Present day Boooker T

Present time Booker T



 

There have been many famous people leading people out of tyrany. Nelson Mandela, MLK, and Mahatma Ghandi to name a few. But the real wander is who are he leading spokespersons for African Americans today and how do they compare to Dubois and Washington?

 

 

Most people today would immediatly say Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is easily the most renown of them all. He is well known for his "I have a Dream" speech. In this speech he states  "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." 

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This speech shows King was an advocate for equality but he wanted equality immediatly. Later in his speech he has visions of " I have a dream my four little children will live in a world where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. "

 

 

 

Another famous leader of freeing African Americans is Nelson Mandela. Mandela lived in South Africa during Apartheid. During this time the whites and blacks were separated by were they live and work. Nelson helped Africans gain more freedom through peaceful protests and speeches. Because of his action against the government he was sent to Robben Island. He was sentenced to life in prison for these actions. He was isolated because the government and police thought he was too powerful to be with others at the prison.

 Though in prison, African people felt Mandela was still with them and they could overthrow the racial government. Mandela spent only 18 years in prison and was released February 11, 1990. After his release he met with ANC leaders and South African officials to revise the constitution and get multiracial elections. Then on May 10, 1994 Mandela won the elction and became the president of South Africa. He led the country to becoming a free and proud country. He retired officially in 2004 from public view and donated huge sums of money to start charities for South Africans. Easily the most influential man of his time.

 

These people are our present day Booker T. Martin Luher with the civil rights movement and Nelson Mandela with leading Africans out of bondage and into freedom helped change the world forever. They all wanted people to be treated equally and not be judged on their skin color instead of who they truly are.

Why did the US invade Cuba?

Why did the U.S. invade Cuba?

     As Americans we love to show our pride and love for gaining land. Manifest Destiny made us expand our borders more than "sea to shining sea." Manifest Destiny continued into the late 1800's and early 1900's because we wanted to expand our borders. U.S. invaded Cuba because of the Maine explosion and the way the Spanish treated the Cubans. Though the Maine explosion has been proven to be a cause of a coal explosion, most Americans thought it was a direct attack by the Spanish.

  

   Cubans under Spanish rule were treated like animals. The Spanish treated them as lesser beings. The U.S. Saw this and was astounded by the treatment. Little did they know the treatment of the Cubans was a lot like how whites treated slaves.The Americans saw how the Spanish made the Cubans live in poor conditions and wanted to liberate them. In president Mckinley's state of the Union speech he said "we owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford that protection and identity for life and property which no government there can will or afford." This ideal of liberating people in need continued in Vietnam, Iraq, and Korea.

    

 

 

The U.S. had no real involvement in Cuba until one U.S. ship, the Maine, mysteriously exploded because of an accident in the coal room. Immediately after this happen Americans thought the Spanish planted a mine causing the coal room to explode. Americans felt the Spanish wanted to start a war and strike the U.S. into chaos. This animosity towards the Spanish was perfectly written in the poem "Awake United States."

     So should the constitution follow the flag? It shouldn't because the land gained would have to change the culture and political aspects entire to US ideals. There is a court case supporting this ideal, Downes vs. Bidwell, this court case dealt with a tax on import goods though the land it was coming from was an United States territory. Inevitably the court founded the constitution only follows the flag if laws are enacted for the particular territory.

     The U.S. invaded Cuba to help the Cuban people and to get back at the Spanish for attacking the Maine. The U.S. felt Cuba was necessary because Manifest Destiny. We wanted to expand our borders past the "sea to shinning sea" idea.