African American History

 

Q1: What are the 2 ways mentioned that Mrs. Ida B. Wells responded to discrimination on the train? Please explain in detail.
A1:Well the first way she responded to the discrimination on the train is that she was not going to get up she said that "I refused", second way is that after the fact she followed up by immediately hired an attorney to sue the railroad.

Q2: Why were Wells' three friends lynched? How did the African American community respond?
A2:Her three friend where lynched because they where owners of People's Grocery Company, and their small grocery had taken away customers from competing white businesses. The Black community organized a boycott of white owned business to try to stem the terror of lynchings

Q3: How did Wells continue her anti-lynching crusade in Chicago?
A3:Wells was one of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Q4: Well's was the first Black woman to do what?
A4: She was one of two African American women to sign "the call" to form the NAACP in 1909.

 

1.Bennie Simmons, alive, soaked in coal oil before being set on fire.  June 13, 1913. Anadarko, Oklahoma.accused of the murder of sixteen-year old

2. Castenego Ficarrotta and Angelo Albano, handcuffed together, hanging in a Florida swamp.  One with note affixed to feet, the other with pipe in mouth.  September 9, 1910.were accused of union sympathy and of shooting J. F. Esterling, a bookkeeper for the West Tampa cigar factory.  

3. Allen Brooks hanging from Elk's Arch, surrounded by spectators.  March 3, 1910.   Dallas, Texas. claimed to have discovered Brooks with their missing three-year old daughter in the barn.

4. The corpses of five African American males, Nease Gillepsie, John Gillepsie, "Jack" Dillingham, Henry Lee, and George Irwin with onlookers. August 6, 1906.  Salisbury, North Carolina.hey accused the men of murdering members of a local family, named Lyerly. 

5.Dick Robinson and a man named Thompson. October 6, 1906, Pritchard Station, Alabama. murder of Officer Roy Hole.

6.Burning of John Lee. August 13, 1911, Durant, Oklahoma. Lee was accused of a range of crimes, the most serious of which was the critical wounding of a white woman, Mrs. Redden Campbell.

African American History

Q1. What was Russell Simmons reaction to the negative responses to the video? Please summarize Jamilah Lemieux' response. Please summarize Jeff Johnson's response. What have we learned in class about Harriet Tubman that conflicts with the video?

A1: Well Russell Simmons at first felt like nothing was really wrong with it but then when he found out that so many people were hurt and upset about it he was really apologetic, he had a public apology. Jamilah Lemieux’ felt as if this was definitely a new probably that they would disrespect some of our own African American Women. Jeff Johnson was just surprise that they would take comedy that far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoPkiN2hwsc

Q2. Who brought Sarah Baartman to Europe and for what purpose? What happened to Sarah Baartman after her death? What is her nickname and its meaning?

A2: Doctor William Dunlop persuade Sarah to get on the ships to travel with him to England. After her death Cuvier made a plaster cast of her body, then removed her skeleton and, after removing her brain and genitals, pickled them and displayed them in bottles at the Musee de l’Homme in Paris. She was called the "Hottentot Venus", 'Hottentot' being a name given to people with cattle.

 http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/saartjie.htm#.UjnsVjlgPHg

Q3. Why was there an uproar about the Minister of Culture of Sweden? What was the purpose of the cake according to the article?  What are two of the comments below the article? What is your overall opinion of the commentary on the article?

A3: The black cake, part of an exhibition on World Art Day, was intended as part of the artist's project illustrating degrading stereotypes of black people through history.Comments: just a thought but maybe as the cake screamed for the first time people were shocked and laughted? when i get nervous or scared i tend to laugh uncontrollably.The Scandinavians aren't that politically correct anyway. The Danish crown prince's children have been pictured attending theme parks with stereotypical "american indian" outfits and feathers in their hair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131365/Racist-cake-causes-outrage-Sweden-Lena-Adelsohn-Liljeroth-triggers-race-row.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4. What is one similarity between the 2 Chainz Video and the incident with the Minister of Culture of Sweden? What makes the two situations different? Please see the link below for the 2 Chainz Video

A4: In the 2 Chainz Video theres a cake thats a black women and in the Minister of Culture of Sweden there is a black women cake. I feel the reason why people didnt really say anything about the 2 Chainz song and Video is because in the video there was all African American but as you see it the picture Above there are all White people standing around the cake and cutting the cake .

 http://vimeo.com/48668244

 

African American History

Q: 1.How can the Willie Lynch letter be compared to today?

A: 1. Well in the Willie Lynch letter the speech is basically about manipulating black slaves, I believe in today's society there is alto of manipulation going around for example like how commercials basically try to tell you what is wrong from rite an how yo should live your life white or black or any race. 

 

Q: 2.What are the similarities and differences in how African Americans are treated or treat each other?

A: 2. African Americans I feel for the most part get treated OK, but i feel in present day the well talk down and treat there on race in a bad way.   

 

Q: 3.Do you believe that this letter is fiction or non-fiction? Why?

A: 3. I believe this letter is non-fiction, reason being is that i could really see this being told to slave owners to keep slaves there and because i feel someone today would do this same speech to keep anything they wanted.

 

Q: 4.How did prison change Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s relationships with his family?
A: 4.Well to begin with it was hard to trust anybody just because ho long he had to spend in prison,So trusting his family was a big deal he felt like family all his family would do is just slow hem down and not let hem accomplish anything for example he said “It can be like an anchor around your neck, holding you down, keeping you from realizing your dreams". and he was referring to family.

Q: 5.According to the article how is his relationship with his family today? 

A: 5. Well according to the article he really has no relationship with his family, matter of fact the article states "He was a man alone in the darkness".