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The African Americans have many leaders who had an impact on history by attaining a title as “The First Black” to achieve a major goal. James McCune Smith was the first African American to hold a medical degree. Along with the achievement of a medical degree, he also was the first African American to open and run a pharmacy in the United States. According to the Panthers of Health Article African American Medical Pioneers, before earning such achievements James had to go through racial discrimination, poverty, and educational difficulties. Through all of the hard times James McCune Smith went on to achieve all of his medical and life goals.
Chief Joseph and Helen Hunt Jackson are two very important people who both share strong yet different perspectives toward the treachery of the U.S. Government along with the unfair treatment of Indians around the 1800’s. Chief Joseph was born in 1840 in the Wallowa valley of Oregon, and belonged to the Nez Percé tribe, which was made up of some 400 indians. The Government had made many valid promises among the tribes, just to come back and break these words with more conflict and war. All Chief Joseph was in search for was for the chaos among the whites and indians to be replaced with peace, brotherhood, and equality. Stated in the text, “We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men.” In other words, Chief Joseph believed that people
The writings of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and W.E.B. Du Bois postulate a formula for the advancement of African Americans. Each formula can be traced to its advocate’s respective life experience. While their individual formulas differ in the initial priorities and the necessary steps described, when viewed collectively as points in a progression, those points at times intersect and then diverge, and at other times they are divergent and then intersect.
David Walker (act.1828-1829), Frederick Douglass (act. 1852-1880), Booker T. Washington (act. 1895-1915); and W.E.B. DuBois (act. 1895-1968) are some of the most important African-American jeremiads in our history.
Mary became the first African-American graduate nurse in 1879. (Smith, J, & Phelps, S, 1992) She contributed to organizations such as the American Nurses Association, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, and was an active participant in the the Women's Suffrage Movement, becoming one of the first women to register vote to in Boston, Massachusetts. The issue closest to the heart of Mary Mahoney was equality of the African-American nurse with...
The history of nursing important to understand because it can help our professionals today to know why things are the way it is now and can have solutions to unsolvable problems from history. Captain Mary Lee Mills was an African-American woman born in Wallace, North Carolina in August 1912. She was a role model, an international nursing leader, and a humanitarian in her time. She joined many nursing associations, she participated in public health conferences, gained recognition and won numerous awards for her notable contributions to public health nursing. Her contributions throughout her lifetime made a huge impact on the world today and has changed the lives of how people live because of her passion for public health nursing.
There were many contributors that made the Black movement so successful, especially the most effective, Martin Luther King Jr. as in contrast to Malcolm X. Both made such a grave and huge impact but with very different strategies to go about it. Martin Luther King Jr. using a peaceful protest approach, meanwhile Malcolm X preferred a violent, political protest. Although both men were striving for a better life for his fellow African American their different approaches to the initial subject had a varied effect which ended up winning one of them a nobel peace prize. Malcolm had his fair share of trying to help, he only made things worse for himself and the things he was trying to strive for. Having become a very influential person and to give
We can see that African Americans were still struggling for equality even after the emancipation and the abolishment of slavery. They still did not get the equal rights and opportunities compared to whites. This had been reflected in the first essay in Du Bois’s book with a title Of Our Spiritual Strivings that indicates blacks were denied the opportunity that were available to the whites even after emancipation. During the days of Jim Crow, people of color received unfair treatment from almost all aspects of their lives. At that time, not all people were brave enough to express and speak up their desire for transformation. Two most influential black leaders that were known to have the courage to speak up their beliefs in social equality were
The Black History Month is a time when the children are taught about the inventions that were mostly done by the black pioneers. During this month, the children are taught on the most basic information regarding he black pioneers but the background information is not taught. Due to the shallowness of the lessons in this month, those taught concerning it carry very little significance of an individual such as Charles Drew having invented the blood plasma. This period is celebrated in the month of February and has been controversial for some time. Most individuals especially from the Black Americans argue that this month should not be celebrated. Award winning actor by the name of Morgan Freeman refers to the Black History Month as ‘ridiculous’. Bearing in mind the facts concerning the Black History Month, it should not be celebrated.
...He had been a witness to see that African American people were getting treated wrong because of their skin color; he felt that it was not the right thing to do because everyone should get treated equally. Following his path of hard work and making a difference there were Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. he paved the way for us black people to be equal in everything we have jobs, schooling, and our freedom, it has changed American history because African Americans have a came a long way from being slaves, beaten, and humiliated because of their skin. It has an impact on us because now if we see that we say something because we know that it is not right and really cruel. The lesson of this is to show that we all could take a stand no matter and not with violence all it takes is motivation, determination, and confidence to stand up for what you believe in.
Slavery is an American embarrassment but that didn’t prevent it from happening. Anthony Johnson was considered a slave himself, but was determined to become a successful one. In 1621 Johnson was purchased and moved to Northampton, Virginia from Jamestown, Virginia to work on a tobacco plantation to work as what people would debate an indentured servant rather than a slave. Working on these tobacco plantations, as stated in the book, was hell for indentured servants and slaves. On Good Friday in 1622 the plantation that Johnson was working on was attacked by Indians several people were killed, but out of the twelve survivors Johnson was one. He eventually moved to another plantation where he met the love of is life Mary, they tied the knot
The time has come again to celebrate the achievements of all black men and women who have chipped in to form the Black society. There are television programs about the African Queens and Kings who never set sail for America, but are acknowledged as the pillars of our identity. In addition, our black school children finally get to hear about the history of their ancestors instead of hearing about Columbus and the founding of America. The great founding of America briefly includes the slavery period and the Antebellum south, but readily excludes both black men and women, such as George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, and Mary Bethune. These men and women have contributed greatly to American society. However, many of us only know brief histories regarding these excellent black men and women, because many of our teachers have posters with brief synopses describing the achievements of such men and women. The Black students at this University need to realize that the accomplishments of African Americans cannot be limited to one month per year, but should be recognized everyday of every year both in our schools and in our homes.
Nabrit, James M. Jr. “The Relative Progress and the Negro in the United States: Critical Summary and Evaluation.” Journal of Negro History 32.4 (1963): 507-516. JSTOR. U of Illinois Lib., Urbana. 11 Apr. 2004
The syntax of this epigraph from James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man demonstrate that evil is a powerful entity and is able to change shapes. In explaining that it can’t be beaten Johnson shoes that evil has been around and will continue to exist for a long time. The fact that evil is able to “Change its form” is obvious since the theme of racism flows throughout the chapters read thus far. It is seen in the way his mother and father react toward him, how his teacher and peers treat him, and by the way his close friend the Millionaire expresses his thoughts on the struggle of the “Negro” community; thus, it is a symbol of every hardship the narrator faces. Within the realm of racism, the narrator’s millionaire friend
Frederick Jones is one of the most prolific Black inventors ever with over 60 inventions. Frederick Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 17, 1893. After the death of both his parent 9 years old Frederick Jones went on to live with a priest in Kentucky. Jones returned to Cincinnati at age 11 where he worked as a janitor. After working as a janitor, he moved on to work as an automobile mechanic where he found his interest in mechanical work. His love towards this subject lead to him educating himself about mechanical and electrical engineering. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, Frederick Jones moved to the Hallock farm where Jones educated himself about electronics. When the town decided to fund a new radio station, Jones
Every country has a way of operating. There are different social classes, and people get treated differently than others. However every nation has beneficial and damaging ways of their culture. Famous writers spoke out against the oppression, African Americans faced everyday Claude Mckay’s vision for African Americans was that they would have to shed blood to get their freedom. James Johnson’s vision for blacks in America was that they would have to surround themselves around each other. Langston Hughes idea was that whites would eventually see that blacks as people who love America too. Finally all 3 of these ideas were used decades later in the civil rights movement.