Wells blames a system in which racist ideology and violence against blacks has become a norm.
She describes in her text that there is an "unwritten law" that whites in particular white women, are in danger when living surrounding by blacks. The lynchings are public and made into a media spectacle. This behavior supports the mob, encourages the mob, and escalates the violence taking place because it literally supported or at the very least no one speaks out against it.
Lynching in America became common following the passage of the Civil War amendments and the end of Reconstruction. To maintain power structure in states where whites were completely outnumbered by blacks, fear and violence ruled. Ida B. Wells was considered a "muckraker", a journalist who exposed the muck or dirt of society. She investigated and exposed the lynching culture of the South. Despite, the support and disgust by many Americans who read her work, no anti-lynching law ever went to effect.
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To plan for a one-day boycott of Montgomery’s city buses for Monday, December 5, 1955
Explanation:
Following the arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955. E.D. Nixon pays Rosa Parks's bail and calls for a meeting on December 2, 1955. The purpose of the meeting is to "plan for a one-day boycott of Montgomery’s city buses for Monday, December 5, 1955."
The meeting was conducted at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, whereby some clergy and other African American leaders were present.
The resolution of the meeting was broadcasted on television, radio, and newspapers.
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The people mentioned above were emblematic because they fought for racial segregation, in addition to being victims of strong racism that severely damaged their lives. The loss of these people was what attracted Americans' sympathy.
Explanation:
Racism is extremely damaging, as we all know, and although many Americans are still hurt by it, in the early days of the civil rights movement they were hurt even more. People humiliated them, embarrassed them, limited them and even killed them, as happened with Emmett Till, just because they were black. All the names mentioned above, suffered this type of thing because of racism, which caused the empathy of some Americans who recognized how inhumane these actions were and should be repudiated.
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Each leader had an agenda for the Yalta Conference: Roosevelt wanted Soviet support in the U.S. Pacific War against Japan, specifically for the planned invasion of Japan , as well as Soviet participation in the UN Churchill pressed for free elections and democratic governments in Eastern and