Essays on African American Page 5

In the article“Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”, Audre Lorde talks about fearing to transform silence into speaking out to the world because she is an African American woman. Women do not get a chance to speak out because they are women, and women do not have the power to speak up for themselves….

The following paper will be based on the articles from October 3, describing The African American Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration. After reading these articles, I have learned that the rate of marriage in the Black community is lower than that of other Americans, and is continuing to decline. The reasons for this…

The history behind all of the creative hairstyles originated in Africa. Hair grooming in Africa played a major role in society in regards to distinguishing status and identity of an individual. The elaborate hairstyles was a way for them to identify each other’s social status based on ethnicity, social rank, age, marital status, fertility, manhood,…

African Americans have had a rough time trying to participate in major athletics in the past. Some sports, such as baseball took large aspirations for the athletic community to integrate black athletes into their major league sports. African Americans have made great strides in the world of sports in the United States. Sports in America…

How often do people hear of women when it comes to prosperity and success without seeing them online with barely any clothes on. From earlier years to now there have been more inspirational examples of strong women like Oprah, Susan B. Anthony, and Michelle Obama, but there is still an alarming high gap of women…

In 1964, his controversial drama “Blues for Mister Charlie” about the most horrible crimes of the Civil rights movement, ran for 150 performances on Broadway. Baldwin brought to American the discussion about race, especially in his earlier novels and essays an understanding of the turmoil’s psychological nuances and its consequences. His complicated sense of himself…

Introduction The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness was written by Michelle Alexander who is an alumna of law from Vanderbilt University. It was released in 2012. This manuscript discusses issues related to racism and mostly specific matters that involve the African-American men and also mass imprisonment in the United States….

Whether they were staying home or helping the war efforts, women had a significant impact in the workforce during WWII. An estimated three-hundred-fifty-thousand women served in male-dominated professions. Women broke many barriers when it came to their contribution to the WWII effort. Around five-million women, suburbanites, and city dwellers joined a previously male-dominated workforce during…

“If u can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, by the mean keep moving” said by Martin Luther king. Martin Luther king was a Baptist minister and social. Activist, he led the civil rights movement in the United States, from 1950 until his assassination in 1968.Martin…

Katherine Johnson once said, ‘I see a picture right now that’s not parallel, so I’m going to straighten it. Things must be in order.’ I can apply this quote when it comes to diversity in the STEM field today. The ratio of women to men is not equal as well as the ratio of minorities…