African-American Studies

Forever Free by Eric Foner is a summary of the truth about the Black American status after the Civil War. Evidences that counters the conventional view about what really happened to the Black Americans during the post-Civil War were also shown. Moreover, many American historians found proof that African-Americans really did not experience true freedom.     In the beginning chapters of the book, Eric Foner presents the on-going struggle experienced by the Black Americans in a White-dominated...

Many a scholar has faulted the Arab society in Asia, and Muslims in general, over their real and perceived notoriety in oppression and subordination of women. However, oppression of women is also prevalent in the US and Europe, home to some of the oldest and strongest democracies. The decades of colonization planted the belief that the Europe and the USA provided the best opportunities for immigrants from Africa and Asia. Thousands of women take dangerous sea journeys every year to enter Europe...

Lockdown is an economic process that encourages the usage of prison complex facilities that have tentatively allowed the states to apply capitalism and military dominance in their justice systems in order to incarcerate those individuals that are opposed to the new world order-therefore many colored feminists are calling for the integration of anti-globalization and anti-prison praxis (Sudbury, n.d.).  Construction of private owned prison facilities megaprisons have benefitted from racial...

The struggles of the African community throughout the history of the United States have been appropriately chronicled. From the days of slavery to the days of systemic racism, segregation and the Civil Rights Movement era, these struggles against cultural, political and economic oppression are the experiences that have shaped the black community. Right from the Harlem Renaissance era, the community has used art, music and literature amongst others to portray its sufferings, dreams and aspirations...

The civil rights movement was at its peak from the 1950s to the 1960s (Tuck, para 2). It was a struggle that took place in America which demanded equality between the white and black people living in America at the time. Most of the rights that were being fought for were based on race. The movement used various means to get their message across which were both violent and non violent. The non violent means were the most common and they proved to be more effective. This included protests, boycotts...

1. I feel that I am led by the same impulse which forces the un-found-out criminal to take somebody into his confidence, although he knows that the act is likely, even almost certain, to lead to his undoing.  I know that I am playing with fire. . .(The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson. This sentence is located in the first paragraph of the first chapter of the book and provides the key to authors disclosing his own personal story. First of all, the secret lies in...

1. I feel that I am led by the same impulse which forces the un-found-out criminal to take somebody into his confidence, although he knows that the act is likely, even almost certain, to lead to his undoing.  I know that I am playing with fire The passage is found in James Weldons The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. p.g 5. It describes the state of mind of the character regarding a certain crime that he committed. It shows the doubt and confusion in his mind.2. It is a peculiar sensation,...