Washington founded Tuskegee Institute and theorized how African-Americans could reach political equality; "Sojourner Truth proved [an] excellent [lecturer] against slavery (Boyer et al. 324)"; Thurgood Marshall headed the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the NAACP; the founders of the Ku Klux Klan sparked...
There was a time in history when the U.S. Constitution was not colorblind. A time when citizens were denied rights because the color of their skin. A time when there were specific laws that only applied to people with different racial backgrounds. Imagine living in a world where you were denied rights because of how you looked, because you did not fit the social norm. ...
The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American as...
African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. This social movement looked to outlaw discrimination towards black Americans and obtain their right to vote. The movement did not turn to violence to get what they wanted, instead they demanded political and economic self-sufficiency. The movement was filled with major campaigns of civil resistance. ...
