Mi Truong Professor Shuler AFA 2000 20 January 2013 The Importance and Struggles of the Black Studies Movement The development of African American Studies or Black Studies provides an interesting and significant aspect to the history of the struggles of black men and women. As a multidisciplinary academic concentration‚ it serves to analyze the history‚ politics‚ and culture of African-based societies and communities. This relatively new study has encountered an assortment of challenges within
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It is easy to wonder why the erasure of black history is important‚ and how it ties in with the Black Lives Matter movement. The simplest explanation is that everyone has a right to understand their culture and their past. The majority of United States history consists of discussing the accomplishments of white presidents‚ inventors‚ explorers‚ and businessmen. Not acknowledging the existence and impact of slavery on America and on the black community can lead to the implication that only white people
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The African American movement was a great inspiration to the Asian Americans‚ and the growing success of the African Americans fueled the Asian Americans into starting their civil rights movement–The Yellow Power movement. 1960s was the decade of the African American civil rights movement‚ leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. displayed courage and patience in the fight against the injustice in the United States of America. The actions of the courageous African American men and women fueled the
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Black Culture: Then and Now In order to fully get a clear picture of Black culture in America‚ you have to know the history of where it came from to understand what it has evolved into today. The very informative documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 directed by Göran Olsson‚ a Swedish filmmaker‚ gives the viewer documented evidence of the history of Black culture in America. To compare and contrast the movement from then to now is in to say the least‚ personally important to me because
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forward with Black Consciousness‚ and had already been banned by the government in 1973. This prevented him from being in the same room with more than one other person among other things like prohibiting teaching and making public addresses. Other things that were happening were that blacks were making illegal townships near cities so that they could be closer to the city‚ and therefore get more job opportunities and work. A significant movement was the Black Consciousness movement. This movement was all
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incarceration and police brutality. She explains their organizations objectives of ‘Black Power’‚ a term she uses throughout the book‚ referencing and paying homage to Stokely Carmichael’s memorable rallying slogan. As she states in her introduction‚ “The study of Black Power doesn’t just fill holes in scholarly literature; it fills holes in the tapestry of American past. It fills bullet holes.” (pg. 5) Although the term ‘Black Power’ became an iconic slogan for BPP’s resistance‚ it was also feared by many
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African Americans experience racism through racial inequality‚ racial profiling‚ and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter Movement in particular brought the attention to police brutality in America. Known to be the new Civil Rights Movement‚ Black Lives Matter was created because of the injustice amongst people of color when it comes to police killings. According to the Guardian‚ blacks killed by police this year were more than twice as likely to be unarmed as were whites. The Guardian also said
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TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE ‘THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT’ (USA) African-Americans faced many inequalities in America which made many conduct the black civil rights movement to achieve justice and equality. Racial segregation was a system the white Americans put in place to keep African Americans to a lower social status‚ denying them equal access to public facilities‚ and keeping them separate from whites. During the era of slavery‚ most African
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this was not the case as two black American athletes‚ Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a silent political protest on October 17 against racial discrimination after they received their medals on the stadium. They were gold and bronze medalists in the 200 meters. They both stood with heads bowed and a black-gloved hand raised as well as both wearing black socks with no shoes on the stadium. Both men were demonstrating against an ongoing racial discrimination of black people in the United States and
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without prejudice. An example of social justice with African American’s is the black lives matter movement. In the summer of 2013‚ three community organizers Alicia Garza‚ a domestic worker rights organizer in Oakland‚ California; Patrisse Cullors‚ an anti-police violence organizer in Los Angeles‚ California; and Opal Tometi‚ an immigration rights organizer in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ founded the Black Lives Matter movement in cyberspace as a sociopolitical media forum‚ giving it the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter
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