Letter from a Birmingham Jail

-written in April 1963 in Birmingham Alabama, while MLK was in jail. (it was written to the clergymen)

-written on toilet paper and pen; smuggled out by a fellow activist.

-The letter specifically addressed the religious community.

-MLK was in Birmingham through organizational ties.

-He felt compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond his own home town.

     ** “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

-He wanted e...

Olaudah Equiano

-Equiano was born in 1745 in Nigeria/died March 1797.

-He was son of chief.

-He was the youngest and the favorite to his mother/ he was always with her.

-At age 11 he and his sister were kidnapped by two African men and one African woman. They were forced onto a slave ship (middle passage) to North America the so-called New Word.

-Children in his village had to be on lookout while playing while their parents were away at work so they could see if any kidnappers ...

Ethnic Notions (movie)

-Mammy: fat, dark skinned, obedient to her master, loyal and protective of “big house.” She was stripped of her sexual allure to pose no threat and she was also presented as controller of her own people.

-Sambo: was a simple, docile laughing/singing classic symbol of the black man.

-Pickaninny: black children characterized as animals or subhuman.

After slavery blacks were considered an offense to civilization; the white men tried to figure a reason ...