Next, mers he University Professor Chester Fontenot examines the life and legacy of booker t. Washington. He talks about washingtons early years at Tuskegee University and looked at his ideological platform which encouraged africanamericans to establish their own economic base while washington helped create many institutions for africanamericans such as the National Negro Business League, he also had opposition to his ideas, both during his lifetime and since. Fontenot also compared ideas and tactics of booker t. Washington and mgartin luther king jr. I made a statement in class that many of you disagreed with when i said that booker t. Washington was the most important and the most influential africanamerican leader until the election of president barack obama. He is even more significant in some ways because booker t. Washington was never elected to a public office. Barack obama president barack obama, is elected president of the United States and he is not a black leader. He is a le
Selfdefense selfdefense. The argument is that celia while she killed newsom, did so defending herself against newsoms commission of a felony, the felony of rape or defilement in missouri. Here the statute that is key to determining whether or not celia was in fact in imminent fear of being raped. Lets read it together. Every person who shall take any woman flauflunlawfully and by force, menace or duress compel her to marry him or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprizsonment in the pen penitentiary for not less than five years. Any woman unlawfully against her will. How do you read this as applies to celia . That makes assumption that the woman in question has will in fact. I know that as a slave that they are no such will exists and i think thats why the court did not recognize herself defense claim. Good. So it is any woman against her will. I think one of the key questions here that the court must implicitly resolve for itse
That a local judges interpretation of the law, the powerful role that plays in determining celias fate. Recall, her lawyers have attempted to e introduce evidence that celia while she killed newsome, is not guilty of first degree murder. An individual who happeneds him immi or herself of the imminent victory of a felony to be in the imminent fear of bodily harm has the right to respond to that in self defense. The argument is that celia se while she killed nusome did in ment so in rape or defilement. The key to determining whether rm or notin celia was infact in imminent fear of being raped. Lets read it together. Every person who shall take any n who woman unlawfully against her will, force, menace or duress, nd by compel her to marry him, any other person to be defiled, upon conviction thereof should be f, imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than three or exceeding five years. What are the key words here for our consideration . Any woman, unlawfully against her will. How do you r