Civil Rights

What to the slave is the fourth of July? Fredrick Douglass

Jul 5, 1852

In Fredricks's speech, he discusses and questions the white women why they brought him to their celebration to make a speech. While slavery was going on, they were still celebrating the fourth of July which made no sense to him.

Second inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln

Mar 4, 1865

Abraham Lincoln, in his speech titled The Second Inaugural Address, stated how both the South and the North were to blame for slavery. He used the word of god to persuade the south.

A letter to my nephew - James Baldwin

Dec 1, 1962

In James' letter, he wrote to his nephew about how hard it is to be a black person in the 60's. He talks about how he is going to be oppressed, and how it is inevitable.

Fred Hampton: A Leading Light (By Desmond Seymour)

1966

Desmond speaks about how Fred Hampton had an impact on the civil rights movement. She also talks about how he was "a revolutionary and a flame that was taken far too soon but whose fire blazed a path of change". (Date article was written is unknown)

A New Era of Civil Rights (RICHARD D. KAHLENBERG)

Sep 8, 2015

Richard writes about how colored people were unable to share neighborhoods with whites. He also talks about how they were paid less and how the schools segregated them from whites.