Reconstruction Video

After seeing the reconstruction video, it really opened my eyes to the way it was not so long ago. Just in 2015, in the center of the church, a child walked into a predominantly black church, said a prayer and opened fire that caused damage to nine people. This problem goes back years to a time span we call rebuilding. Reconstruction was a time when the old ways were rid of us and we wanted to build new ways. In these cases, the old whites were furious at the modern approach. This activated stress between the assault on African American culture, the old whites sought to erase everything that had happened. There were several different attempts to damage the African American group and numerous incidents that took place.

Klansville

The March On Washigton

I learned some interesting things from watching the documentary in class that I felt it was very fun to do. Many famous people were part of the March on Washington at the time and wanted African Americans to have equal rights as white people do. On this day, Oprah Winfrey was there for the march. President Kennedy was reluctant at first to join the movement because he felt communism was contained in this movement, and no, it was not at all. His government has agreed to help. Bull Connor sprayed fire hoses on African Americans and allowed dogs to attack them. He was doing it when it was all being televised. This act alone lifted people's eyes all over the world. I also just loved the fact that everyone worked together during this time. Especially the african american community.

The Missouri Compromise

The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad, it was fairly an organization of houses and structures that were utilized to help slaves escape from the South to opportunity in the Northern states or Canada. In my truly, the underground railroad was one major code, and each part had codenames. The "travelers" were the slaves that were escaping from the South. The "conductors" were the aides that drove the slaves starting with one stop then onto the next. Regardless of whether it was an animal dwellingplace or a mystery territory in a house, the slaves would stow away there to stay safe.

HBCU

 On february 25th, 1837, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania became the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Richard Humphreys, a quaker philanthropist requested to start the school and donated 10,000$ to establish the school to allow African Americans to educate themselves. Now there are over 100 HBCU across the country with more than 228,000 students enrolled. North Carolina is fortunate enough to be home to 12 HBCU itself. After the civil war and the abolition of slavery HBCU’s were founded throughout the south with the support of the freedomen’s Bureau. The growth of HBCU’s nationally really began to pick up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the early 21st century there were more than 100 HBCUs in the United States, predominantly in the South. While some were two-year schools, many offered four years of study. Some maintained a vocational focus, while others had developed into major research institutions. Also, while several HBCUs continued to have predominantly African American student bodies, others no longer did. Historically black schools across the country are making similar diversity pushes, partly because African American enrollment alone is not enough to sustain them when traditionally white schools are doing more to recruit minorities Just like with PWI’s diversity is a big issue and concern and today's world and HBCUs are pushing to become more diverse and start accepting a lot more minorities and having larger and more diverse enrollment.

Sources: 

https://hbculifestyle.com/largest-hbcu-by-enrollment/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/a-historically-black-college-in-maryland-is-growing--by-enrolling-hispanic-white-and-international-students/2019/10/09/64185318-def3-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/historically-black-colleges-and-universities

https://cheyney.edu/who-we-are/the-first-hbcu/

President Nido Quebeins Seminar

 attended President Quebeins speech on communication. I decided to watch this event because my FYS class watched it together in class so i decided i should just do my paragraph on the speech. Honestly there was a lot of interesting points mentioned during his speech. I wouldn't say i learned something new but a new way of thinking about life and communication. President Quebein brought up many great points about communication. Communication not only is how we speak but how we carry ourselves. What do people think when they see you? What is your attitude when you speak to different people. Communication can be the difference between making money and missing out on opportunities to make money. He brought up an excellent point, You can have all the training in the world but that does not mean you know how to apply it. This caught my eye because I really feel like this is something i struggle with. I am fed the right information but i never apply it. When someone gives you advice or training on a particular topic we should use that, and apply it to our everyday life

Plessy V Ferguson

 There is a lot to digest in the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. One side believes that segregation was unconstitutional because it hindered the African American from living similar to the whites, and on the other side they believe that segregation had no intentions on destroying the legal equality of the two races. I strongly believe that Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, “separate but equal” train cars is indeed unconstitutional. Segregated facilities violate the 14th Ammendment’s Equal Protection Clause, which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, or religon. Plessy should not have been required to give up his right or access to board any train car he wants to. As a fully participating citizen, Plessy should not have been denied any rights given to him by the Constitution. By requiring black people to sit separately on the train car implied that African Americans are inferior to white people and therefore unequal. The Louisiana law violated the Equal Protection Clause and was, therefore, unconstitutional. 

I believe that denying the right to sit on the train showed how much our country views color as a reason to discriminate. 

I believe that the constitution was written color blind, so a person should not have to experience what plessy experienced that day.