EOTO Presentation

The first groups's presentation talked about the Reconstruction Era. The amendments for African Americans is what makes it called reconstruction amendment. The 13th amendment abolished slavery. The 14th amendment granted citizenship for the people of color here in the United States.“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” Hiram R. Revels was the first color man to serve as U.S Senate. He briefly served as Mississippi State Senate before. Many of the people in the United States did not like the idea of a colored man having this high of a position in the government.

In the presentation, black colleges were discussed. There were only a few schools that offered education to blacks. The white teachers lacked a lot of motivation to teach them. One of the colleges mentioned was, Institute for Colored Youth. This school was the first high education institution for African Americans. Another college, was Howard University. This university was founded by Oliver Otis Howard. This college was rumored to be secretly controlled by the government.

The second group's presentation was about the decline in black equality process. I learned a lot about the Memphis riots. I did not know this riot occurred and listening about it seemed intense. This occurred about a year after the Civil War ended. A white police officer was trying to arrest a black solider. Soon, 50 blacks showed up to try and stop the police officer. 46 black men were killed along with 285 people injured. The riot resulted in no arrest being made. This was considered the worst race riot in Memphis, Tennessee in history.

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Speech Theories

The theory "Promote Tolerance" about freedom of speech and extremist speech, resonates most with me. We have the freedom to say and believe in our own opinions towards the president or government. Everyone may not agree with each other and different beliefs form, but this may better the society and our country. Beliefs that someone may have might convince another persons viewpoint into a more open idea. Lee Bollinger wrote his view on the "Tolerant Society". He argues that protecting it could reduce racial tensions and the beliefs of other individuals in society. Lee Bollinger also argues tolerance in favor of protecting extremist speech. Bollinger states "toleration helps to promote a stable and open society". In support of this, he believes that it could make individuals respectful of the rights of other. I agree with these points. Toleration can help society by encouraging respect and openness to other people's beliefs. I believe that respecting

Class Presentations

Each of my classmates gave a brief presentation about a person who was either anti slavery or pro slavery . It was very interesting listening to each of their presentations about a different historical person. One of the most interesting one to me was Abraham Lincoln being antislavery. I did Abraham as proslavery which explained why the oral presentation given showed how Lincoln 's viewpoint changed throughout his presidency . Lincoln was against slavery and made a decision to free all slaves as he was running for president . In comparison to mine, Abraham Lincoln actually wanted to send the slaves back to their own country since he thought they did not belong in America. Lincoln is known as the president who freed the slaves in the United States. Another presentation that I found interesting , was Fredrick Douglass. He escaped from slavery in Maryland and then became a national leader of abolitionist

Jim Crow Era - The Red Summer

The Red Summer became the peek of growing tensions that surrounded the great migration of African Americans from the South into the cities of the North. An African American drowned at Lake Michigan soon after he violated the unofficial segregation Chicago’s beaches and was stoned by a group of white boys. This all took place on July 27, 1919. The police refused to take arrests towards to white men who caused it. This sparked a huge riot between black and white gangs. These riots concentrated on the South Side throughout the neighborhoods. The riots eventually ended on August 13. 15 whites, 23 blacks were killed, and over 500 people were injured. This also resulted in 1,000 black families losing their homes.

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