Business & PoliticsUnit IV

BackgroundPart I

Background Blacks Could NOT Organize Under Slavery

Why Not?

Religion & Escape Gave Need to Organize

Any Attempt Was Met With Violence

A Change Reconstruction Gave Blacks an Opportunity

to Form Groups Why?

These Groups Gave Blacks An Opportunity to Fight For Their Interests

Civil Rights Organizations Groups Formed to Protect the Civil Rights of

African Americans

Many of These Have Produced STRONG Notable Leaders

Problem: Relevance? Ego?

Greek Letter Organizations Predominantly Black Groups Formed to

Serve Community

Primarily College-Based Organizations w/ a Degree as a Requirement

Problems Hazing? Division?

Economic Groups Formed to Give Blacks an Opportunity to

Network & Make Money

Promote Membership & Black Business

Problem Exclusivity?

Political Groups Groups Formed to Push a Particular Agenda

on Blacks

Hire Lobbyists & Push Representatives in Light

Problem Corruption?

Draw or Create a Twitter Page that Represents One of these Black Political Leaders

Include: Real Name @Name Brief Twitter Bio (describing them) List of 5 Possible Followers 5 Tweets (covering their personality/what they accomplished

etc) 5 Trending Topics in the World at the Time They Were Active A Picture

Black Political Leaders

1. Shirley Chisholm 2. Adam Clayton Powell 3. Jesse Jackson (Sr) 4. Clarence Thomas 5. Marian Berry 6. John Lewis 7. Colin Powell 8. Condoleezza Rice 9. Thurgood Marshall 10. Andrew Young 11. Joseph Rainey 12. Cory Booker

List of People

Find TWO people who have a DIFFERENT person than you and on a separate sheet answer these questions

1. Who is the person? 2. What does their bio say about them personally? 3. From their tweets, what have they accomplished? 4. Name 1 follower AND 1 trending topic from their world 5. What does your person have in common with them?

How are they different?

Think, Pair, Share

UNIQUE FACTORS OF BLACK ORGANIZATIONS

PART II

Membership Most American Organizations Don’t Discriminate

Membership on Race What DO They Discriminate On?

BLACK Organizations Don’t Technically, But Have a Stigma About Them Selective

Rarely Joined By Whites Why?

Initiation Blacks Tend to Take PRIDE in Membership

Initiation

Most Groups Have Some Sort of Ritual or Process They Follow Examples?

Trouble

Participation MOST Black Organizations are Not as

Large in Scale So Members HAVE to Play an Important Role

Many Times Most or All Members have a Leadership Role

Conflict Organizations Compete for Membership &

Bragging Rights

Often Conflict Can Dim the Messages of the Organizations

Causes MOST Black Organizations Are Activists

and Not Social

Many Were Founded On a Belief in Serving the Black Community Primarily

Celebration Black Organizations Always Take Time to

Celebrate Members And Accomplishments

Parties, Cookouts, etc Are Some Examples Of This

HAZING Take a Look At The List of Hazing Activities

Write the 5 You Think are the WORST

Then Write the 2 You think Are the MOST Ridiculous

Write 4- 5 Sentences of Your Opinion on Hazing Based On What You Know/Read

Politics

From Slavery to Reconstruction Activism has been a VERY Important Part

of the African American Experience

Activists Like Harriet Tubman & Nat Turner Stand Out

The Need As African Americans, Activism has Been a

Necessary Part of Our History

Individuals are Needed to Bring About Change in The Community

The Danger Activists Live Risky Lives and Deal in Risky

Behavior

Many Activists Find That They Often have Very Violent opponents To Their Beliefs

Attemps on Life

The Reward Effective Activists Can Bring A Lot of

Attention to A Particular Issue or Concern

Activists Also Are Often Praised By the Community They Support and Are Given Leverage

The Change Activism Has Changed Over The Years

From Slavery to Now

Activists Have to be Able to Adjust With the Times, If Not They Become Irrelevant