The Harlem Renaissance was a time that provided many opportunities for African Americans. It marked the first time that critics took African American literature seriously and it was also the time of the Great Migration. The Renaissance increased education and employment opportunities. The Harlem Renaissance included the emersion of Jazz, which was a free art form that the Blacks were able to have and use to entertain.
The Civil Rights Movement was a time where African Americans fought for equal rights. The movement included other movements like the Sit-In Movement, the Free Speech Movement, the Anti-War Movement, and the Black Power Movement. Many groups like the Black Panther Party and SNCC were also a part of working in the Civil Rights Movement. In Mississippi of 1955, Emmett Till acknowledged the white owner’s wife, on a dare, which caused problems with the owner. He was kidnapped by Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam and was brutally beaten and murdered. This event brought the nation together and was said to have started the Civil Rights Movement. I had heard this story before this class in my history class last semester, but we didn’t go into too much detail.
SNCC is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. This group “not only mobilized, organized and politicized thousands of Black students, but also politicized many white students and their leaders through recruiting and training them and bringing them to the South to work in the struggle” (Karenga 9). The group started out working towards integrating blacks and whites but ended working the movement towards one of Black Power.
In the “Martin and Malcolm” essay there are many differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Their lives are so different from each other, yet they both were fighting for “racial advancement”. Malcolm’s philosophy was based on a nonviolent but militant way of getting through the mass struggle. He was raised in a low income family that based living off of “charity and government welfare” (Carson 13) while Martin was raised in a loving home and had a great relationship with his parents. Even though Malcolm said that he would do anything to make things right, even if that meant using violence, he never used it. I believe that Martin used ideas from Gandhi because he grew up “in a family where love was central” (Carson 13). Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both grew up so differently, but both wanted some way of getting their race to advance in society.
I do believe that the Civil Rights Movement accomplished its goals to an extent. Blacks have advanced so much in society, so much that we now have one as President, but there are still so many problems that need to be faced. Racism still exists today, it’s not as prominent, but it is still there. Blacks, now, are free, are citizens and can vote due to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments; they are able to sit anywhere they want anywhere they go due to Sit-In Movements and the Bus Boycott for example; and they can receive equal education because Brown vs. the Board of Education overruled the “separate but equal” policy.
I think the way you grow up and your life experiences do help mold your personal philosophy, but it is one-sided. I think it is important to know how others have grown up and lived as well as seeing what they believe in. Having grown up in a fortunate home with loving parents who were highly educated has allowed me to view the world with an optimistic attitude. I don’t know if I would be able to say the same if I had a harder life; one like Malcolm’s. I think it is important to learn, experience, and discuss with other people their opinions and their view on certain subjects because it only expands knowledge and experience for the crazy world that we live in.
The Civil Rights Movement was a time where African Americans fought for equal rights. The movement included other movements like the Sit-In Movement, the Free Speech Movement, the Anti-War Movement, and the Black Power Movement. Many groups like the Black Panther Party and SNCC were also a part of working in the Civil Rights Movement. In Mississippi of 1955, Emmett Till acknowledged the white owner’s wife, on a dare, which caused problems with the owner. He was kidnapped by Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam and was brutally beaten and murdered. This event brought the nation together and was said to have started the Civil Rights Movement. I had heard this story before this class in my history class last semester, but we didn’t go into too much detail.
SNCC is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. This group “not only mobilized, organized and politicized thousands of Black students, but also politicized many white students and their leaders through recruiting and training them and bringing them to the South to work in the struggle” (Karenga 9). The group started out working towards integrating blacks and whites but ended working the movement towards one of Black Power.
In the “Martin and Malcolm” essay there are many differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Their lives are so different from each other, yet they both were fighting for “racial advancement”. Malcolm’s philosophy was based on a nonviolent but militant way of getting through the mass struggle. He was raised in a low income family that based living off of “charity and government welfare” (Carson 13) while Martin was raised in a loving home and had a great relationship with his parents. Even though Malcolm said that he would do anything to make things right, even if that meant using violence, he never used it. I believe that Martin used ideas from Gandhi because he grew up “in a family where love was central” (Carson 13). Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both grew up so differently, but both wanted some way of getting their race to advance in society.
I do believe that the Civil Rights Movement accomplished its goals to an extent. Blacks have advanced so much in society, so much that we now have one as President, but there are still so many problems that need to be faced. Racism still exists today, it’s not as prominent, but it is still there. Blacks, now, are free, are citizens and can vote due to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments; they are able to sit anywhere they want anywhere they go due to Sit-In Movements and the Bus Boycott for example; and they can receive equal education because Brown vs. the Board of Education overruled the “separate but equal” policy.
I think the way you grow up and your life experiences do help mold your personal philosophy, but it is one-sided. I think it is important to know how others have grown up and lived as well as seeing what they believe in. Having grown up in a fortunate home with loving parents who were highly educated has allowed me to view the world with an optimistic attitude. I don’t know if I would be able to say the same if I had a harder life; one like Malcolm’s. I think it is important to learn, experience, and discuss with other people their opinions and their view on certain subjects because it only expands knowledge and experience for the crazy world that we live in.
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