...The Consequence of the Past Beginning in the 15th century, Portuguese soldiers set foot on the shores of West Africa and the slave trade began. This led to a period of treating individuals of African descent as lesser human beings. In the centuries that followed, the efforts of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks reclaimed some of the lost freedoms of their oppressed people. However, another struggle to ensure equality is underway. The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia where a fierce fight between White Nationalists and Black Lives Matter protesters over the presence of Confederate monuments across Southern states has quickly revamped the conversation regarding the morality of having Confederate monuments...
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...Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He changed America in many different ways. He ended slavery by expressing his opinion and standing out for it. With being a Commander in Chief in the Civil War, he performed outstanding achievements. Unfortunately, America lost him too soon because he was assassinated at the age of 56. A fact is that Lincoln was such an significant person from our past, he is on our penny for US currency. One way he changed history was when he signed the 13th Amendment to the constitution. On January 31, 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. This law ended slavery and was passed during the Civil War. The Senate agreed with this law, but the House did not. This is where he started to stand out because they did not approve of the law. So he used his knowledge on what he knew about politics, and convinced them to agree with him....
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...Chapter 1: Reconstruction There is controversy in the North and South because of the end of a brutal civil war. The controversy is over diversity of what the government should be and what to make of the African Americans. The disagreement was supposed to be solved by Reconstruction but it ended up being abandoned. Abandoning the Reconstruction defiantly ruled against the blacks. It meant back to the low end of the totem pole. It wasn’t quite slavery but it might as well be. They were stuck share cropping and most didn’t have land or hardly a penny to their name. Hahn tries to describe the political position held by blacks, describe the struggles to expand their rights and the value of their opinion, and expose the space between blacks and whites. Hahn talks about to political parties, Radical Republicans and the Union League. These parties were both for the voting rights of blacks and equality. Hahn mentions a reverend in a paragraph that seems to express their beliefs: “It was arduous and extremely dangerous work, for as organizers trekked out to where the mass of freedpeople resided, they fell vulnerable to swift and deadly retaliation at the hands of white landowners and vigilantes. Having organized the Mount Olive Union League Council in Nottoway County, Virginia, in July of 1867, the Reverend John Givens reported that a “colored speaker was killed three weeks ago” in neighboring Lunenberg County. But Givens determined to “go there and speak where they...
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...During the 1960s many Americans were faced with the fight for civil rights, one of these individuals being non-violent civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. In 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech, in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The speech's location and date signify that even after years of the emancipation proclamation being pioneered the African Americans still face discrimination in their own country. The location aids King's mission of getting his message across, which is that all people deserve equal rights and he hopes to see all Americans united. To convey his message, King uses rhetorical devices such as diction, a rhetorical question, and repetition. In the beginning of his speech, King uses diction to stress his point that even after years of African Americans being set free from their positions of slaves, they still feel like they're chained up. King uses words such as "great", 'hope", and "joyous" to describe the emancipation proclamation. The emancipation proclamation was instigated by Abraham...
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...statues have been made in order to attribute significance to certain historical events or figures. We do this to show respect for those things, for they have more than likely, affected us in some way or another. A statue of General Lee represents a man who was a military genius, a great leader, and a soldier who was respected as much by his enemies as his own men. The Vietnam Memorial honors those veterans who died while defending our country, and represents a nation’s sovereign gratitude. These are only two instances in which every American does or should know the history behind them. For those who don’t, there needs to be more emphasis put on history in order to ensure that they do. In his 16 October 2008 article, “A Gift on Hallowed Ground,” George F. Will informs the reader of a new Gettysburg museum and visitor center which has just been completed for that exact reason: to educate. It may even instill a sense of pride and patriotism, two things that seem to be lacking in our modern society. Will does a good job of presenting the information, but I think he could have done more to back up his argument. If I did not already have my own opinion, he would not have convinced me to believe what he does. I don’t think that his article should only be informative; it should also try to persuade the reader to accept and support his ideas more. “In 1997, Bob Kinsley, a contractor in York, PA., decided that something should be done about the decrepit facilities for explaining the battle...
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...noted. American’s avid love for history, which has integrated itself onto our culture, can be observed from national museums at the hearts of our cities to memorials across the suburbs. Such is the case with our attentive preservation and production of pennies. Although some would argue to simply eliminate such an “obsolete” coin, many more would beg to differ. Contrary to popular belief a single cent resembles and represents much more than mere currency, for it embodies several crucial aspects such as history, legacy, culture, and economic prosperity. Firstly, penny production provides an economic advantage to the state of Tennessee. Those who attack production such as U.S representative Jim Kolbe do not do so out of moral righteousness, rather they act out of ulterior motives., “Kolbe’s home state of Arizona is rich in copper – which makes up a bigger percentage of the larger – denomination coins that might be more heavily used if the penny were discontinued.” (Source A) Banning production of the penny in such example would prove detrimental to Tennessee’s economy, a state which relies on the famous penny. Furthermore, there are a few individuals who seem to have a grudge...
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...The Impact of Slavery on American Society DeVry University Abstract The subject of slavery has been the focus of a variety of controversies, debates, and protests throughout American history. Besides the Civil War era there has not been another time in history when slavery has been such a volatile topic as it has become in the last half decade. Even in modern day America the subject of slavery evokes significant discussions and has influenced legislative decisions such as the recent removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s State House grounds and other government and public locations throughout the South. This paper seeks to review the literature attaching the history of slavery and present examples of the ethnic and cultural contributions that aided in the growth and diversity of America. It will also introduce examples of today’s societal issues including educational, economic, and social variances; the right to support cultural heritage; and the significant role history plays in influencing decisions made in America today. Introduction American history is filled with heinous acts that many would like to forget happened; slavery is no exception. Although it was a necessity of the times, slavery is undoubtedly one of the most volatile topics of discussion today; not just because of the inhuman and discriminatory treatment that was inflicted on an entire race, but also because of the perceived continued existence of some of those same...
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...keywords now, freedom and dream to relay the urgency to attain racial harmony. Then, the second section shows how using of the first person in his speech and describing his dream of racial equality for his children’s future life creates an emotional connection with the audience. Lastly, the third section describes how his persona as a father, pastor, victim and civil rights leader builds his integrity as a speaker. Dr. King, Jr. carefully organized his speech by first building his credibility by using historical references, then describing the trials and tribulations of the African-American community, and then ending with his dreams and hopes for freedom and racial equality. Dr. King, Jr. established the foundation of his speech with the reincarnation of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by previous United States President Abraham Lincoln, and reiteration of words from the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. In addition to delivering his speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the use of the Emancipation Proclamation is very fitting because the Proclamation was the first attempt to free African-American slavery amidst war (Impact of Proclamation) and because it has been one hundred years, yet the African-Americans are still chained and captivated. The emphasis on the length of time since issuing the...
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...Martin Luther King I have a Dream On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" Speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King was one of the leading roles in the Civil Rights Movement. He was working on getting the black people the same rights as the white people; he wanted them to be equal, but ad that time there were still laws against the black people. That made it possible for white people to treat them the way they wanted to without it being “wrong”. Laws were separating them ad restaurants, hotels and schools. 1. Find some of the most powerful examples of Martin Luther King's use of imagery. The King uses imagery in his speech to make people understand and relate to his ideas. He especially uses time and landscape as imagery’s. By using images and symbols in the speech, he connects to more people then he would have with big rhetoric woods. He wants the African American people to face and push for more freedom: “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” (page 12, line 12-14). A valley symbolizes a low point there is difficult to escape from. The sun symbolizes a brighter future were all people are equal and the quicksand symbolizes a trap there is difficult to get out of. When he says “solid rock of brotherhood” it symbolizes a stable people there...
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...is a definition that was brought to the country’s attention by two great men of history. Nearly one hundred years separated two men that both had the same ideals of what human equality means in a free nation. They both came to the same ideal that was set by our founding fathers. All men were created equal and had the rights to liberty and justice, including the prosperity of the American Dream that so many fought for with demonstrations and the wars of our fathers. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln walked on the battlefield of Gettysburg and delivered the Gettysburg address. Compelled by the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the ideals of the American nation were to be upheld to the highest regard for basic human life. The wars that were fought previously and the war that the President was going through in order to uphold the promises that the founding fathers promised all those living in the new nation. The civil war separated a single nation fighting one another based on the ideals that one man can own another man. This war lasted for 4 years in order to retain what both sides thought to be right. President Lincoln of the Union stated that we were anti-slavery, and fought rigorously in order to defeat the thought that any man is lesser than another. This speech that Lincoln delivered on the battlefield on November 19, 1863 with the blood of many soldiers still soaking the ground was unprecedented. He fully believed that every man was created equal, that no man should...
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...Frederick Douglass, a black man who changed America's history with being one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. A slave in America until the age of 20, wrote three of the most highly regarded autobiographies of the 19th century, yet he only began learning to read and write when he turned 12 years old. After an early life of hardship and pain, Douglass escaped to the North to began his soul changing and spiritual beliefs of all men and women should be created equal. The institution of slavery scarred him so deeply that he decided to dedicate his powers of speech and prose to fighting it. In this paper it will include discussions on Frederick Douglass's early life childhood, the struggles he overcame to became a successor his motives and morals, the impact he had on the civil war, his achievements, and the legacy that went on within his name. Frederick Douglass was born as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey and was a slave from Talbot County, Maryland. His date of birth varied because slaves couldn't keep records, in result Frederick adopted February 14 as his birthday because his mother Harriet Bailey used to call him her "little valentine".(Douglass, (1885). When he was only an infant, he was separated from his mother, and she subsequently died when he was about seven years old. He then lived with his grandmother, Betty Bailey. His father remains unknown...
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...half century’s progress in the lives of African Americans. While there remains deep disagreement about the current state of black America and the policies that ought to follow from that, most would agree that the status of African Americans has changed dramatically, if insufficiently, since Brown. Not only has the system of legal segregation been eliminated and widespread prejudice diminished, but the economic, political and educational status of many blacks has significantly improved. Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, generally viewed as one of the most important results of grantmaking by Carnegie Corporation of New York, played a major role in the story that led from an America, which after World War II still had a legal Jim Crow system in the South—along with a segregated army—to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was cited as the social scientific evidence justifying the Supreme Court’s decision that what had been deemed separate but equal education for black children was, in fact, detrimental to their development. Published in 1944 (by Harper & Bros.; reprinted in 1996 by Transaction Publishers), An American Dilemma served to crystallize the emerging awareness that racial discrimination and legal segregation could not endure in the...
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...nationalism and lead to the American Revolution. SLO4. Explain the Constitutional Convention, the Articles of Confederation, and the emergence of a democratic nation. SLO5. Explain the U.S. Constitution as it related to the separation of powers, checks and balances, the Bill of Rights, and the major principles of democracy. SLO6. Evaluate the Jeffersonian dream of expansion and its effect on Native Americans SLO7. Describe Jacksonian democracy and the creation of a two party system SLO8. Explain slavery and associated issues that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Module Titles Module 1—Early American exploration and colonization (SLO1) Module 2—British colonies (SLO2) Module 3—Road to the Revolution and the American Revolution (SLO3) Module 4—Early Republic (SLO4 and SLO5) Module 5—Jacksonian America (SLO 6 and SLO7) Module 6—Road to the Civil War (SLO8) Module 7—Civil War (SLO8) Module 8—Shaping American history: Signature Assignment (all SLOs) Module 1 Early Exploration and Contact with Native Americans Welcome to HIS 120: U.S. History and the Constitution How to be Successful in the Course Each module has a lecture homepage, reading assignments, required videos, and two threaded discussions. You should can find your required reading articles through the internet and TUW library databases to learn more about the subject matter pertinent to the module. Although there are no textbooks, you are provided with links...
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...Global Community Failure to Eradicate Genocide Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract When it comes to global criminology, the subject is fatal in the sense of reprisals accustomed to it. In any case, international criminal activities are largely based geopolitical factors rather than the genuine purpose of ending human to human barbarism. This paper will attempt to prove that ‘global community’ commitment to end genocide events is categorically challenged by lack of sufficient devotion to ‘the pledge’ to eradicate the vice. The paper is structured into three main parts and one secondary part. The background will attempt to examine the scholarly effort attempting to relate the basis of global community pledge and the general act of genocide. A further sub category of this part will introduce the role played by United Nations in minimizing genocide. The second section will be substantial in analyzing past genocide events; courtesy of three relevant examples, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Rwanda. In this section, the document will examine the various roles played by United Nations in fueling the genocide. The third section will examine 21 century events, and how United Nations has chosen a back player in preventing the occurrences of these genocides. The secondary section will attempt to examine the role played by International Criminal Court and how it has been challenged in limiting genocide events. Background Research has attempted relate the end of the holocaust and the emergence...
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...ITT-Technical University Rhetorical Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther Kings “I Have A Dream” (Revised) Introduction On August 28th 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the “I Have a Dream” speech which was addressed to not only the 200,000 white and black Americans but people all around the world. The “I Have A Dream” speech has been considered one of the most greatest and powerful speeches in history. Why was it given? Simply to rectify that all me were created equal despite their race or color. In this Analysis I will be explaining some literary terms he used as strategies in his speech, and also explain how Dr. King used two rhetorical patterns to help him support his argument, those two patters are Ethos, & Pathos. Strategies Dr. King used many literary terms in the “I Have a Dream” speech such as Alliteration, which is the repetition of sounds. For example he says, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” The “c” in those three words of that sentence gives it a repetitive rhythm feel which will make that important part of the speech catch and memorable. Also from that same sentence he used Anaphora, which describes the most famous part of the speech, where in this case is “I Have a Dream”. Although he used it many times just buy naming this speech “I Have a Dream” it will make...
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