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This paper aims at summarizing the following specified essays from the book “Turbulent
Voyage”. All of the essays focus on challenges the culture, identity and experiences of African
American people in America.
The Negro Family During Slavery
The blacks were forced to work in the coal mines as slaves. Many died from the
conditions that existed in the mines due to the lack of knowledge at that time of the effects that
coal mining had on the health of the black workers. The conditions in the mines made a negative
impact on everyone working. The conditions were so bad that they led to the black workers that
lived in the mines revolting, and this caused a lot of bloodsheds. This led to the abolishment of
slavery in the United States. It also caused a shift in the racial attitudes in the United States, and
that caused many problems for the future of the black race.
The abolishment of slavery also led to the birth of the civil rights movement. This
movement aimed to improve the lives of the black people. It led to the civil rights act of 1964
and to the creation of other laws that aimed to protect the rights of black people, including the
voting rights act of 1965. The civil rights act stated that black people could not be denied the
right to vote due to the fact that they were black; this was a big step towards the emancipation of
the blacks. The civil rights act also stated that segregation was illegal in the United States. This
was a big step towards the end of discrimination of black people.
The civil rights act protected black people in voting and education. The main reason for
this was that the federal government did not want to be in the position to choose what race they
wanted to protect. This made it possible for blacks to have an equal say in the political process.
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The black rights movement has had a long history and has helped black people to be able to live
better lives.
The Historical Background of the Negro Family
The first blacks were brought from Africa but not Europe (Hayes, 2000). They were
brought to America by the Europeans as slaves. The first black family was an isolated family, not
a family in society. The first black family was isolated from society because the slaves were not
allowed in the white family. The isolation of the blacks was because the Europeans did not want
to have any relationship with blacks. After all, they thought that blacks were inferior to the
whites.
The blacks were not allowed to go out of the home because the Europeans did not want
them to have a voice in society. Also, the blacks were not allowed to speak to the whites. The
Europeans did not want the blacks to have an education, so they didn't allow the blacks to go to
school. The Europeans did not want the blacks to have jobs because they did not think that the
blacks were capable of doing a job. The blacks were not allowed to have any kind of social status
in society.
Trends in American Family Life
The American family structure has been transformed due to the integration of men and
women into the workforce. However, the American family remains a strong force in the country,
despite the changing social norms. The family unit has been influenced by new trends in
marriage, divorce, and inter-generational relations. The family became a more substantial
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structure by the integration of men and women into the workforce, as there were fewer obstacles
to having a working family, such as child care and housework.
As more and more working mothers entered the workforce, the traditional ideal of the
stay-at-home mother was seen to be outdated and no longer suited the needs of the family. The
family remains strong, despite the new trends. In fact, the traditional family and working mothers
are the primary influences on family life in the United States today. The new family structure
will continue to change the American family. The changing family structure is a significant trend
in modern American family life.
In the traditional family, the women's role was primary, and the men were the providers.
The women raised the children, and the men took care of the finances. As men entered the
workforce and families became larger, women began to enter the workforce, and this trend
continues today. The traditional family has been primarily replaced by a dual-career couple with
children. Today, the traditional family is becoming obsolete as the modern family structure is
becoming the main structure for the American family.
Learning to Read and Growing in Knowledge
Frederick Douglas witnesses the horrors of slavery in the south, and it gives him a strong
desire to help the people who are treated like slaves. he wants to help the slaves by freeing them
from slavery. He feels that if he doesn’t help, it will just be his own selfish desire. He wants to
help the slaves to learn how to read and how to grow in knowledge.
He believes that if the slaves are given the opportunity to learn, they will be able to learn
how to read and also how to grow in knowledge. He feels that the people who are in slavery are
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being treated like animals, and they are not being treated like humans. He believes that
everybody deserves the right to be like any other human.
The Erasure of Africana Women in Academic Theory
The dismissal of African women's contributions to the discipline of Academic theory is
not a simple case of academic snobbery or sexism but a more complex problem of the academic
system and its privileging of Western (particularly white) male scholars. James' essay is part of a
larger project to explore how African women are represented in the discipline of Academic
theory and consider what this might mean for the future of the discipline.
The absence of African women in Academic theory is a reflection of this broader
problem of the privileging of the Western (white) male voice over other peoples' stories of life
and knowledge, and that James' dismissal of African women scholars is an example of that
problem. It also considers what the erasure of African women scholars from Academic theory
might mean for the future of the discipline of Academic theory. James' essay is a critique of the
dismissal of African women scholars from Academic theory.
James argues that the history of African women scholars has been largely forgotten in the
discipline of Academic theory and that it is up to African women scholars to redress the erasure.
James' essay argues that this erasure is the result of racism within the discipline of Academic
theory. The dominance of the white man's voice in the discipline of Academic theory is a result
of the colonial power relations that created the discipline of Academic theory.
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References
Hayes, F. W. (Ed.). (2000). A turbulent voyage: Readings in African American studies. Rowman &
Littlefield.

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Running head: Turbulent Voyage 1

American people in America.

The Negro Family During Slavery

was a big step towards the end of discrimination of black people.

The Historical Background of the Negro Family

Trends in American Family Life

to having a working family, such as child care and housework.

in modern American family life.

becoming the main structure for the American family.

Learning to Read and Growing in Knowledge

everybody deserves the right to be like any other human.

The Erasure of Africana Women in Academic Theory

The dismissal of African women's contributions to the discipline of Academic theory is

The absence of African women in Academic theory is a reflection of this broader

dismissal of African women scholars from Academic theory.

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