Places and forms of power, How did African-Americans reach recognition?

At the beginning of the year, we studied the theme and forms of power, and especially the recognition of African Americans. Power is the ascendancy, the hold, the dominion exercised over a person or a group of individuals. It can be physical, moral or psychological. It is appropriate for an individual or group to apply, force or impose, by force, decisions in a wide variety of areas. Power takes many forms, such as political power or cultural power, that is, the cultural influence of one people over another.

How did African-Americans reach recognition?

I will first see the struggle of the whites to maintain power; then the struggle of African Americans to conquer power and finally the continuity of the struggle for recognition.

From the beginning of the 17th century until today, the whites beat to maintain power. We call this "white supremacy". It represents the belief that whites are superior to people of other races that whites should dominate non-whites politically. These beliefs contrast with the principles expressed in the country's founding documents, such as the Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776), which states that "all men are equal: for decades racism and white supremacy have been attitudes municipalities. Many parts of the United States, many people considered deprived of their rights, African Americans initiated to fight for the abolition of civil war. This event is the beginning of the struggle of African Americans to conquer power.

It can be violent or non-violent and take different forms: in literature, music or visual art. There were many acts of African-Americans, but the most important and famous for the Rosa Parks story, we saw a picture of her in class, where she sits (when she will have to be standing) in a bus. She was an African-American civil rights activist. She is famous for giving back to the world because of her life. Rosa was arrested and found guilty of violating the laws of segregation. At the same time, a local civil rights activist launched the Montgomery bus system until Rosa Parks was free. To complete I can also quote the speech "I have a dream" Martin Luther King, another activist of African-American civil rights, pronounced in 1963 during the March on Washington. In this speech, he called for the end of racism in the United States, we listened to this speech in a documentary about Martin Luther King. During an oral comprehension, we also listen to Robert Kennedy's speech, which shows the importance of the activities for the freedom of blacks that Martin Luther King has exercised throughout his life.

Indeed, the fight for recognition continues. Although there are Americans in Barack Obama and Colin Powell in 2010, over 80% of African-Americans have at least a high school diploma and still have some problems and inequalities. For example, of the 100 senators, only one is African-American