by Jaden Paul Tinio | Dec 1, 2023
A close examination of the rhetorical devices and themes within Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech is necessary for understanding a pivotal point in U.S. history. According to Mika Edmonson, Dr. King’s speech was delivered...
by Leslie Chan | Nov 29, 2023
Emmett Till was a 14 year old, African American boy, who was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Although he was from the North, he spent the summer with his family in Mississippi in 1955,[2] where racial segregation was still very prevalent in the Southern States. While in...
by Jenna Eivazi | Dec 2, 2022
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/The_Jackie_Robinson_Story_%281950%29.ogv This piece in the museum is a movie that came out in 1950 called The Jackie Robinson Story[1]. Lawrence Taylor and Louis Pollock created the film’s script, which was directed...
by Tory James | Nov 30, 2021
Imagine living in the United States as a Black male in the 21st century. Suppose you are with a group of friends and dare you to ask a white woman out on a date. The dare seems simple enough, right? Chances are the white woman responds with a “yes” or “no.” No harm...