The Key To The Kingdom Summary
Eyes on the Prize: The Key to the Kingdom (1974-1980)
When watching the video Eyes on the Prize, The Key to the Kingdom feels as though half way through it has a completely different segment. The first segment talks about Boston, Massachusetts and its struggle for quality education of blacks while the second segment talks about Atlanta, Georgia and its fight for black progress through economic equity. I find it coincidental that the first segment is from a Northern state where the blacks are trying to regain some civil rights and then followed that a Southern state where blacks are known mainly to have struggled for their civil rights. None the less, both segments talk about the struggle for African Americans’ equality within the United States of America through some of the major things that affect everyone: schooling, jobs, and government. In the first segment about The Key to the Kingdom, it handles the time period beginning in 1954 until 1977. The most famous event that …show more content…
They viewed this as their crown jewel and that air port expansion was in dyer need of happening. Mayor Jackson then used this to his advantage by saying without affirmative action; no air port would take place. This then lead way to the first approved minority contract which stated that under new city guidelines up to a minimum of 20 percent minority was to participate in all phases of the works of the new airport. Finally on September 21, 1980 at four o’clock in the morning, the first scheduled flight arrived at the world’s largest passenger terminal. The Midfield Terminal of the Hartsfield International Airport was officially open. It was completed on schedule, on budget, and with a minimum of 20 percent minority participation in all of the works. Atlanta then became the second major tourist city in America, behind New York City, after the airport was
When watching the video Eyes on the Prize, The Key to the Kingdom feels as though half way through it has a completely different segment. The first segment talks about Boston, Massachusetts and its struggle for quality education of blacks while the second segment talks about Atlanta, Georgia and its fight for black progress through economic equity. I find it coincidental that the first segment is from a Northern state where the blacks are trying to regain some civil rights and then followed that a Southern state where blacks are known mainly to have struggled for their civil rights. None the less, both segments talk about the struggle for African Americans’ equality within the United States of America through some of the major things that affect everyone: schooling, jobs, and government. In the first segment about The Key to the Kingdom, it handles the time period beginning in 1954 until 1977. The most famous event that …show more content…
They viewed this as their crown jewel and that air port expansion was in dyer need of happening. Mayor Jackson then used this to his advantage by saying without affirmative action; no air port would take place. This then lead way to the first approved minority contract which stated that under new city guidelines up to a minimum of 20 percent minority was to participate in all phases of the works of the new airport. Finally on September 21, 1980 at four o’clock in the morning, the first scheduled flight arrived at the world’s largest passenger terminal. The Midfield Terminal of the Hartsfield International Airport was officially open. It was completed on schedule, on budget, and with a minimum of 20 percent minority participation in all of the works. Atlanta then became the second major tourist city in America, behind New York City, after the airport was