They both were leaders in Civil Rights Movevents, and very good speaker. They led a lot of people who wanted to achieve freedom and equelity. They believed that every men should be equel without any exceptions. I definatly agree with them.
But MLK was very famouse person. He organzed a lot of protests and they were organized perfectly. He never used violince in any of those protests. His technic was very unusual. He was making mess in the country and made a lot of people angry but in a real peaceful way. He said to all his people that if you want to achieve your goal just love and be silence. Even if somebode punch you in the face judt give them a hug and smile. You will kill them moraly.
But Malcolm X was not that wise I can say. He did a lot of movements and succeded but in more agressive way. If somebode hits you you better punch him.
I think that King was very well organize and extremely smart.
Friday, April 29, 2011
I think that nothing comes to you without you actually working and trying.
I think in the video they showed very common situation. Because better kids did their work obviously better then other kids.
But why other kids can`t be the same educated?
I really believe that if they worked hard and studied they would catch up to the same level of supirior kids. Because we all are equel, sometimes somebody is better in math then we are but we are better in writting. So this way we are all equel. That`s why I think only hard work can lead person to his dream. You can`t just rely on what people around you say.
If they say that you cant do something try harder and you will prove that you are the person that is hardworking and succesful.
I think in the video they showed very common situation. Because better kids did their work obviously better then other kids.
But why other kids can`t be the same educated?
I really believe that if they worked hard and studied they would catch up to the same level of supirior kids. Because we all are equel, sometimes somebody is better in math then we are but we are better in writting. So this way we are all equel. That`s why I think only hard work can lead person to his dream. You can`t just rely on what people around you say.
If they say that you cant do something try harder and you will prove that you are the person that is hardworking and succesful.
Survey
RACE: HS Graduation: College Graduation:
H Yes Yes
W Yes Yes
W Yes Dad - yes, mom- no
W Yes Yes
AA Yes Yes
H Yes No
H Yes No
W yes Yes
H no No
I think nowadays people think that african-americans or hispanics are less educated then white people. I think this urvey shows that it`s not true. It`s just a stereotype, maybe it was like that a long time ago, but not now.
You can see that people who I asked some hispanics didnt have the college education , but you can say the same thing about white people.
H Yes Yes
W Yes Yes
W Yes Dad - yes, mom- no
W Yes Yes
AA Yes Yes
H Yes No
H Yes No
W yes Yes
H no No
I think nowadays people think that african-americans or hispanics are less educated then white people. I think this urvey shows that it`s not true. It`s just a stereotype, maybe it was like that a long time ago, but not now.
You can see that people who I asked some hispanics didnt have the college education , but you can say the same thing about white people.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Concept Guide topic 11
MLK and Civil Disobedience
Martin Luther King was an african -american, who led in african - american Civil Rights Movements. He was a very good speaker, who was followed by a lot of african-americans. They believed him and listened to what he was saying them to do. In 1964 he got a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedince.
MLK's speech on the topic of Civil Disobedience
"I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and precious to you that you will die for it, then you aren’t fit to live.
You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be, and one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls upon you to stand for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid.
You refuse to do it because you want to live longer. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab or shoot or bomb your house. So you refuse to take a stand.
Well, you may go on and live until you are ninety, but you are just as dead at 38 as you would be at ninety.
And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.
You died when you refused to stand up for right.
You died when you refused to stand up for truth.
You died when you refused to stand up for justice.”
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Homer Adolph Plessy was a successful Louisiana businessman living in Baton Rouge. Comfortable in the society of both racial groups, Plessy had had one African-American grandparent. Although he did not consider himself African American, Louisiana law defined him as “octaroon”—one-eighth African American.
Plessy, acting on behalf of a committee that had been formed to challenge Jim Crow laws, intentionally broke the law in order to initiate a case. Returning by rail from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Plessy was asked by railroad officials to sit in the segregated area of the train. He refused. Arrested and charged, Plessy petitioned the Louisiana Supreme Court for a writ against Ferguson, the trial court judge, to stop the proceedings against him for criminal violation of the State law. But the Louisiana State Supreme Court refused. Convicted and fined, Plessy then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.Justice Henry B. Brown of Michigan delivered the 7-1 decision of the Court that upheld the Louisiana law requiring segregation. Brown noted that the law did not violate either the 13th or 14th Amendments. He stated that the 13th Amendment applied only to slavery, and the 14th amendment was not intended to give African Americans social equality but only political and civil equality with white people.In the key passage of the opinion, the Court stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as “facilities were equal.” Thus the “separate but equal doctrine”that would keep America divided along racial lines for over half a century longer came into being
Brown vs. Board of EducationThis is how the Brown vs. Board of Education lawsuit was started in 1951. Linda’s father, Oliver Brown, and thirteen other parents tried to enroll their children in the local "white schools" in the summer of 1950, but were turned down because they were African Americans. They were told they must attend one of the four schools in the city for African American children. These parents filed suit against the Topeka Board of Education for their children. Oliver Brown was the first parent listed in the lawsuit, so the case was named after him. At the time of the lawsuit, Blacks everywhere were not treated fairly. For every $150.00 spent on white children at the "white schools" only $50.00 was spent on African American children at the "black schools." The
parents of the African American children thought that their school was not treated as fairly because they were colored. They did not have the most current textbooks, not enough school supplies, and overcrowded classrooms.
After three long years the case finally ended on May 17, 1954 with the court finding in favor of Linda Brown and the other African American children like her. The Supreme Court said that it was not fair to have black and white students separated in different schools. The judges voted on this case nine to zero. It took some states many years to put students together in schools and have them treated the same because many people were still prejudiced against Blacks.
The Goals of Civil Rights Movements
The goals of the civil rights movement were meaningful civil rights laws, a massive federal works program, full and fair employment, decent housing, the right to vote, and adequate integrated education.
E
isenhower's Role in Little Rock
To ensure that the Little Rock Nine could complete a full day of classes, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock. The 101st patrolled outside the school and escorted the black students into the school. In addition, the black students were assigned a personal guard from the 101st who followed them around the school. Still, they were subjects of unspeakable hatred. White students yelled insults in the halls and during class. They beat up the black students, particularly the boys. They walked on the heels of the blacks until they bled. They destroyed the black students' lockers and threw flaming paper wads at them in the bathrooms.
A Mexican American, Chávez became the best known Latino civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American Labor Movement eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in California and Florida. However, by the mid-1980s membership in the UFW had dwindled to around 15,000.
Sit-Ins
In one of the earliest racially-connected sit-ins, followers of Father Divine and the International Peace Mission Movement joined with the Cafeteria Workers Union, Local 302, in September 1939 to protest racially unfair hiring practices at New York's Shack Sandwich Shops, Inc. According to the New York Times, Sep 23, 1939, ""On Thursday between 75 and 100 followers showed up at the restaurant at Forty-first Street and Lexington Avenue, where most of the strike activity has been concentrated, and groups went into the place, purchased five-cent cups of coffee, and conducted what might be described as a kind of customers' nickel sit down strike. Other patrons were unable to find seats."
With the encouragement of Melvin B. Tomson and James L.Farmer, students from Wiley and Bishop Colleges organized the first sit-ins in Texas in the rotuda of the . Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. This sit-in directly challenged the oldest White Citizens Party in Texas and would culminate in the reversal of Jim Crow laws in the state and the desegregation of postgraduate studies in Texas by the Sweatt v. Painter (1950) verdict.
Martin Luther King was an african -american, who led in african - american Civil Rights Movements. He was a very good speaker, who was followed by a lot of african-americans. They believed him and listened to what he was saying them to do. In 1964 he got a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedince.
MLK's speech on the topic of Civil Disobedience
"I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and precious to you that you will die for it, then you aren’t fit to live.
You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be, and one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls upon you to stand for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid.
You refuse to do it because you want to live longer. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab or shoot or bomb your house. So you refuse to take a stand.
Well, you may go on and live until you are ninety, but you are just as dead at 38 as you would be at ninety.
And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.
You died when you refused to stand up for right.
You died when you refused to stand up for truth.
You died when you refused to stand up for justice.”
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Homer Adolph Plessy was a successful Louisiana businessman living in Baton Rouge. Comfortable in the society of both racial groups, Plessy had had one African-American grandparent. Although he did not consider himself African American, Louisiana law defined him as “octaroon”—one-eighth African American.
Plessy, acting on behalf of a committee that had been formed to challenge Jim Crow laws, intentionally broke the law in order to initiate a case. Returning by rail from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Plessy was asked by railroad officials to sit in the segregated area of the train. He refused. Arrested and charged, Plessy petitioned the Louisiana Supreme Court for a writ against Ferguson, the trial court judge, to stop the proceedings against him for criminal violation of the State law. But the Louisiana State Supreme Court refused. Convicted and fined, Plessy then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.Justice Henry B. Brown of Michigan delivered the 7-1 decision of the Court that upheld the Louisiana law requiring segregation. Brown noted that the law did not violate either the 13th or 14th Amendments. He stated that the 13th Amendment applied only to slavery, and the 14th amendment was not intended to give African Americans social equality but only political and civil equality with white people.In the key passage of the opinion, the Court stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as “facilities were equal.” Thus the “separate but equal doctrine”that would keep America divided along racial lines for over half a century longer came into being
Brown vs. Board of EducationThis is how the Brown vs. Board of Education lawsuit was started in 1951. Linda’s father, Oliver Brown, and thirteen other parents tried to enroll their children in the local "white schools" in the summer of 1950, but were turned down because they were African Americans. They were told they must attend one of the four schools in the city for African American children. These parents filed suit against the Topeka Board of Education for their children. Oliver Brown was the first parent listed in the lawsuit, so the case was named after him. At the time of the lawsuit, Blacks everywhere were not treated fairly. For every $150.00 spent on white children at the "white schools" only $50.00 was spent on African American children at the "black schools." The
parents of the African American children thought that their school was not treated as fairly because they were colored. They did not have the most current textbooks, not enough school supplies, and overcrowded classrooms.After three long years the case finally ended on May 17, 1954 with the court finding in favor of Linda Brown and the other African American children like her. The Supreme Court said that it was not fair to have black and white students separated in different schools. The judges voted on this case nine to zero. It took some states many years to put students together in schools and have them treated the same because many people were still prejudiced against Blacks.
The Goals of Civil Rights Movements
The goals of the civil rights movement were meaningful civil rights laws, a massive federal works program, full and fair employment, decent housing, the right to vote, and adequate integrated education.
E
isenhower's Role in Little Rock
To ensure that the Little Rock Nine could complete a full day of classes, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock. The 101st patrolled outside the school and escorted the black students into the school. In addition, the black students were assigned a personal guard from the 101st who followed them around the school. Still, they were subjects of unspeakable hatred. White students yelled insults in the halls and during class. They beat up the black students, particularly the boys. They walked on the heels of the blacks until they bled. They destroyed the black students' lockers and threw flaming paper wads at them in the bathrooms.
Rights of the Accused
The basis for these rights is the supposition that all individuals are innocent until proven guilty. The following rights stem from this supposition and are guaranteed to all those accused of a crime:
- The accused are protected from self-incrimination. This protection preempts torture and other forms of coercion by rendering the confessions or incriminating testimony inadmissible in court
- The accused have a right to remain silent until he/she has had the opportunity to confer with legal counsel.
- The accused has the right to adequate legal representation. In the event that he/she cannot afford to hire an attorney, the court must provide legal counsel at no charge.
A Mexican American, Chávez became the best known Latino civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American Labor Movement eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in California and Florida. However, by the mid-1980s membership in the UFW had dwindled to around 15,000.
Sit-Ins
In one of the earliest racially-connected sit-ins, followers of Father Divine and the International Peace Mission Movement joined with the Cafeteria Workers Union, Local 302, in September 1939 to protest racially unfair hiring practices at New York's Shack Sandwich Shops, Inc. According to the New York Times, Sep 23, 1939, ""On Thursday between 75 and 100 followers showed up at the restaurant at Forty-first Street and Lexington Avenue, where most of the strike activity has been concentrated, and groups went into the place, purchased five-cent cups of coffee, and conducted what might be described as a kind of customers' nickel sit down strike. Other patrons were unable to find seats."
With the encouragement of Melvin B. Tomson and James L.Farmer, students from Wiley and Bishop Colleges organized the first sit-ins in Texas in the rotuda of the . Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. This sit-in directly challenged the oldest White Citizens Party in Texas and would culminate in the reversal of Jim Crow laws in the state and the desegregation of postgraduate studies in Texas by the Sweatt v. Painter (1950) verdict.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Majestic
During the early 1950s, Peter Appleton, an up-and-coming young screenwriter, is accused of being a Communist because he attended an antiwar meeting in college years before, a meeting he claims he only attended to impress a girl. In an instant, his new film is pushed back for a few months, the credit is given to someone else, his movie star girlfriend leaves him, and his contract with the studio is dropped.
His career in ruins, he gets drunk and accidentally drives his car off a bridge. When he wakes up, his memory lost, he is in a small town called Lawson after being fished out by Stan Keller who takes him to the local doctor. The townsfolk believe him to be Luke Trimble, one of the town boys killed in World War II 9 years before, and embrace him as a symbol of hope. "Luke" is at first mildly hesitant to embrace this life but he eventually settles in to "his old life", and with his "father" Harry and his "girlfriend" Adele Stanton, starts to restore the "Majestic" theater, an old movie house that had been closed because of hard times.
http://hazelwolf.tripod.com/Hazel_Witchhunt.html
His career in ruins, he gets drunk and accidentally drives his car off a bridge. When he wakes up, his memory lost, he is in a small town called Lawson after being fished out by Stan Keller who takes him to the local doctor. The townsfolk believe him to be Luke Trimble, one of the town boys killed in World War II 9 years before, and embrace him as a symbol of hope. "Luke" is at first mildly hesitant to embrace this life but he eventually settles in to "his old life", and with his "father" Harry and his "girlfriend" Adele Stanton, starts to restore the "Majestic" theater, an old movie house that had been closed because of hard times.
http://hazelwolf.tripod.com/Hazel_Witchhunt.html
Television
Television has a great impact on nowadays society. You can find a TV sets everywhere. Target, school, buses etc. Is it good or bad thing?
I think the best thing about television is that it brings information to people. Mostly it is a good information like news or wether reports. It can also intertain. But it is good intertainment until you use it wisely. I thunk the problem with TVs now is that people, especially teenagers and little kids, sped too much time on the coach watching all different kinds of programs. What is worse is that most of that programs don't carry any information we need to know. Moreover it`s a lot of violance there. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/television/tv_impact_kids.cfm
We should use television sometimes but people are not supposed to prefer to watch TV to go to play some ball game or to relax by the pool with friends.
I think people should spend more time outside, being active, instead of watching TV shows.
I think the best thing about television is that it brings information to people. Mostly it is a good information like news or wether reports. It can also intertain. But it is good intertainment until you use it wisely. I thunk the problem with TVs now is that people, especially teenagers and little kids, sped too much time on the coach watching all different kinds of programs. What is worse is that most of that programs don't carry any information we need to know. Moreover it`s a lot of violance there. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/television/tv_impact_kids.cfm
We should use television sometimes but people are not supposed to prefer to watch TV to go to play some ball game or to relax by the pool with friends.
I think people should spend more time outside, being active, instead of watching TV shows.
Norman Rockwell - story
We are so excited. Tomorrow is Christmas.
And you know how it goes. Mom starts cooking tasty food in the kitchen and we are trying to help her. Probably bothering her even more.
Christmas music is plaing at the dinner table and we are frosting ginger- bread cookies. That's my favourite time of the year.
But the most exciting part is presents! You know that everybody can't wait to see what are they going to find under the christmas tree. Really funny story happened to us last night December 23rd, 1954.
My sister Elen and I were playing some games and singing " Jingle Bells...", laughing, and having fun. And suddenly, our dog Ruphy started barking in front of the window. It was very weird of him, Ruphy is so quiet all the time. So my sister ran to the window and she screamed so loud that my mom and cousin and I ran to see what happened. She was shouting " Him! It's him!" When we were close enough we saw a man. He was dressed in a long red jacketwith lots of bags behind him. And at the same moment we realized! " Santa Clause!" You should've seen our faces and expressions. We saw Santa Clause! That was so magical! It was my best Christmas ever! I will remember it forever!
And you know how it goes. Mom starts cooking tasty food in the kitchen and we are trying to help her. Probably bothering her even more.
Christmas music is plaing at the dinner table and we are frosting ginger- bread cookies. That's my favourite time of the year.
But the most exciting part is presents! You know that everybody can't wait to see what are they going to find under the christmas tree. Really funny story happened to us last night December 23rd, 1954.
My sister Elen and I were playing some games and singing " Jingle Bells...", laughing, and having fun. And suddenly, our dog Ruphy started barking in front of the window. It was very weird of him, Ruphy is so quiet all the time. So my sister ran to the window and she screamed so loud that my mom and cousin and I ran to see what happened. She was shouting " Him! It's him!" When we were close enough we saw a man. He was dressed in a long red jacketwith lots of bags behind him. And at the same moment we realized! " Santa Clause!" You should've seen our faces and expressions. We saw Santa Clause! That was so magical! It was my best Christmas ever! I will remember it forever!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Concept Guide topic 10
McCarthyism Impact on Society
The McCarthy Era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. In the name of national security, most Americans - liberal and conservative alike - supported the anticommunist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, even lives. From the dumbing-down of Hollywood and the decline of the labor movement to the war in Vietnam and the post-Watergate sleaziness of contemporary politics, McCarthyism has cast a heavy shadow over America’s political and cultural life.Communist " Which Hunt" and impact on those accused
- a lot of people left without their jobs
- a lot of famalies were destroyed
- Big Ten were sent to jail
- U.S government spent more money on education.
- the competition between Soviet Union and U.S became bigger.
As people started to move out from the big cities to suburbes the roads and highways were developing.People wanted to change the way of their life. It was more comfortable to live in suburbes.
But people were still working in big cities so they needed to get to work. That's why the number of automobiles and roads had increased.
Baby Boom
Causes:
- 20 years of "tough times"
- WWII 1941 - 1945
- Removal of social and economic restraints that kept people from having families.
1955 - 1 baby was born every 7 second.
Urban - Suburban pattern
Inner city is where low income families lived and all people were working there. Business center.
Suburbs were for middle income families with medium sized houses. But the fartherest away were suburbs where high income families lived in the biggest houses.
GI Bill
People were giving 4 years in military to "win" 4 years of free college. Government said that if you go to the military for the term you will get a free education in college.
Expansion of the Middle Class
As middle class expanded they needed more products and more products were made. That's why it was enough for everybody not like durind the war. So things became cheaper so even middle class could' ve afford it.
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