Blog Entry #5

    Regards to the African-American timeline, these are some of the events that I consider significant for black history. 

1619 -  The first African American indentured servants arrive in the American colonies. Less than a decade later, the first slaves are brought into New Amsterdam (later, New York City). By 1690, every colony has slaves. To satisfy the labor needs of the rapidly growing North American colonies, slavery started to spread throughout the American colonies quickly. African-Americans were treated as humans but objects and mistreated to the point they are just overexploited. They didn't have rights, nor their own freedom. A lot of them died throughout the process out of starvation, overwhelmed, and abuse from their owners. 

1868 - The 14th Amendment is ratified, defining citizenship. This overturns the Dred Scot decision. On July 21, The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting citizenship to any person born or naturalized in the United States, started to give them a chance to any African American who was born in the United States to have a better life, yet there were still law's against Black people. 

1870 - The 15th Amendment is ratified, giving African Americans the right to vote. Meaning that they at least now count as an individual for the country, rather than just an object or belonging to someone. All of these changes to the constitution started to give a better future for African Americans. 

1957 - Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first legislation protecting black rights since Reconstruction. This act establishes the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowers federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against it. Which also involved a better view and development for how the law's started to work more for African Americans. 

2008 - Barack Obama (1961 - ) becomes the first African American to win the U.S. presidential race.  On November 4, Barack Obama of Illinois, the only sitting African American U.S Senator, is elected President of the United States. He won the election decisively and becomes the first African American elected to this office. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog journy #2

Hello, my name is Pedro Jimenez and this is my blog.  I decided to interview my mother and asked her what her family tree looked like.  My Grandmother was born in Ecuador on April 23, 1943. My Grandfather was born in Ecuador on August 30, 1946. My mother was born in Ecuador on March 14, 1970. My father was born in Ecuador, January 28, 1963. I was born in Ecuador as well, on June 13, 2002. My dad, he's an architect painter and always was involved with art, and interested him a lot. it's me who I also love art and enjoy everything about it, which in the end got me interested in art as a living. On my mom’s side, they were born in Ecuador, Quevedo (which is basically a little town around the fields). On my dad’s side, they all were born in the city, Guayaquil. On my mom's side, they all are singers and enjoyed music since my Grandfather always enjoyed signing when the time came to. My father and mother were able to come to this country since my father was a citizen here in the...
Read more

Blog Entry #6

 Written Reflection What are my thoughts on how colored people are treated in the media?      Regarding the Social topic of racism during the 1900s. The film industry had a huge impact on who and how they cast their roles. According to the article "Humiliating Roles Turn Actor into a Cabbie' by Jose Angel Santana. Emphasizes the way white privilege ruled the industry and demand. Minorities such as Latin-Americans and black people were usually portraited with humiliating roles.      Most ill-fated fictional characters come from the ranks of poor, Latino, and 'alien' men. The percentage regarding the performers hired by big film industries is 5% below their U.S. population. In television White people r3ecieve around 82% of all roles, in contrast, 3% of Latino/Hispanics hired for TV jobs fall short.      The author expressed their experience as a Cuban man, who wasn't aware of how the field works, and in a matter of time, he noticed it didn...
Read more