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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County on the Eastern shore of Maryland, on the plantation of Edward Brodas. Her birth name was Araminta, and she was called Minty until she changed her name to Harriet in her early teen years. The reason why she changed her name was because she wanted to…

What is your dream? To become a rich, a doctor, or a celebrity? If someone asks this question, many people would think about their personal success in their lives, not for others’. However, Martin Luther King Jr, the first president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference and one of the notable leader of civil rights movement,…

Black Power is a phrase that has instilled both pride and hope into the souls of black people, while simultaneously striking fear into the hearts of whites. ‘No two words in contemporary American society have been more controversial or misunderstood than Black Power’ (Fager, cover). This “misunderstanding” is what made the Black Power Movement so…

“Darkness cannot drive out Darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. Someone should not discriminate someone just based because of the color of their skin. Darkness is someone who is having a lot of hate built up in them. Light is someone with a lot of…

For as long as I can remember when it came to black political movements. Women were always depicted either on the side lines, in the shadows of their male counterparts or seen as sexual objects of desire. Unlike the suffragist movement where we see kick-ass white women demanding their power and having control of their…

Railroad. I was in the sixth grade and eleven years old. My social studies teacher showed the class a film about the network of people and Harriet Tubman who helped slaves escape to freedom through a passage to the North. She explained how Harriet Tubman who was a runaway slave herself, risked her life to…

Whipped, chained, and beaten were commonly exchanged words among American slaves throughout the 19th century. Day after day in a world filled with torture and pain, slaves suffered servile lives under the feet of an overseer. During these times, when freedom and liberty were merely the topics of dreams, one outstanding slave named Harriet Tubman…

Generally, African Americans were subjects to bona fide abuse and division from the bit of white Americans, who hold the major position in the American culture and utilized their capacity to hold African Americans under their control. The recorded movement of African American culture was joined by the constant conflict of African Americans for social…

Malala Yousafzai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and campaigner for women’s education, was shot by the Taliban in 2012 while travelling home from school. Malala went on to write a well written autobiography, with the help of Patricia McCormick, called I am Malala. In her autobiography, Malala juxtaposes her own beliefs and ethics to…

From a young age, Malala was against the Taliban that had invaded her hometown, Swat Valley in Pakistan. She demanded that girls be allowed an education. In 2012, The Taliban proceeded to shoot her in the head, but she survived. She later became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala will continue…