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Theme of the Week: Illegality and civil rights continued
This painting relates to a significant, Supreme Court case with regards to the civil rights of undocumented individuals. Plyler v. Doe was a case that involved the state of Texas withholding funds for the public education of undocumented immigrants. By doing this, the state of Texas was prohibiting undocumented children from being educated. The legislators of Texas believed they were able to do this because of their beliefs about citizens and individuals who were regarded as “illegal” or undocumented. These legislators did not believe that individuals who fell out of the scope of citizenship were entitled to equal protection of the law under the 14th Amendment. In short, Plyler v. Doe highlights a concerning attempt by state governments to diminish the civil rights of undocumented individuals. Fortunately, the justices of the Supreme Court case struck down this discriminatory legislation by the state of Texas.
The name of the artist who painted this painting is Christian Faltis. The year in which the painting was finished was 2010. The source of the painting has been attached as well (https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/faltis-article.pdf).
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Theme of the Week: Malcolm X and James Baldwin
The date on which the photo was taken is August 1948. The photograph captures both African-American and white people coming together to protest the egregious policy of Jim Crow laws. The photograph takes place a few years before the Civil Rights Era, yet it conveys a realization that both Malcolm X and James Baldwin had in their lives. First, during the hajj that Malcolm X did, he had the opportunity to meet individuals who he had thought would have mistreated him to be genuine and kind. They didn’t reject him by superficial means but rather embraced him for who he was. Second, James Baldwin’s interactions with a white woman whose name was Orilla Miller changed his perspective on white people. Her kindness towards James Baldwin changed him and led him to the realization that not every white individual was a racist filled with hate. One would assume that no white individual would have ever stood with solidarity with African-Americans during the period of the photograph. Nonetheless, as Malcolm X and James Baldwin realized during their lives, there were good-hearted, white people who were aware of the heinous crimes being committed against people of color in the United States and wanted to change a society that rejected its own people.
This individual who took this photograph was unable to be identified; nonetheless, the date in which it was taken, as mentioned prior, was August 1948 and the respective link has been provided to the source of the photograph (http://sfbayview.com/2017/08/we-charge-genocide)
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Theme: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X
This photo serves as a symbolic representation of the two dominating means of protest during the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. On the left, is Martin Luther King Jr. who possesses a calm demeanor in which symbolizes the manner of protesting that he advocated for. On the right, is Malcolm X whose demeanor is marked by a sense a tenacity that symbolizes a manner of protesting that empowered individuals to defend themselves if deemed necessary.
This photo relates to this week’s class material due to the fact that it conveys what MLK Jr. discussed in his letter from the Birmingham jail. In his letter, he speaks about how allowing injustice to continue happening threatens the very fundamental of justice everywhere. As said previously, MLK Jr. and Malcolm X symbolize the means to end that injustice. The means that both of these prominent figures advocated were different from each other but the outcome was the same for both, the end of injustice.
The photo was taken in 1964; nonetheless, the individual who took the photo was unable to be identified. Because of this, the subsequent link has been posted to the source of the photo. (http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/05/19/Malcolmx.king/index.html)
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Theme: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X
This photo captures a significant moment in the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. The significance of this photo is that this was the one and only moment that the two, prominent leaders of civil change in the United States met. There was no other time in which MLK Jr. and Malcom X had met before and, in a way, their meeting symbolized the means to attain freedom within a country that had denied its promise. On the left, was the embodiment of non-violent protest that attempted to work within a system that oppressed its own people. On the right, was the embodiment of a type of protest that confronted its oppressors, refusing to comply with a system that shackled its own people.
This photo is relevant to this week’s course material as a result of its connection to an aspect of the <span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Letter from Birmingham Jail. In MLK Jr.’s letter, he speaks about how the continuation of injustice anywhere threatens the very existence of justice everywhere. In the photo, MLK Jr. and Malcom X embody the campaigns to end such injustice. They stand in unison for one moment in history, shouting to the world that their means of change are trying to reach the same thing, freedom. </span>
The photographer’s name is unknown; nonetheless, the source has been linked (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/14/martin-luther-king-jr-met-malcolm-x-just-once-the-photo-still-haunts-us-with-what-was-lost/?utm_term=.6e1e4a416568). Moreover, the date of the photo is dated March 26th, 1964.
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