MLK & Malcolm X

    MLK & Malcolm differ in many ways, but are also similar. They both speak really good, and know how to start basically a revolution and convincing people easily. Also, they were both Civil Rights activists and wanted the same thing for African Americans. But, they went about it in two different ways. MLK, the man who was a pacifist, the man who said, "if someone punches you in the face, hug them." He wanted to handle the situation in a more non-violence way. But, Malcolm on the other hand was the total opposite of peace. He basically wanted to do whatever he wants to get the job done, even if that meant there had to be violence involved. I think MlK made a bigger impact in history. He achieved peace in a respectful manner, and did it the right way. That goes with the statement "violence doesn't solve anything."

Topic 11, concept guide

MLK & CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE:

• They would bring in Martin Luther King to come in and speak for the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted 381 days, unconstitutional. He organized for none of the black to EVER step foot on a bus anywhere, and it actually worked. MLK got arrested, but took it to Supreme court, and make it unconstitutional. Blacks now could sit in any seat on the bus, and did not have to give up their seat to anyone. 

POWER OF THE MOB:

• Like we talked about in class, if all of us students sit on the beach and it's like the whole school, the faculty cannot do anything about it, they cannot move us, or suspend all of us. This leads into the situation of MLK. He told them, if someone punches you in the face, hug them. Kill them with kindness. Also, so if all the blacks didn't get on the bus, it made a scene.

PLESSY VS. FERGUSON, BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION:

• Supreme Court law with separate but equal. Blacks and whites were concerned.
• Brown: unconstitutional by 1954. It struck down Plessy vs. Ferguson because separate wasn't being equal. It basically stated that all men are equal regardless of race.

CIVIL RIGHTS GOALS:

• People began to be concerned.
• Freedom Rides, is where the black would drive to the deep south, and violate Jim Crow laws. The busses they rode on were often bombed, and sometimes white college students would join them.
• Also, Malcolm Little, which changed his name to Malcolm X due to the whole slavery passing down the last name from it's white owner. He's the "by any means necessary guy."

EISENHOWER'S ROLE IN LITTLE ROCK:

• In Little rock, Arkansas there was a school that was racially segregated and did not allow black students to enter. So the school decided to create a blockade for the Nine black students to not enter the school. So Eisenhower sent troops to protect the nine students as they walked into the school. While the nine students, there were angry mobs behind them screaming and yelling at them because they did not believe in this connecting of two races. 

RIGHTS OF ACCUSED:

• Gideon vs. Wainwright, 6th amendment: accused criminal has a right to a lawyer.
• Escobedo vs. Illinois, Criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations, like they don't have to say a word without their lawyer there.
• Miranda vs. Arizona, If your not told you can have rights, his confession was not used in court because they did not tell him this.

BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION:

• Color ignites a movement.
• Oliver Brown sues school board, on behalf of his 8 year old daughter because she shouldn't be going to a school only for blacks, they should be equal.
• It basically stated that blacks and whites can go to a school and they wont be denied because of their race. Having separate schools for blacks and whites wasn't "equal" like the pressy vs. ferguson.

CHAVEZ & UNITED FARM WORKERS:

• Cesar Chavez, becomes a cultural icon for Chicanos, UFW.
• Organized Delano Grape Strike.
• Anit-Immigration while at UFW.

FHA & ADA:

• Federal Housing Administration, US government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. 
• Improve housing standards and conditions
• Provide and adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans.
• Stabilize the mortgage market.
• Americans with Disabilities Act, a wide ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

PURPOSE OF FILIBUSTERS:

• It was used to stop the other side from speaking, so that the Civil rights leg. wasn't passed.
• The speaker would talk a whole lot, and end up getting a great applause.

SIT IN'S & OTHER PROTESTS:

•  There were Lunch Counter sit in's where the blacks would sit in a place that only served white people and would just sit there until they were arrested (that's kind of power of the mob also). Usually when they were arrested, they were bailed out, and they would come back to the sit in's to participate again, and also get thrown in jail again.
• La Raza, was in the southwest, Chicano's (mexican americans) were fighting for equality.

Survey

RACE:      HS GRAD:                     COLLEGE GRAD:
W               mom yes, dad no             no
H                yes                                  yes
W               yes                                  yes
H                yes                                  no
H                yes                                  no
W               yes                                  yes
AA             yes                                  yes
A                yes                                  no
H                yes                                  yes
A                yes                                  yes
H                yes                                  yes
H                mom yes, dad no            no
H                yes                                  mom only
W               yes                                  yes


Well, giving that i surveyed mostly Hispanics, i still think that White's have more of an opportunity to do things. I think if i surveyed more White's there would be a large amount that completed High school and College but, my results give me that Hispanics have more of an opportunity. But, i really feel if i would have continued this survey, White's would have more parents graduating because i believe they have more of a chance due to their race.

Meritocracy

   I do believe in the idea that if someone works hard they could achieve the American Dream. In the video, the group of kids that were considered superior did perform the tasks that they were given better than the one's that were considered inferior, vice versa. I think the kids who were superior expected better of them selfs which made them live up to their image they were given. The one's who were inferior thought that they were already low, so why try? That has to do with psychological things, and with what your labeled. But, if the inferior kids try harder and didn't just give up because there was a "name" put on them, they would have just as good as the superior kids. People can achieve the American dream by working hard. It's like if you grow up poor, you think you not going to make something out of yourself so you just quit, and be average, or you don't think you can do it because your living in "lower class." But if you start out rich, and grow up like that, you would want money and wont stop till you get it. Just because there are labels placed on us, doesn't mean we have to live up to it.

Impact of tv

    Television, what can I say about you? I watch you all the time, before I go to sleep and even when I wake up. Since televisions were made, a few people had them, but when it continued to get worldwide everyone had one. For example, in my house, there is a television in EVERY single room. For movie stars, there is TV's everywhere and even in their bathrooms. Also, there are TV's in cars now. Tv's advanced over the years, and it was a GIANT impact. It's an everyday thing.
     TV before was just one or two shows, and they didn't broadcast all day, only certain hours of the day. Now, TV's broadcast all the time, day and night. It changed a lot. Watching TV can be a good thing, but also a bad thing. There's movies out there that show bad behavior which people try to imitate. Also, a big thing that teenagers watch is reality TV shows. I do watch these, and they show a lot of bad behaviors. I'm not one to imitate them, but some teenagers try to be like them, and try to do the things they do. These shows shouldn't show the kind of behaviors but they do and thats how they get money because more and more people watch. But as these shows progress, the violence rates go up. Have you ever thought that TV leads to violence. Well, in my opinion it most certainly does. For instance, teenagers see someone on th show smoking, and "looking cool," so they follow them and do the same thing in real life. TV could influence a lot on teenage behavior, and it's one problem we need to solve. Try censoring your shows MTV.




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Sexism was a biggy back then.

This picture demonstrates sexism as you can see. Since it's way too small to read it says "There are 4 reasons why more women cook on Magic Chef." They had to put the word WOMEN in there, why not families, or men? Also, in the picture it shows the mother in the kitchen cooking. Also, it's even worse because it looks like the daughter is watching her, and it looks like she's probably teaching her, that Magic Chef is better. You don't see a young son in the picture do you? Back then, most of all the add that ad to do with cooking, i garentee you will find a women in the picture, you wont find any men because women were expected to stay home and cook. This is how men viewed the ladies in the house, and what they expected from them to do house work, and be in the kitchen all the time. Men were very sexist back then, as you can see in this picture.

Norman Rockwell's art, my story

    On a gloomy monday, Johnny, Jacob, Jessica, their mother Monica, and their dog sprinkles wait un patiently because todays the day that Dad comes home from the war. So, they all are helping mom with cleaning the house, and cooking, and the kids set up the table. They make the place spotless for welcoming Dad back. After all that is done, time flew by. It was 6:30. The time he was suppose to arrive but, he was a no show.. They were hoping he would come back today because Christmas was in two days!! After all, what is Christmas without dad? All the presents were under the tree, there was many for Dad not bought, but handmade from the children. As they are all upstairs in Moms room, the wait by the window with a Christmas reef on it showing Christmas spirit. 7:30 comes around and he's still not there. The kids wonder why he isn't, and the mother wonders if something happened. All of a sudden a yellow cab pulls into their driveway, and everyone jumps up with HUGE smiles on their faces waiting to see if Dad's getting out of that yellow shabby cab. The man steps out, and it's their father. The mother and kids, smile at him and wave through the window because they are so happy to see him! Even the dog is drooling with joy. The family runs down stairs, swings open the door, almost blowing it off the hinges. The kids run to him, Jessica gets there first jumping on her dad hugging him, then the boys come after. Last but not least, he puts the kids down after hugging them for a while and grabs his wife gently, lays her back and romantically kisses her and says "I've been waiting to do that for a long time." She then smiles, and a tear drops from her eye down to her rosy cheeks. When the kids notice this, they run up to Dad and they all hug him creating a group hug. Monica then tells him, "Come inside, I made your favorite dinner, and i even made desert for you." The kids run inside, and following them is Monica and her husband with his arm around her. Daddy's home, everything alright now, no more worrying. 

Topic 10 Study Concept

McCarthyism Impact on Society:

• House committee on Un-American activities.
• Hollywood producers, directors and everyone involved with the movie that has to do with communist propaganda were charged being a communist.
• Hunts the "Hollywood Ten" which is what they call the people who work on these movie sets.

"Witch Hunt":

• Communist hunt
• Led by Joseph McCarthy
• Communist especially in Hollywood (producing films with communist propaganda)
• Hollywood producers, writers, directors, etc. put in jail and lost their jobs over it.

Space Race:

• Battle between the Soviet Union & the United States 
• 1957
• When Sputnik was launched, United States poured out money to education.
• 1969- Man on the Moon- Apollo 11

Cold War mind set for U.S gov & public:

• U.S. was afraid over being defeated
• U.S. was afraid of communism. 
• Soviet Union had the best technology over the U.S.

Relationship of suburbs, cars & roads:

• Suburbs were far from the city (working areas)
• Some got places near the city or in the city to be close
• Those who were in suburbs used their cars to get to work because it was too far to walk
• Interstate Highway act - 32 billion dollars to pass this act, 4,000 new miles of Roadway
• Car benefits: McDonald's - drive through. DisneyLand - travel/with no cars disneyland wouldn't be able to happen

Baby Boom:

• 1946-1960
• In 1955, one baby was born every 7 seconds
• it was a cause of the depression, "tough times"
• Cause: Removal of social & economic - restraints that kept people from having families
• Consumer BOOM: Increase in spending and buying
• Typical family, like on TV back then, Father goes to work, mother stays at home, and they have two kids which do homework right away when they get home, also obeyed

Urban-Suburban Pattern:

• SUBURBIA
• Levittown: 8,000 dollars to buy a house
• 60$ a month

                                            Business District
                                Inner City - Low income families
                                                       ↓
                                                  Suburbs
                                       Middle income families
                                                       ↓
                                                  Suburbs
                                          High income families
GI Bill:

• After WWII
• You enlist in the military & they will pay for your college
• Enlist for four years, go to college for four years
• Soliders received loans
• A lot of benefits for enlisting

Expansion of Middle Class (why were things affordable):

• Credit card - 1945 - 17 million
• 1960 - 60 million
• Baby Boom
• Houses were cheap for families in Suburbs