The Rise of the KKK

During the presentation I thought what was most interesting was the rise of the Ku klux klan. I found it very interesting because I never thought a group of people could spread so quickly into a mass organization where so many people were involved over so many states, not just southern states but northern states too. 

During the presentation I learned that the first group of clan members were mainly in the south during the 1860s and 70s. 

What was surprising is that it was made up of many people that had credible roles in the country. Many were politicians, doctors, policemen, and business owners. 

Eventually congress dismantled the Ku Klux Klan and it eventually died out. What I did not know was that there was a revival of the Klan because of the movie Birth of a Nation, a movie that depicted the Klan as saviors, showing them riding in and saving poor white people from black people. 

The second wave of people that joined the Klan tried recreating the actions in the movie and they were not only against blacks, but jews and other nationalities and religions as well. 

What was really astonishing was that the Klan was killing and lynching these people, and they were allowed to congregate and march through Pennsylvania Avenue. 

During the presentation I thought about a movie I watched on the KKK called The Blackkklansman. It was about a black man who worked with the police to infiltrate the KKK over phone calls and decoy people to expose the group. 

This reminded me of the original and first Klan members because during the movie their was not much killing and lynching of black people and other races. 

Band Of Angels

While watching the movie Band of Angels I learned many things about the south and especially New Orleans as a whole. The movie gave a very good representation of what life was like for white, black, and mixed race people. 

At first I never knew that even if you are from black descent you would be considered less of a human, even if you have white skin. 

I was very surprised when Amantha Star was taken and put on a slave ship. What then surprised me is that women were actually auctioned off at slave auctions. 

The movie also showed how different slaves were treated, for example Hamish Bond who bought Amantha treated her like a proper lady and did not disrespect her in any way. He also did this with his slaves, he gave them a nice place to live and treated them well. 

Personally I was shocked how the relationship between Amantha and Hamish grew throughout the movie. 

In the beginning Amantha wanted to escape and return to her home. She kept trying to escape and would not respect Hamish, but in time she began to take a liking to Hamish and their relationship grew. 

She even had the option to go back up north but was overwhelmed with feelings for Hamish. I also think that it was interesting to see how the civil war played a big part in the movie because many did flee to other parts of the south like Hamish and Amantha. 

It was also interesting because the movie depicted what would happen if the north invaded. Many plantation owners burned all of their fields and destroyed things that the north could use. I personally liked Band of Angels over Gone With the Wind because it showed a very interesting and particular story that I never knew would happen in the south.

Plessy V Ferguson

I stand before you today to explain my reasons why the separate but equal law should still be intact. The act done by Mr. Plessy was a direct violation of the separate car act. The decision made by the state to charge Plessy under the separate car act should and will stand. If this decision is ruled against our favor it will change what separate but equal means and it will demolish its whole purpose as a law. We can not diminish this law because it holds sanity and our economy together.

This case will not be overruled due to the fact that the consequences will in fact diminish our economy. To start off, segregation and the separate but equal law has its supporters on both sides, the whites, and African Americans. 

Many of those believe that life after segregation started became more safe and more trusting than an integrating society and because of this those same people will not want to integrate, weather it is in a bathroom or riding on a train car with African Americans and white people in the same car with the same standards many will choose to boycott these services as they believe it will further enhance their problems on both sides.

Due to this, people will not want to use services which will cause many businesses to lose their economic status. Changing the ruling of this court case will have an immediate effect on our economy as a whole. While this law still stands many good things have come out of it for all people, and it had a great effect on the economy. Because of this law, many African Americans began their own businesses, and they are still making new ones and different services for each other. 

This law gives them the opportunity to create a self flourishing business and promote themselves within their own community where they feel safe and doing this adds more money to the economy and helps communities grow and flourish.

While this helps the overall economy, it also helps african americans grow their own money and live a lifestyle suited for them. Now, none of this would and will happen if the separate but equal and the separate car act were not followed and not in place. 

There will be more disputes, more crime, and more and more boycotting of services and businesses that allow integration. 

This will not just affect white owned businesses but African American businesses as well because there will be no demand if each side of people can not have what they want. Therefore I stand in front of all of you today to explain and plead my case that this man violated a direct act by the government and should be fined for his wrongdoings and with that overruling and changing the standards of these laws and acts. 

It will directly have negative effects and consequences to every one as a whole and it will hurt our nation's economy and people's personal economic growth.

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https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/black-entrepreneurs-during-the-jim-crow-era 

The Founding of The Liberator & The Underground Railroad

 During the EOTO presentations many topics stood out to me, but two in particular was the Underground Railroad and the founding of The Liberator which was a newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison, who was an abolitionist.

The newspaper was founded in Boston and it considered topics of emancipation for all slaves and it was the most influential newspaper before the civil war.

William Lloyd Garrison did not care about segregation or slavery, he wanted equal representation for all no matter your race or color.

In addition I learned a lot about William Lloyd Garrison as a person. He first joined the abolitionist movement at 25 and led multiple campaigns that were very successful to hopefully ending slavery.

He also was the founder of the New England Anti-Slavery Society and helped organize the American Anti-Slavery Society which helped bring freedom to America for all.

When The Liberator was out many southerners despised the writing since it directly attacked the southern population and because of this some took extreme measures to defend their culture of slavery.

The Underground Railroad I found interesting because it was not a specified route or trail. It was a series of houses or safe spots for runaway slaves to go to and they linked all the way to north.

I also learned that the routes did not just go to the north, some went to Mexico and even the Caribbean. John Brown was one of the so called conductor of the railroad where he helped runaway slaves get to Canada and the most famous person Harriet Tubman guided most of them to Maryland.

Gone With the Wind

 In my opinion Gone with the Wind was one of the best historical movies I have ever seen. I never thought that an old movie such as this could be so detailed in showing the different events that happened in the south during the civil war. I really felt that it captured the reactions of the south losing the war. 

It also shows, I think accurately depicts what slavery was like during that time. It showed many types of slaves, house slaves and working ones but it also showed how different people treated them.

In the beginning I personally thought that Scarlet O'Hara was playing every guy and thought she was the main character in everyone's lives, trying to steal husbands away from ladies. Even one of the confederate generals took a liking for Scarlet and liked her for who she is but all she cared about was marrying Ashley.

I also think that Scarlet did not really care about the true cause of the war at all. She just thought the war was a way to kill men and thought that it was taking away the nice things she could get in life.

What really surprised me is that during Sherman's march Scarlet decided to stay and not flee. She stayed and tried taking care of her friend who was having a baby, which in my eyes is a bad idea. During Sherman's march it was very detailed in showing the methods he used to ultimately destroy every village and city he ran through. 

I thought that the last scene in act 1 depicted a very ture scenario when Scarlet went back to her home plantation and everything was taken. It really showed how ruthless the North was to the South in the war and it showed how every southerner was effected.