Reframing of Black Liberation

Reframing of Black Liberation

What does it mean to reframe the civil rights movement and the black power movement through the lens and experiences of Black women?

Reframing civil rights movements means the effort made by the black American women and their supporters in trying to fight for equal rights with the white American. Civil rights movement was a peaceful demonstration movement by the black Americans and their supporters. After the reformation of the civil rights movement, Black Americans, especially women, were able to move freely across the nation, and racial discrimination was banned. The civil rights movement emerged because the white Americans mistreated black Americans in jobs, accommodation, and public facilities; for example, African Americans were segregated in transport facilities. The most trending issue was rape cases by black Americans by white Americans. The black American women experienced rape from their employers and police officers. According to Hunter, “Freedom was meaningless without ownership and control over one’s own body.” Four white American men had raped one of the students, and it is at this point when the first case of which American men w jailed for a rape case.

Black power movement was a movement carried out by the black Americans and their supporters that used violent means to demonstrate their grievance. The aim of the movement was to gain equality in economic issues and to reduce police brutality on black Americans. They were fighting to be treated the same as white Americans. After the reformation of the black power movement, the black American attained solidarity in their race and acquired a positive identity of themselves. African American women played a vital role in the black power movement by fighting against the ideology of sex of the male. After the black power movement, African American is set to have full equal rights and are treated the same as the white American.

What were the three transformative experiences that contributed to Rosa Park’s action on the Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955?

The murder of Emmett Till.

Her participation in highland schools.

The acquittal of Till’s murderer.

How long did Montgomery bus boycott last?

13 months (Option d)

What is the significance of the double V campaign for black liberation? What were President Roosevelt’s policies that reinforced that campaign?

Its significance was to help in influencing the public opinions of African Americans both at home and overseas.

President Roosevelt’s policies that reinforced the campaign were the four freedoms, especially freedom of want and freedom of fear. He also supported economic advancement, social security, and allowed people to choose the type of government they want to live in.

Name the three largest civil rights’ era organizations

Student’s Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

How do the Scottsboro boys trial and the murder of Emmett Till relate to the rape of Betty Jean Owens?

Scottsboro trial was a case of a white woman being raped by 3 African American men. Till was murdered after being accused of whistling to a white woman. Four white young men raped betty Owens. There is an irony because Betty Owen’s rapists were not severely punished according to the law.

Using a short answer, what are some significant (immediate) effects of the Brown vs. board of education (1954) decision?

The decision is mainly seen as a point in which the relationship between the white American and the black American changed in the U.S. The segregation law was no more considered valid, and black children would enjoy equal rights to education as white children.