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.