This illustration is from the cover of a picture-book biography of the legendary jazz singer Nina Simone. Although she is primarily remembered for being a talented jazz singer for her unique tone, Nina Simone used her platform as a talented artist to condemn racism in America throughout her life. When researching more about Nina Simone as a Civil…[Read more]

I decided to use a photo of Medgar Evers for this weeks photo share because he was an activist during the civil rights movement. Many people of color admired his work as he fought for their rights. I decided to use this specific photo of Medgar because it’s a clear example of him at work. Medgar was a member of the NAACP in Mississippi, becoming t…[Read more]

This image is from an article published by North Penn Legal Services titled “Modern-Day Redlining.” This article was published on the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act in order to shed light on how the discriminatory practices that led to the passing of the Fair Housing Act still maintain a hold in our society today. Home loans are still…[Read more]

I’ve attached a photo of the 2018 San Diego Women’s March. The Women’s March is obviously very topical, being that the 2019 march took place so recently (this Saturday), and that this is in our community. I chose to speak on the Women’s March because I think that it is important to see these struggles as connected to other struggles; the activism…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share, I chose a MLK Jr. meme created by Twitter user @DJRarela as an alternative to the more white-palatable memes that would be spread during MLK’s birthday. Tagged #InconvenientMLK/#ReclaimMLK, the meme shows a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. with a quote from his Letter from a Birmingham Jail superimposed. The quote…[Read more]

For this weeks theme I have chosen a picture of Andrew Young, someone I consider to have been a force and leader for the civil rights movement. In this photo that I chose, Young is sitting next to King, I chose this for the reason that the civil rights movement for equality among races has had many leaders, although King remains the face of the…[Read more]

The photograph of these children is an image from the 1930’s of elementary children in Lemon Grove, California. When we discussed race and space in the classroom, what came to mind was when the Lemon Grove school board tried to build a separate school to send the Mexican American children. This relates to the situation that these children were not…[Read more]

I chose this file because Time Magazine did a piece reflecting on the black soldier during the Vietnam. The rate of black soldiers drafted into the Vietnam war almost doubled that of white soldiers and their death toll was also twice as high than that of the white soldier. A quote in this article by a black general said that he deemed “fighting…[Read more]

The image I chose is from the Fenty Beauty campaign. It is one of the photos on the front page of the Fenty Beauty website and was posted on January 11, 2019. I chose this picture because of how well it represents non-traditional forms of activism in the modern day. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were phenomenal speakers and leaders who made…[Read more]

In correspondence to this weeks theme, I’ve chosen a one of the many picture that result from a google search of ‘suburb family’. The reason why I chose this is because of the lack of diversity that results from this search. Upon the images that appear, rarely any of them contain people of color. This is because the opportunity to live in these…[Read more]

I have chosen an image from the 201 7 Women’s March in Washington. I believe that, although the march is a nonviolent act of protest which aims to create a feminist backlash against the increased acceptance of misogyny, it actually is highly relevant to Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.

In the sense that…[Read more]