Millions of individuals throughout the United States have the Pledge of Allegiance memorized and some even recite it every day. One particular line, however, is rather conflicting. “Liberty and justice for all.” The United States prides itself on being a utopian world of freedom and equality for all people, but the reality is that this is not the case. The...
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What does it mean to be an American? Well, let's go back to the late 1700s. America was first founded on July 4th, 1776 and Christopher Columbus the first to set foot on this great country. Along with the founding of our country was the Declaration of Independence, that would give birth to the country we live in as of...
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“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed” (Martin Luther King Jr) Martin Luther King Jr is the most well-known pioneer of the non-violent social activist movement for African-Americans. His movements were focused on ending racial discrimination against African-Americans by desegregating public transports, public parks and schools where non-whites were not allowed (Virtanen...
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Introduction Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, remains one of the most influential African American leaders in the history of the United States. His life story is a testament to the power of transformation and the struggle for racial justice. Malcolm's early experiences with racism, including the tragic murder of his father by white...
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Before reading the first 60 pages of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Balwin I knew very little of him, other than reading a short story by him in high school by the name of Sonny’s Blues. What struck me most in the reading of If Beale Street Could Talk was the way he wrote about love. I personally...
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After slavery ended the Reconstruction period begin, a period that many historians say was one of the most important times in U.S. history. This period of time is when freed African Americans began to be treated as humans, not like animals. But when Abe Lincoln was assassinated his vice president didn’t have the same viewpoints and the Reconstruction period began...
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In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” written by James Baldwin, character Sonny possesses the gift of music specifically jazz. His music offers him a chance at redemption but at the same time it threatens to destroy him by leading back to his destructive addiction. This suggests that one’s creative ability can be a saving grace, but can lead to a...
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To what extent was Rwanda an example of the importance of modernity in explaining genocide? Introduction In Rwanda 1994, 800,000 to 1 million people were slaughter mercilessly in 100 days. The genocide was meticulously planned, and the larger purpose was to eradicate the Tutsi race, this was identified before the genocide had occurred. It is worth noting that Romeo Dallaire,...
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Structurally, Between the World and Me is an immediate issue of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time; both texts were literal as sign to jack heirs and free at axial moments in Black festive movements. An ideal classroom pericope abstract will likely be plastered with the distinction “Mark Twain”, “Shakespeare”, “Charles Dickens”, “George Orwell”, and so on. More novel writers...
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The United States holds the highest rate of incarceration in the world, accounting for 25% of the incarcerated population, despite having only under 5% of the human population. (source 1). On top of this, the United States barely makes it in the top 50 crime index. So how exactly does the U.S get off having the highest incarceration rate? (Crime)...
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James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a great narrative since it incorporates different themes that include life choices, friendly relations, and second chances. “Sonny’s Blues” is a fictional storyline that narrates real-life situations and sufferings. Baldwin effectively provides an understanding not only in Sonny’s life but also into his environments, making the narrative unique in its nature. “Sonny’s Blues” is the...
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After the United State of America became independent on the 4th of July, one of the problems the new-born country was facing is the concerning financial situation. The federal government had received $54 million of debt as an aftermath of the Independence War fight with the British. With paper, cash issued becoming worthless and without foreign savings, the financial prospect...
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At this time, the 1750s-1800s, the United States was still very much a young, weak, and inexperienced nation. There are two major political parties wanting more power, the Federalists Party, and the Democratic-Republican Party. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist Party, which controlled congress and the rest of the national government from the beginning of the new nation...
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The Civil War was the bloodiest battle to occur on U.S. soil to date and its consequences lasted long after the final bullet flew. Many argue that the South after the Civil War was in a state of despair. Many establishments, homes, schools, businesses, and many lives were lost to the violence that spread through the nation. This leads many...
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The French Revolution was not heartily welcomed by everyone in the 18th century. Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, and Klemons von Metternich were thinkers at this time who wrote documents that showed their dislike for the ideas that stemmed from this revolution. The main idea that they wanted to combat was the elimination of the old basis of society, through...
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Slavery may have been gathered up as the motivation of the American Civil War, however, the start of the debate started in the hour of the Revolution with a weakened decentralized government under the Articles of Confederation. Later increased momentum as a regional expansion set Americans against one another on discussing whether the new states ought to be slave states...
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Introduction The French revolution might have only lasted a decade 1789-1899. However, its impact was unfathomable. It could be argued that it was the single seed that grew into a modern democracy. It questioned how the old world was governed by challenging the feudal system of France, the power of the church, and the monarchy (Anirudh 2018). The French revolution...
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The French Revolution was an amount of your time that overthrew the autocracy, accomplished a republic, assembled violent periods of political turmoil, and eventually finish in totalitarianism below Napoleon that brought several of its principles to areas he conquered in Western Europe and on the far side. At the time they believed they were achieving all well. Trying back at...
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The Civil War was a devastating conflict between the North and the South. The Union was a tight alliance of states, while the Confederacy was the group of Southern states that broke away from the Union and declared independence, thus rebelling and causing war with the Union. “The Confederate War” encapsulates this conflict by representing both sides, and the Confederacy...
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The Civil War was during a time period that saw many new methods and inventions being used for the first time. The inventions were used to help quickly advance the war being over which caused more complex injuries. Therefore, medical practices had to evolve to treat these injuries and the diseases caused by poor medical practices. Most of the inventions...
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When you imagine what life as a Civil War soldier would be like you think of the things that they had to suffer through and all the pain that came with it, but what about the times when they weren’t fighting during the Civil War, some free time was spent with small groups of friends huddled around the fire (Frank...
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In order to better understand and analyze the narratives of different fugitive slaves and the impact their stories had on American society and the abolition movement, one must first gain a basic overview of the history of slavery in America. Slavery in America was a controversial issue from the very beginning, as it became a major topic of debate when...
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Dance plays a big part in culture in many different societies. In African culture dance is for enjoyment, celebration, and honor (New World Encyclopedia). Dance brings together communities in Africa. As well as helping people find and understand their rules inside their communities (NWE). There are many different types of African dance. Traditional dance, African religion, Ritual dance, Ancestral worship,...
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Introduction: The Pivotal Year of 1968 in American History America’s history is filled with many eventful years, but none are as eventful as the year 1968. 1968 was a presidential election year, a leap year, a year of violence, and the year that citizens found their freedom of speech. Some describe 1968 as “a year of triumphs and tragedies, social...
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At your current age, how would you describe the sum of your life? Would you include your relationships with friends or family? Humans were created as inherently social beings who are constantly striving to connect, interact, and become familiar with each other. Despite our instinctual desire for harmonious relationships, time has encouraged us to place focus and efforts into other...
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The Rwandan genocide began in the 2nd week of April 1994 and by the 3rd week of May 1994, about 5-10 percent of Rwanda’s population had been killed, mostly by the Hutus. Beneath all the propaganda and clichés lies reality- the patholigization of ethnic identities. An unbiased study and understanding of why these people died is the only fitting memorial...
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In Tayari Jones book An American Marriage, Roy, was wrongfully convicted of raping a woman he met after an argument with his wife (Jones). Although Roy got released from prison several years before he was supposed to be released, his life was never the same. Even though he was free from prison, he wasn’t free from the label that had...
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No logic, no reason, no explanation. Just a prolonged nightmare in which fear, loneliness and the unexplainable walk hand in hand through the shadows. In a moment we will start to gather clues as to the whys the whats the whens and the wheres. We will not end the nightmare we’ll only explain it because this is the Rwandan Genocide....
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is a book based on the 1970s-1990s on a young woman’s life and the complexities within the dystopian world. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a book written as a letter from the narrator to his son about his life and their navigation of being an African American man in...
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ABSTRACT This paper talks about the Rwandan Genocide. In April 1994 an event would take place scarring thousands of people around the world. I used this genocide to gain insight into what genocide is and why people choose to participate in them. Also, to talk about the severity of this event. The first have of this paper will provide information...
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