'Togetherness And Community In My Monticello'

“Plantation Life” told by Rachel Adams. Rachel was born into slavery in Putman County close to Eatonton, Georgia. Rachel had a mother and father but her father was sold when she was a baby. Her mom’s job was to weave clothes and many times Rachel got to wear the clothes. Rachel grew up with 17 children and only one of them being a boy. They lived in small log cabins, their beds and pillows were made from old hay. Rachel says as children they were fed cornbread and potlicker, adults were fed meat, greens, and cornbread. Marse Lewis Little and Miss Sallie were the owners. Marse Lewis was kind to his slaves. The overseer, however, was cruel and if they didn’t do what he wanted, they would be whipped. Slaves were also whipped if they didn’t do their task in a certain amount of time. Some slaves learned how to read and write while others didn’t. Rachel

The stereotypes of rural Black women are depicted in the seemingly dilapidated state of mama’s old homestead. This is a stereotype of the poor and humble lives of the black subsistence farmers residing in the old South. Although Dee and her friend look down upon their lives, the reality is different. Mama completely owns her own reality and she is proud

The journey that Janie embarks on is to find herself. She learns that she can be happy with or without a man, and with or without riches and superficial items. It is also a quest for love and fulfillment. In her marriage to Joe, Janie has all of the worldly possessions one could dream of having, but she does not love Joe. She is not happy in that marriage because even though she has every tangible item she could want, she does not have love, and that is an essential part of life. With Tea Cake, however, she does not have expensive items galore, but she does have love. Her marriage to Tea Cake shows that you do not need what money can buy to make you happy, you need love. The contrast between the two places also shows that individual freedom is necessary to be happy. Living with limited expression is harmful to a person. No one desires to live a life, having their ideas suppressed by another. Janie’s need to be free and for expression is one that every person in the world can relate to. The contrast between Eatonville and the Everglades highlights the meaning of the

Crossroads at Clarksdale by Francoise Hamlin sketches the struggle to freedom for African Americans in Clarksdale, MS. Hamlin shares the stories of two successful African Americans at the forefront and how they work to become leaders in Clarksdale. From the 1950’s to the 1970s, college students, numerous organizations, and campaigns for social transformation fought hard battles for social and economic justice. In an attempt to withstand the social prejudices that were highly advocated in Mississippi African Americans were targeted for violence and degraded by Jim Crow laws that were inhumane and restricted their rights. Despite the poverty and inequality African Americans had to undergo, their slow struggle to freedom in Clarksdale was accompanied by accomplishments and relentless efforts for civil rights. Hamlin articulates in detail the situations that were occurring in the south, how the citizens were affected by the situations, and their responses to these situations.

As the family is driving along, the grandmother awakens from a nap and recalls “an old plantation that she had visited in this neighborhood once when she was a young lady” (189). This recollection happens while the family is driving through the town of Toomsboro, GA. The grandmother is extremely manipulative and selfish and coaxes the family into visiting the old plantation by lying to them with the possibility of finding hidden treasure. The name of the town is only a slight indication of the terrible tragedy that is yet to come. It is no

The book focuses on the different kind of interracial sexual connections in Virginia from "1787, when Sally Hemings left Monticello for France..to 1861, when Civil War began and would destroy slavery and consequently change the racial regime of Virginia in fundamental ways" (p. 4). The first and the most important chapter of the book explores President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings relationship. And how James Callender attempts to destroy the president 's political image by releasing the story in press which in turn "failed to have its intended impacts" (p. 49), while the white locals and elites who strongly objected and opposed such associations maintained a code of silent in this case even when many speculations seemed justifiable (like, the

Many historians and American alike tend to encircle the Founding Fathers of this nation in a shield of untouchable morality. With Thomas Jefferson, there is a particularly strong need for him to be seen as a man of outstanding character. However, Jefferson’s personally life has long been plagued with stories of controversy, particularly his intimate life involving one of his slaves, Sarah, or Sally, Hemings. By examining the relationships of Thomas Jefferson, with strong attention to the Hemings family, it becomes clear that his intimate life is one of America’s greatest historical scandals.

In Mississippi in late 1900s life was extremely difficult for African Americans. African American’s did not get the respect they deserved. African American’s were treated awful for all the work they did and did not get much credit for the work. The African American’s were maids worked for extremely wealthy white families. The white people always frowned upon the maids.

Jefferson is liberated in his death. He takes his stand against a racist society in walking to the

Home: The idea of home plays an important role in identity. The author loved to describe the various details of the town he grew up in with a great sense of longing. The things he learned about growing up in his community, religious and social, gave him dreams finding a united homeland for his people as a child. These dreams translate well later into the story when he speaks of his family and home with a great sense of longing.

In this story a strong theme was of alienation from society, the speaker felt like he could not fit in anywhere in the society. He saw everyone as ?normal? and they all looked and did the same. When he saw Miss Johnson he noticed she did not fit in with the ?normal? aspects of what the school had; ?She stood out from the stiff formality of the priests and nuns like a burst of colour in a grey landscape? (Ricci 6). This made him feel better, it made the speaker realize that being different was okay. He noticed how confident she was when she was singing and he knew he had to accept he was different. She represents a ray of hope in his dark life

Prior to reading Tuesdays with Morrie, my only knowledge of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) was that it is a progressive, debilitative disease with no known cure, it took the life of professional baseball player Lou Gehrig, and a video campaign called the Ice Bucket Challenge, used to promote awareness and raise money for research went viral last year. What I did not realize was just how quickly the disease can progress and how severely it physically devastates those who suffer with it. Ultimately, however, I found this book to be less about gaining a better understanding of ALS and more about learning valuable lessons on how to deal with life’s challenges, burdens, and responsibilities. Through this book, Professor Morrie Schwartz teaches

The life of African Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries has been a truly storied past. One of the most astonishing aspects of African American life, in this period, is the degree to which it was heterogeneous. The experiences of African Americans differed widely based on geographic location, class, gender, religion, and age. Despite a high degree of variability in the experiences of Blacks in America, if one were to consider the sociopolitical fact that Black people as a group in America were a subordinate caste in dominant society, then it becomes possible to make certain overarching connections. One such connection is the presence of secretive subversive ideologies and actions. The existence of these secretive subversive activities is apparent if one examines the labor tendencies, the folklore, and the outward societal projections of black people. By briefly examining the labor practices of Black women in Atlanta during the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, The Uncle Remus tales, and cultural icon Louis Armstrong, one can deduce that secretive subversive actions and beliefs were an integrated aspect of Black existence during this period.

And because they were lonely and perplexed, because they had all come from a place of sadness and worry and defeat, and because they were all going to a new mysterious place, they huddled together; they talked together; they shared (together) their lives, their food, and the things they hoped for in the new country". By following the despair and hardships with the strength and support of community, Steinbeck suggests that the communities these families formed helped them survive. They were able to find refuge in each other knowing that they all went though similar

Throughout African American history, all the men who attempted to bring change to the community ended up dead. Likewise, we saw in the novel similar results of all the black men who asserted their voice to fight for better treatment of African Americans in the Americas. Miss Jane main impulse of her autobiography is the need to be a testimony to history. Unfortunately, for many years’ African American history is “one that has at time been overlooked”, but Miss Jane re-asserted over and over the benefits of nurturing our history (Reilly, 2016). She made it known that it is our duty to make sure that we recognize and care for the processes of African American history that generated to form US history. Fleming Jr (2014), demonstrated the importance