1. CONDOLEEZZA RICE BY: BILAN JAMA

2.  Condoleezza Rice is seen as one of the most influential and eminent black females in American politics. Rice served as the 68 th United States Secretary of State and she was the first black female to hold the secretary of state position. She was only the second female to hold that post. RECOGNITION

3.  Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 14, 1954. She was born into the era of Civil Rights, and it just so happened that the year of her birth was also the same year that the United States Supreme Court passed Brown v. Board of Education. She was raised amidst the harsh realities of the Jim Crow Laws in the Deep South. Her childhood was filled with civil unrest and violence.  Condoleezza Rice’s life was not like most of the other black girls her age. Her family was seen as the “black elite” because both her parents were college-educated and understood the importance of education. From a very early age, her parents instilled in her the importance of what a good education could lead to. BACKGROUND

4.  In 1974, Condoleezza Rice graduated from University of Denver cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science.  In 1975, Rice completed her master’s degree in political science at the University of Notre Dame.  In 1977, Rice had an internship with the United States Department of State  She completed her Ph.D. at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981  Rice began her postdoctoral studies at Stanford University in 1981 also.  She published her first book in 1984  In 1986, Rice moved to D.C. to complete a fellowship with the Council on Foreign Relations.  From 1993-1999 she was a professor of political science anda provost at Stanford University EDUCATIONAL TIMELINE

5.  United States Supreme Court passed Brown v. Board of Education in 1954  In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, which led to the bus boycotts  In 1960, Freedom Riders encountered violent protests in Birmingham  In 1962, The Cuban missile crisis occurred  In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organized a march in Birmingham, which Condoleezza Rice and her father witnessed.  Also in 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16 th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing Condoleezza’s friend Denise McNair along with three other little girls.  In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed.  In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated HISTORICAL EVENTS

6.  Modern Mammy: Condoleezza Rice’s extensive resume includes her as being a presidential advisor, a recipient of several honorary doctorates, a foreign policy advisor, a professor at Stanford University, the United States of America’s national security advisor, and most notably as Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice is an educated, professional black woman who is seen as a “modern mammy” because of the fact that she is a hard working professional woman who has worked twice as hard as anyone else in her professional field due to the obstacles placed before her  Condoleezza Rice might be seen as a modern mammy today because of the things she has had to go through with her administration.  While she was seen as one of the most powerful women in our government at one point, she still had to deal with her “oppressor”, which in this case were the racist members in her political party. Racial comments that were made during her time in office could not be addressed for fear of repercussions or even professional separation from her colleagues THEMES

7.  Collins discusses the fact that the black lady image also resembles characteristics of the controlling image of matriarchy.  “ Black ladies have jobs that are so all-consuming that they have no time for men or have forgotten how to treat them. Because they so routinely compete with men and are successful at it, they become less feminine. Highly educated Black ladies are deemed to be too assertive---that’s why they cannot get men to marry them” (Collins 89).  While Condoleezza Rice is an extremely successful and influential figure in our nation, due to the controlling images created to oppress black women, her single relationship status and childless lifestyle is seen as a repercussion of being too assertive and professionally driven to the point where she is unable to marry. She has even been accused of being gay because the power, lack of emotion, and rigidness she displays to the public equates her as being manly. THEMES

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