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Reflections Unit Four

We Got To Go Get It From the moment our ancestors arrived in America, African Americans have been receiving the bad end of the stick (or no stick at all even). We've been forced into a life that we did not ask for and yet are being accused for it. From being crammed into a ship like sardines to being shot by the police, African Americans have been right for their life. Reaching for a gasp of air in this ever so drowning world. Through it all, we cease to give up and continue to unite as a nation. The Civil Rights movement was all about reaching out to the community in order to spark change. Change that can be sparked and developed from any "ordinary" civilian. This movement was sparked by people who felt the need to take a stand. Dating back to Plessy vs. Ferguson which started with a mixed man sitting in the whites section of the train. One ordinary move manifesting into a monumental movement. This continued to happen through people such as MLK, Rosa Parks, an...
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Reflections Unit Three

Cast Down Your Buckets      The Booker T. Washington speech, in my opinion, was a very powerful speech It is something that I have always tried to express to people. The importance of working with the people around instead of attacking them. Hating your enemies gets both sides nowhere, but by learning how to bond and connect with one another can create the inevitable. Granted, this may not seem like an easy task for most. I believe it only takes one revolutionary relationship to get the rest of the world to follow. An example in today's society is having Donald Trump in office, many think the way of getting things done by hating him and that people that support him. When in actuality we would all benefit by having the 'better conversation' about it. The Talented Tenth      The 'Talented Tenth' is a concept that the African American community has raised their children upon for years. I learned through this unit that is was Dubois that...
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Reflections on Unit Two

Slave Resistance                  In unit one we learned the early development of Africa to the capturing of African American slaves. African American slaves were forced to fulfill hard tasked labor that wealthy landowners were not willing to do. Slaves were in no way shape or form compensated for their contributed labor. Therefore, slaves came up with ways to rebel against their captures and masters. These rebellions would start off small and turn into out of hand events. From being captured and brought onto ships, slaves rebelled by jumping off of slave ships to drown or starving themselves to death. When it came to being sold, slaves would fake an illness or change their mannerisms in goals of being a house slave. Slaves would also change their mannerism as a mean to be auctioned off to a "lesser evil' slave master. When owned slaves would analyze the mood of their master to get out of doing work. Some woman would fake being p...
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Reflections Unit One

The Invasion of Africa    One of Africa's most pivotal turning points, in history, begins with the Middle passage. Although Africa was past known for their resources such as trade in salt, livestock, gold, kola, iron technology, and clay as stated in From Slavery to Freedom pp. 2-6. This easily become overlooked by the invasion of the Europeans. This invasion played a hallmark on how Africans were soon to be looked upon and are still looked upon till this day.         Olaudah Equiano, dispalyed in the photo above, was able to give the world an in-depth view of how shocking these actions were. Equiano referred to the Europeans as white long haired demons who possessed powers. From seeing their strange color of skin, language, animals, and the ability to stop a moving ship; Equiano found it best too already have accepted his fate of death. A culture so advanced speculated fear throughout the people. Equiano, among other captured slaves, wer...
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