Jacks Opinion

          In the southern United States, the US Civil Rights Movement which was primarily from 1942 to 1968, restored universal suffrage and outlawed legal segregation. Litigation, use of mass media, boycotts, marches, as well as sit-ins and other acts of civil disobedience were combined in the overall strategy of the movement. The point was to turn popular support towards institutionalized racism and secure meaningful change in US law.       In peaceful demonstrations unlike today, thousands were arrested as photographs of the confrontations mobilized widespread public support for the aims of the movement. Throughout the American south, hundreds of thousands more engaged in marches and voter registration drives. The movement helped spawn a national crisis that prompted federal government intervention to overturn segregation legislation in southern states. Also to restore African American voting rights, and end legal discrimination. Examples are in housing, jobs, and education.  Source

        Right after the war ended, white southern legislatures introduced black codes that restricted blacks the ability to buy or rent land. These attempts to compel former slaves to work on plantations led congressional Republicans to seize President Andrew Johnson's control of reconstruction. They refused giving their congressional seats to members of the former confederate states. They worked to pass the 1866 Civil Rights Act and draft the 14th Amendment. This would expand citizenship rights to African Americans. Also, to give equal protection to all. In my opinion, this is the most important thing to know about the reconstruction.         In 1870, the 15th Amendment granted black men voting rights. In each former confederate state except Virginia, the freedmen, in coalition with carpetbaggers and southern white Republicans known as scalawags, briefly gained control. The reconstruction governments developed democratic state constitutions. They expanded the rights of women, pro

                      I am here today to argue, from an economic standpoint against Allan Bakke. I want to explain why the university is correct in their choice of denying Bakke and allowing for and using the 16 special admission program students. In this case we confront a sensitive issue. It is whether a special admission program that benefits disadvantaged minority students who apply for admission to the medical school, offends the constitutional rights of better qualified applicants. These applicants were denied admission because they were not identified with a minority. Let's start by introducing the case and addressing some key details. I felt like I needed to do that by talking from the standpoint of present to past.           In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a Caucasian, applied for admission to the University of California at David. There were 2,644 applicants for the 1973 entering class and 3,737 for the 1974 class. Only 100 places are available each year, of which 16 are

           Andrew Jackson was the United States' 7th President. Born on March 15, 1767, Jackson grew up in South Carolina on a farm, raised by his father. In the south, he grew up surrounded by a community made up of several plantations. At one point in his life, President Jackson actually owned as many as 161 slaves. By building up wealth and even taking some to the White House, he used these slaves to his benefit.            Jackson agreed with the practice of slavery, and engaged in it. Not only did he own slaves himself, but he was also opposed to abolitionists, arguing that they were a threat to national unity. On his record of speaking up for the common man, Jackson's endorsement of slavery I guess you could say, is a blemish. As an institution, it profoundly benefited the elite upper classes without ever mentioning the apparent immorality of slavery. It offered an affordable alternative to free men's labor.            I think it did appear as if he believed he was ac

    Jackie Robinson ma de his debut April 15, 1947 for Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the fi rst African American to play in the MLB. He br oke color barrier for African Americans in baseball. Sports authors Robert Lipsyte and Pete Levine wrote this… “It represented both the dream and the fear of equal opportunity, and it would change forever the complexion of the game and the attitudes of Americans.” Although, Robinson quietly endured racist treatment from fans and even his own teammates.       Robinson rose to rookie of the year and proved himself to be one of the most talented and fierce players in the game.  Just two years into the Major Leagues he won the National League Most Valuable Player Award.  Robinson went on to play in six World Series and helped give the Dodgers a World Series win in 1955.      Off the field he was a forefather of the civil rights movement. He spoke out against racial discrimination and pushed baseball to use its economic influence to desegregate Southern towns

     Early Life: March seventeenth, 1862, Homer Adolph Plessy was born in New Orleans. His family had mixed racial heritage which meant he could pass as white. This also meant he was considered a free man of color. Plessy considered himself one eighth black because his great grandmother was in fact from Africa. Homer Plessy was a shoemaker who took up social activism. The man served as vice president of the Justice, Protective, Educational and Social Club because that's how much he cared about new Orleans public education.      The Case: His activism met its peak when he decided to push limits with the law. Plessy at age 30 specifically tested the Separate Car Act. He bought a ticket going first class on the East Louisiana Railroad. When he boarded he took his seat in the whites only section, no one knew that he was partially black. But he stated to the conductor that he was one eighth black and refused to leave the train car. He was then ejected from the train and jailed for the