Do you have any suggestions on who I should to do my report on for Black History Month?

Question

I would like to use someone that many people don't know about. Please choose someone who is not Mr. Martin or Mr. Fred!!!

Answer 1

George Washington Williams
Clergyman, politician, journalist, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier but above all historian. Williams enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 14 and fought in the Civil War. Upon leaving the army in 1868 joined the Mexican Army and went on to become a lieutenant colonel. After his discharge, Williams attended Howard University and Newton Theological Seminary eventually being ordained a minister in 1874. In subsequent years he served as pastor of several churches, edited and published numerous journals, and served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881. Williams wrote two definitive texts on the Black experience in the United States. His History of the ***** Race in America from 1619 to 1880 was the first objective account that endeavoured to obtain historical accuracy. Previous writers had used their works as fountains of propaganda and didactic storytelling. His History of ***** Troops in The War of Rebellion was sourced from oral histories from Black Civil War veterans and newspaper accounts. These historical tools are now basic techniques of professional historiography. Williams practiced law and became a prolific lecturer leading him to an interest in the prospect of employing Black Americans in the Congo Free State then ruled by the tyrannical Belgian king Leopold II. On one occasion, Williams met Leopold with a view to visiting the African state but was met with strong opposition. Nevertheless, Williams visited the Congo in 1890 where he was shocked by Leopold's exploitation of the people of his dominion. Williams wrote to the king describing the widespread avarice of the Belgian officials He asserted that the slave trade was still active in Africa despite the outward opposition of the colonial powers and that the population were exploited and deprived of the wealth they produced. Williams spent the rest of his life publicising the affronts to the Black population of Africa with particular reference to the Congo. His extensive travels to Africa led to the deterioration of his health. He took a convalescent trip to Blackpool, the famous English holiday resort, but sadly died in 1891. Williams is remembered not only for his formidable talents in history, politics and theology, but also for his courage in fighting oppression at home and abroad.

Answer 2

You can of course do Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, or even Malcolm X just for a few examples.

Answer 3

Depending on how in depth you have to be. You could look at how the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson inspired the development of the NAACP who needed this court decision desperately overturned in order to make any headway. You could list their actions and then conclude with the final triumph as seen in Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 4

Nat Turner, Crispus Attucks, Frederick Douglass, Sergeant William Carney, Booker T. Washington, internet DuBois, the Tuskeegee Airmen. there's a initiate for you...and that's barely scratching the floor!

Answer 5

Malcom X, James Brown, Al Sharpton, Harriet tubman, Rosa Parks, ect. You have endless choices.

Answer 6

do a report on why black history month is a pathetic attempt at making african americans feel like they are getting some kind of retribution for slavery by recognizing their achievements.

while their achievements are great, they are also no more or less glorious than any other achievements by whites, blacks, or others.

black history month should be renamed, and changed to "civilization history month" so that all good deeds can be recognized and black people can stop getting a month that neither us, or them, recognize as repayment for slavery.

Answer 7

Barack Obama. He may make history.

Answer 8

Faith Ringold She is an artist as well as an author of children's books

Answer 9

carl stokes

Answer 10

TU PAC DUDE!!!!!!!!!