Essays on African American History

The abolishment movement was the social push to end slavery and racial discrimination. Slave Narratives are firsthand documents and accounts of African Americans who experienced chattel slavery, essentially these accounts played a central role in the abolitionist movement. Throughout the many years of the ‘peculiar...

Isabella Baumfree, most commonly known as Sojourner Truth, was a minister, educator, and protestor. She was fell within the philosophy of Civil Rights and completed her work throughout the Maafa era. The term “Maafa” is a Kiswahilli term that means “great disaster,” referring to the...

The historical context of The Fire Next Time shapes the reader’s understanding of the text because it shows how in detail how much the author cares about what he talks about in his stories and how passionate he is when it comes to them. It...

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, examines the way white elites have impeded and blocked the forward progress for African Americans, for selfish hateful reasons. This is what Anderson calls “white rage.” The book is broken up into five chapters which lay...

Violence and nonviolence movements seek to gain power through the use of force while using different methods to achieve their goals. However, in what situation is violent dissent deemed necessary, only to be used as an act of protection toward those who are using violence?...

In 1850 slaves were typically used for hard labor in plantations and once the “owner” didn’t need them anymore they would sell them which would cause the slave to leave their family and it was usually a goodbye and a not see you later. Being...

In Nat Turner, Kyle Baker illustrates how religion is used by the oppressed and their oppressors to justify violent acts and a claim to power. By emphasizing the influential relationship between the African American slaves and the imposed Christian religion, Turner’s actions are characterized as...

In the paper, there is the presentation of information surrounding the Nat Turner rebellion as well as its significance to the course of the black people during the time. It can be established that Nat Turner’s rebellion is among the most significant rebellion by slaves...

It is hypocritical to call someone a villain when they rebel against the unjust that the person calling the villain a villain is causing? Many believe that it is, especially because it was an atrocious act that went on for years compared to the rebellion....

Throughout history, black lives picked and picked away at more freedom. The movement started microscopic and with small actions, and eventually turned into what it is today- an organization that refuses to be ignored. This ever-changing movement has all different types of retaliations such sit-ins...