The River Of No Return Is An Autobiography Of Cleveland

To show first hand to the whites the inequality’s and hardships that the blacks face, the entire first section is in a narrative and a descriptive format. The use of these types of essays lets the readers feel more involved in the story and feel things for themselves. Split into two sections within itself, this first paragraph juxtaposes two stories — one about a “young Negro boy” living in Harlem, and the other about a “young Negro girl” living in Birmingham. The parallelism in the sentence structures of introducing the children likens them even more — despite the differences between them — whether it be their far away location, or their differing, yet still awful, situations. Since this section is focused more towards his white audience, King goes into a description of what it was like living as an African American in those times— a situation the black audience knew all too well. His intense word choice of describing the boy’s house as “vermin-infested” provokes a very negative reaction due to the bad

Segregation had had many effects on the black nation, to the point that it started building up ones character, “See the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky and see her begin to distort her little personality by unconsciously developing a bitterness towards white people”, King shows readers that segregation is even affecting little children, that it is starting to build up a young girls character and is contributing to the child developing hatred “bitterness” towards the white Americans. King makes readers imagine a black cloud settling in a young girls brain mentally, when instead she should have an image of a colorful blue sky with a rainbow, isn’t that suppose to be part of a 6 year-old’s imagination? King gives readers an image of destruction civil disobedience had created in the black community, especially in the young innocent little children.

Dr. King was a brave man. Even when he was thrown into jail. As long as he could change the way blacks were being treated he didn’t care about the consequences. He was never afraid to say what he was feeling. He was brave enough to stand in front of a lot of people to say his speech. It’s hard to pinpoint just one of Martin Luther King Jr’s acts of bravery. Dr. King put his as well as his family’s wellbeing at risk for his purpose. Dr. King walked into the racist and narcissistic jaws of the segregated south and urged for change. Not only did he take a physical beating, they also tried to defeat him mentally.

African American individuals still faced inhumane discrimination and were often not looked at as people, let alone cared for or acknowledged. To anyone else, their opinions did not matter and their lives were not valued. The 1930?s was also a time in which America was being rebuilt after the detrimental effects of the Great Depression. Furthermore, there was a greater presence of African Americans in northern states, which brought about racial tension from powerful white figures who did not want African Americans in what they believed to be ?their cities?. The struggle to find jobs was present all over, and African Americans found it even more difficult to support themselves. The narrator faced all these obstacles throughout the course of this novel.

Life in the south for African Americans was nothing but a new form of slavery. Most African American’s were sharecroppers making little to no money to live while being oppressed by white southerners. Daily life in the south for African American’s was full of insults, rude looks, persecution and discrimination as well as the constant risk of being killed. African American’s in the south hated living there but, felt as if they had no other choice at the time it was the first and only available option for southern slaves after the civil war. African American’s wanted a better life and to be treated as they were told

MLK was seen as an intelligent black man and well respected in the community. He acted out by giving a speech that got lots of peoples’ attention, back then and today. The way a person is perceived plays a big part in quelling

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is an African American organization created by young people to give young people a voice in the civil rights movement. Although created to support Dr. king’s ideologies, the SNCC began to generate their own projects and ideas. The SNCC is significant because as a demonstration for young adults, it demonstrates the power these individuals have. Similarly to the Missouri incident, when blacks student unite for change, change occurs. There is power and intimidation when black young adults fight for a justice and rights, which we discussed in class.

With Ella Baker’s guidance and encouragement, SNCC became one of the largest advocates for human rights in the country. Baker did not want to make herself the leader of this movement,instead, she wanted to help support the young up and coming activists by helping them build the skills they needed to use to be able to see their own vision for change. “Don’t let anyone else, especially the older folks, tell you what to do,” she said. The Black Scholar said that the SNCC had made its own special impact on society by using mass direct action tactics and going to the areas that were not focused on as much, this being the rural areas of the deep south, and oddly enough this area was when violence and racism at it's worst, yet it was being ignored. The SNCC lead to having organized tons on sit-in demonstrations, causing it to be one of the most effective student movements in US history. It remained an independent organization, unwilling to become affiliated with the SCLC, a decision supported by Baker that confirmed her split with the SCLC. Baker was always striving to form a bridge among different socioeconomic groups to foster communication and

He went out and sat in the front of the bus and when he was asked to move he did not. He was not the only one who participated in this event in fact many people throughout the country when asked to move, did not. This action created a big corruption in their society. This was a small action with some big effects. This was the first step for Dr King to get to equal

It is hard to believe that one man changed how the world saw black people, and that man was Martin Luther King. He had a dream that stopped the judgement that black people got everyday.Martin Luther King put a stop to the mistreatment they were getting by just expressing his feelings and what he believed in. He did not appreciate that colored people had to stand while white people could sit. He did not want to be segregated from others because of color, it just was not fair. Martin Luther King was a hero for black people because he got tired of not having the equal rights as white people, so he put an end to it.

He gave motivational speeches speaking of racism, slaves, and injustice. “The issue is injustice”. He spoke of the thousands of sanitations workers who went on strike in Memphis for being treated unfairly. Dr. King brought thousands and thousands of people together to protest. No matter how bad they suffered during the protests they never stop fighting.

Throughout Martin’s entire life he faced a lot of prejudice and hate. Dr. King did not like the idea of people judging each other by the pigmentation of their skin. He decided to tackle all of these problems love along with peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches

SNCC organized many of the sit-ins and freedom rides but they also helped the african americans in the south register to vote. Before SNCC was a thing people started to do sit-ins and a sit-in is a when a person goes into a segregated diner and sits where they aren't supposed to. This inspired the first president to organize this organization and Ella Baker started this group to get to the young

The book talks of discrimination, Montgomery bus boycott, and how many southerners would ask their Negro employees opinions on how they felt about the situation. They would not tell the truth because they feared being fired. The Negros were waiting for integration to be widespread in the south. They wanted schools to be fully integrated, instead of the 9% they were currently standing at. They wanted to have civil rights, and not fear being beaten by law enforcement officers. They wanted to end the tokenism, and make it widespread instead. 1963 was the celebration of 100 years since the emancipation proclamation had been signed, and slavery was abolished. It had been a centennial, and segregation and Jim Crow was still at large. They could not

Moreover, when one decides to stand up for their beliefs at the right time would be one feels comfortable when is their time to stand up, or when one cannot hold their beliefs and wants to let it off one chest. Furthermore, one knows when it is important to remain silent is to let one think one be a fool or intelligence. Next, how I feel the reality of life of African-Americans in the South is different because back in the 1930's there were several racism in the South, and now there are less racism in the South until this day forward. Ultimately, I learned from the novel is to judge one personality instead, of the color of their skin, the theme of the which sticks up to me while reading the novel is discrimination, one decides to stand up for one's belief such as when one feels comfortable when it is their time, one knows when one need to be silent when one do not be as a fool, and the reality of life for African-Americans today has many