‚ para. 4). Additionally‚ the speech admonished the Negro not to gain their rightful place by being guilty of any wrongdoing. In other words‚ they were not to engage in violent activities that have the propensity of jeopardizing the gains or the
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