1. African American Hardships in Glory
After a few more years, Jane moves to another part of Louisiana with a fisherman, who suddenly leaves, and she is left all alone. ... Robert Samson runs the plantation with his wife, Miss Amma Dean. They have one son, Tee Bob, although Robert Samson had another son, Timmy, with a black woman on the plantation, Verda. Timmy looks and acts more like Robert than does Tee Bob, and the two boys are close friends even though Robert and Miss Amma Dean still expect Timmy to be subservient to his brother since Timmy is black. After the white overseer, Tom Joe, severely beats Timmy in response to Tim...
Early Monday morning, 21st of March 1960, Africans throughout the nation gathered within their towns at the request of Robert Sobukwe, the PAC leader, to protest against the pass laws. ... This is shown in an article written by a South African journalist, Lewis Nkosi, who left the country on an exit permit in 1961. ... In 1963, Nkosi wrote the following about Robert Sobukwe and Sharpeville: "... a tall distinguished-looking African prisoner, a university instructor and political leader who, at the age of 36, has a rare distinction of having scared Dr. ... He continued saying: "In March 1...
Although at first it was very difficult to control and properly guide the black individuals who were being trained to become soldiers, Colonel Robert Shaw was always optimistic and had faith for his regiment. ... Even though these men are unfortunately dead, they have left a great example of what America stands for, and how our people should join. ...
That night of Saturday, June 23, 1855 at approximately ten o"clock, Newsom left his bedroom and went into Celia's cabin. ... Whether Robert Newsom's actions were legal or not would be truly undefined. ... Celia did not kill Robert to gain back revenge. ... Celia was not hung, shot, or executed after she murdered Robert. ... Was Robert really murdered? ...
Robert Ewell?" ... Atticus proved to the jury that it was a left-handed man who hit Mayella and beat her. "If her right eye was blackened and she was beaten mostly on the right side of the face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it... "(178) This goes to help Atticus" defense of Tom Robinson because Tom Robinson had a bad accident while working, and it left him partially crippled. ... His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side. ...
I myself believe this, because if you grow up in a household that hats Blacks, women, elderly or any other group in society then you too most likely will think that way ( Roberts). ... James Byrd Jr. had just left a niece's bridal shower at his parents' house, and was trying to hitch a ride home. ...
Alice was in an accident at the age of eight, which left her blind, and scarred in one eye, it was partially corrected when she was fourteen. Not only did this accident allow her to receive a rehabilitation scholarship to Spelman College; she said it also left a profound influence on her. ...
For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York Cit...
In his analysis of a slave ship, in 1829, the Reverend Robert Walsh pointed out that "The space between decks was divided into two compartments 3 feet 3 inches high; the size of one was 16 feet by 18 and of the other 40 by 21; into the first were crammed the women and girls, into the second the men and boys". ... Lots of them died of dysentery and other diseases, even if they had left the coast in good health. ... These two works were the only two of their type in existence until the appearance of Robert Hayden's Middle Passage, first published in Phylon in 1944. ...