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“A Freedom Rider Before Freedom Rides:” Jackie Robinson Beyond Baseball, Amy Elizabeth Cantrell
“A Freedom Rider Before Freedom Rides:” Jackie Robinson Beyond Baseball, Amy Elizabeth Cantrell
Gettysburg College Headquarters
This paper seeks to evaluate the historical discourse surrounding the narrative of Jackie Robinson. Famed for being the first African American player to break the long withstanding color barrier in professional sports, a vast majority of discussion surrounding his story has centered solely on his athletic prowess and triumphs. However, as this paper will explore, Jackie Robinson’s contributions to the wider framework of racial equality and civil rights within America extend far beyond the baseball diamond. Evaluating both his laurels as an activist and socio-political figure as well as how these merits have been depicted, or neglected, in media representations …
The Role Of Black Women In The American Civil Rights Movement, Ashley Levins
The Role Of Black Women In The American Civil Rights Movement, Ashley Levins
OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal
This essay examines the role of Black women in the American Civil Rights Movement. This is achieved through a review of literature, followed by an analysis of the First Wave of Feminism, prominent Black female leaders, and the issue of erasure of Black women. Ultimately, the essay argues that Black women were the spine of the American Civil Rights Movement, despite their historical erasure.
Roundtable: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; The Quest For Accountability, Robert Turner
Roundtable: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; The Quest For Accountability, Robert Turner
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Looking Back To Move Forward: Exploring The Legacy Of U.S. Slavery, Suzette Malveaux
Foreword: Looking Back To Move Forward: Exploring The Legacy Of U.S. Slavery, Suzette Malveaux
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Expanding The Boundaries Of Knowledge About Slavery And Its Legacy, Lolita Buckner Inniss
Foreword: Expanding The Boundaries Of Knowledge About Slavery And Its Legacy, Lolita Buckner Inniss
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Higher Education Redress Statutes: A Preliminary Analysis Of States’ Reparations In Higher Education, Christopher L. Mathis
Higher Education Redress Statutes: A Preliminary Analysis Of States’ Reparations In Higher Education, Christopher L. Mathis
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Color(Blind) Conundrum In Colorado Property Law, Tom I. Romero Ii
The Color(Blind) Conundrum In Colorado Property Law, Tom I. Romero Ii
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Slave Law, Race Law, Gabriel J. Chin
Slave Law, Race Law, Gabriel J. Chin
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Loving Reparations, Eric J. Miller
Loving Reparations, Eric J. Miller
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Social Construction Of Race Undergirds Racism By Providing Undue Advantages To White People, Disadvantaging Black People And Other People Of Color, And Violating The Human Rights Of All People Of Color, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Shades Of Justice: Racial Profiling Then And Now, F. Michael Higginbotham
Shades Of Justice: Racial Profiling Then And Now, F. Michael Higginbotham
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Race Before Nation: African American Activists And Their Response To The War In Vietnam, Nicholas L. Busby
Race Before Nation: African American Activists And Their Response To The War In Vietnam, Nicholas L. Busby
Grand Valley Journal of History
The escalation of America’s war in Vietnam coincided with the culmination of the long-fought civil rights movement. Most, if not all, Black leaders voiced opposition to the Vietnam War before the end of the 1960s. However, it was the racially disproportionate statistics in the military in the early years of the conflict to activists fracture within the movement. Regardless of when individual Black leaders spoke out, what they specifically spoke out against, and how radically they voiced opposition, Black leaders put race before nation when voicing an opinion on Vietnam.
Media, Criminal Injustice, And The Black Freedom Struggle, Erin G. Turner
Media, Criminal Injustice, And The Black Freedom Struggle, Erin G. Turner
Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal
Since the mid-20th century, media outlets have driven publicity for newsworthy events and shaped content for their receptive audiences. Commonly, massive movements seek publicity to attract attention and participation for protests, demonstrations, slogans, and unfortunate events. For instance, the black freedom struggle of the 1950s through the 1970s took advantage of their traumatic narratives of oppression to attract national and international attention. Many African Americans who experienced dastardly components of a racist criminal justice system were, in turn, earning respect and power from their freedom-seeking counterparts by commodifying the emotion that fueled black liberation efforts.[i] Media, therefore, became …
Race And Racism In The Historical Imagination: Slavery And Civil Rights In Popular Culture, Denise Lynn, Sakina Hughes, Aimee Adam
Race And Racism In The Historical Imagination: Slavery And Civil Rights In Popular Culture, Denise Lynn, Sakina Hughes, Aimee Adam
Midwest Social Sciences Journal
Because Hollywood films often lack black representation, films on slavery and civil rights often fail to recognize the roles that black Americans have played in their own emancipation from slavery and in the civil rights movement. Our contention is that historically inaccurate films perpetuate inaccurate understandings of Black history and thus inform contemporary race relations. We selected a more and a less accurate film about slavery and about the civil rights movement, discussing these four films in terms of their historical context.
We also conducted an experiment. After watching one of the four movies, or after viewing no movie, participants …
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2017
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2017
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
A Divided Front: Military Dissent During The Vietnam War, Kaylyn L. Sawyer
A Divided Front: Military Dissent During The Vietnam War, Kaylyn L. Sawyer
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Emerging from a triumphant victory in World War Two, American patriotism surged in the 1950s. Positive images in theater and literature of America’s potential to bring peace and prosperity to a grateful Asia fueled the notion that the United States could be the “good Samaritan of the entire world.”[1] This idea prevailed through the mid-1960s as three-quarters of Americans indicated they trusted their government. That positive feeling would not last, and America’s belief in its own exceptionalism would begin to shatter with “the major military escalation in Vietnam and the shocking revelations it brought.”[2] The turmoil in social …
The Civil Rights Struggle In Lexington: An Interview With Audrey L. Grevious, Arthur Graham
The Civil Rights Struggle In Lexington: An Interview With Audrey L. Grevious, Arthur Graham
The Kentucky Review
No abstract provided.