Helen Keller And The Naacp

Coming from an immigrant family who suffered social prejudice, Dolores Huerta was inspired to better the lives of others. Although she faced many consequences, Huerta later became an influential labor activist and leader of civil rights movements. Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta is an American labor leader. Huerta was born on April 10, 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico, Huerta is the second of three children of Alicia and Juan Fernandez. She attended San Joaquin Delta College and University of the Pacific where she received an associate teaching degree.

Walter White was one of the outstanding civil rights leaders in America between 1920 and 1955. He joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 and almost immediately became its chief investigator of lynching. Because of his blue eyes and blonde hair, he could easily pass for Caucasian. But instead, he chose to go through life as a black man.

Clara Barton is not only an example of women/ Americans at their finest, but she also can and should be revered as a national hero. Clara Barton answered the call to duty in a time when women weren 't necessarily valued not only socially but as assets of contribution. Clara Barton took up the call by helping save thousands of lives through nursing and providing supplies during the Civil War while also introducing one of America’s first responding organizations, the American Red Cross. Clara Barton was a servant to this country and to mankind, something our world is shorthanded of currently and what others can aspire to be.

“I am, was, and always be a catalyst for change” (Chisholm, 1970). Shirley Chisholm was a Visionary Leader and Ethical Leader by challenging the country to live up to ideals of equality and opportunity, while navigating the rough political landscape, contending with racial and gender discrimination. In this essay, I will review how Shirley Chisholm used her visionary leadership traits by becoming the first African American congresswoman to create diversity and how she used Idealized Influence to garner votes to run for U.S. presidency. Additionally, I will review how Chisholm displayed Ethical Leadership by challenging the seniority system in Congress and how she used her moral values to stand up for what she believed in. Finally, I will review how Shirley Chisholm’s visionary and ethical leadership behavior is personally relevant to me. First, let’s review how Chisholm used her visionary leadership traits.

Rosa Parks is an amazing example of standing up for the cause. She knew she was supposed to hand over her seat to a white man. She knew that the aftermath of such an act at that time was punishable by jail time. And she did it anyway, for the dream of equal rights to all, no matter the race, color,

Sojourner Truth came a long way before becoming an advocate in the abolition movement. Truth was a former slave and her original name before Sojourner truth was, Isabella Bomfree. Sojourner was freed from slavery when the state outlawed the practice in 1827. (This far by Faith) "In 1828, Isabella moved to New York City and soon thereafter became a preacher in the "perfectionist," or pentecostal tradition." As a preacher, along the way she met abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglass. Garrison encouraged Truth to give speeches about slavery. Even though Sojourner was illiterate throughout her life she continued to speak at anti slavery rallies and conventions during the 1850s. She had an autobiography published called The

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in” (Parks). I was tired, tired of being oppressed, and tired of being stepped on by the law, and my fellow people. That was the only tired i felt. The Montgomery Bus protest sparked a fire that would be felt throughout the entire country, and it was the spark that ignited the fire of the civil rights movement that shook the world. The boycott was the first of it, once light was shown on the problem, she began travelling cross country spreading information about civil rights, and sparking more peaceful protest. Rosa Parks was an important figure that changed the direction of the United States of America. She was trying to get home from work that day, but she turned into an icon for the civil rights movement, and shined a light on the unfair treatment of african americans.

During the early 1930s many black writers begin to produce works that helped to shape and define the Civil Rights movement. Among them was Langston Hughes whose poems and writing contributed directly to the rhetoric of the day and inspired many African-Americans, both in and out of the Civil Rights movement. Much of this grew out of what was called the Harlem Renaissance, which emerged during turbulent times for the world, the United States, and black Americans. World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 had left the world in disorder and stimulated anti-colonial movements throughout the third world. In America, twenty years of progressive reform ended with the red scare, race riots, and isolationism throughout 1919 and led to

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People otherwise known as the NAACP was founded in 1909 by a group of multiracial civil rights campaigners. The primary reason for their upcoming was due to the riot race of 1908. The NAACP would only fight back in one way though and this was nonviolent resistance. Which meant that whatever way the people of the NAACP were treated they would not lay a finger on their enemy. The NAACP has had two primary court cases that put them on top this was Brown v. Board of Education and Morgan v. Virginia.

“The NAACP is viewed as the strongest Civil rights organization,” (Rhym 28) due to it’s time and effort in gaining rights for colored people and abolishing racial hatred. Created in 1909 the NAACP has been working nonstop for the betterment of colored people. The world has amended ever since this great effort for change. NAACP’s history, purpose and devotion for change has helped the world get to where we are now considering the racism before (Ex: 1930’s).

Even though African American women have played vital roles in social justice movements, they are often overshadowed because of their gender. Only a few organizations like Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) gave more access for female leadership. But more often than none, women had informal positions of leadership.

I would choose to converse with Sojourner Truth for an hour, because she was an extremely influential abolitionist and women’s and human rights activist. I find that more millennials, myself included, are becoming involved in politics and social justice issues at such young ages. I care deeply about issues regarding equality, whether it be racial, gender, or LGBT equality, and I’d like to be as involved as I can in the efforts to achieve equality. Therefore, I would ask her about how she was able to get her voice heard when the larger part of society undermined both the women’s rights and abolitionist movement. I think that one of the biggest challenges minority movements face is that the majority tends to talk over them, and I’d like to hear

Helen Keller was a game changer. She helped shape people’s opinions of what it means to be blind or deaf. The process of effecting change, no matter how great the stakes, takes time, patience, perseverance, faith, and sometimes pixie dust. Although, it is in dark times we learn what is most important. We often find our miracles, light bulbs, strength, Eureka’s, and sometimes even ourselves in the darkest of times. A miracle might take some time to come to light, but once it does it doesn’t take long for us to notice.

If most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller.

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming" said Helen Keller, a woman who faced many obstacles in her life ("Fun"). Most people don't dedicate their lives to help others, especially if they have disabilities themselves, but Helen Keller is a different story. At 19 months old, Helen Keller was diagnosed with a disease that led her to be deaf and blind. A true hero is someone who is dedicated to help others in need no matter the circumstances/struggle he or she faces, never gives up, and is an inspiration for others. Helen Keller is a hero because she overcame the struggle of being deaf and blind by never giving up, dedicated her life to help others, and made change in the world despite her disabilities.