Mark Twain's Whit

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
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I really enjoy this quote. It really states what I think when I am facing confidence issues. I am never comfortable with what I can do until I have approved that I can do it. Whenever I do new things I am uncomfortable until I have done them and I understand what happens and that I can do it. Then the next time I will know to do it or to miss it. This quote is brilliant and happened to be the first one I read.

Stories of the Quest for Civil Rights

http://oralhistoryeducation.com/civil-rights-stories-2
This link goes to a small article on events and almost a summary of Civil Rights movements. It mainly talks about different events and peaceful movements that people picked up to fight against these problems. One of the things that was talked about was sit-ins and I know there are many stories that we read that brought up this. I know that Martin Luther King was all for non-violence. This talks about how they collected everything from oral histories. It is a very interesting article, though I already know most of what was said.

Harlem

Harlem was a very interesting place. It was a place where a lot of black culture stayed and many people still went down for some entertainment, but will leave right afterwords. People never quite realized the tough times in Harlem. The entertainment might be good, but the reality was never really realized. This reality was being preached by many black rights activists on different corners of Harlem. One corner that was at West 135th Street and Lenox Avenue was inhabited by the popular Marcus Garvey. He was a member of the NAACP and created an organization called Universal Negro Improvement Association. This organization was heavy into the black rights activists and held speeches and parades that were huge. Since Harlem had such a flourishing atmosphere for speeches and it rounded up groups of people easily.

Expressions in Art

In the past many people would express their feelings and events by paintings. During the 1950's, I seam to find that most things were being expressed through photographs since that could be taken on scene. I did not read Having Our Say, closely. So this might be a little off, but this is one picture I was able to find.

I believe this is a political picture that is about the Jim Crows laws. I did pick up that one major event that changed the Delani sisters' lives was the passing of the Jim Crow laws. I believe this picture shows that this man is now free, but he is forced to live in rags and shambles of fancy clothes. In the background you can see a fancy and wealthy couple walking a lot better off then this man. I believe it kind of shows how things really wasn't too good even after being set free.