...cusp of the Mexican-American War, which he protested heavily against as he believed it to be a plot to extend slavery. Dr. King on the other hand was in the heart of the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1960s, objecting the oppression of African-American lives with unrestrained fervor. In Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government” and Dr. King’s “Letter to Birmingham City Jail” they shared comparable principles, since they both fought against the unjust actions of their era by their preparedness to go to jail for their views and by informing their reader the significance of fighting for what they believe to be right. Firstly, in both essays they wrote about how they...
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...North Carolina, and "Old Fort" (1862), located in Lownes County, Mississippi. These nine large and thriving plantations had one thing in common: they were owned and managed by HAIRSTONS-descendants of European HAIRSTONS, who settled in the American Colonies to work and prosper. The total population of servants and slaves for all nine plantations during the above periods was approximately 5,500. They worked the fields, tended the livestock, and served their HAIRSTON masters. They were descendants of various tribes of Africa. Against their will, they were captured and brought to America to provide cheap labor-"black gold". Many were highly respected personages in their African villages.Some slaves took (adopted) their masters' name, others rejected any close identity, and still others clandestinely were born into it. This lifestyle continued for many years. But one day, and for many days afterward, the nine plantations, their masters, and their slaves were engulfed in the great Civil War, a civil strife that divided America, its states and people as they had never been divided before or since. Slave and master fought with, and against each other. Blood and death of fellow countrymen and kinsmen seemed never to end. But, finally, the Civil War ended, and the slaves were emancipated by proclamation - set free from the entrenchment of bondage-in 1865. Some years later segregation began to take place which means separate but equal ,However, in the midst of the "new liberation" and "equal...
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...travelers could now cross long distances in a matter of days rather than weeks. With the telegraph, people could communicate with family or others around the country. Photography had just as profound of an effect on American life as these other advancements. The new medium of photography brought the distant near. With photographs, one could capture and save cherished places or people. One could move away from home, but preserve a photograph of a birthplace, study the portrait of a dead relative, or see what their parents looked like as children. Photography gave people a more immediate connection to people and places removed by distance and time....
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...were believed bewitched by “mangkukulam” * Difficult childbirth were attributed to “nonos” * Evil spirits could be driven away by persons with powers to expel demons * Belief in special Gods of healing: priest-physician, word doctors, herbolarios/herb doctors Early Hospitals during the Spanish Regime – religious orders exerted efforts to care for the sick by building hospitals in different parts of the Philippines: * Hospital Real de Manila San Juan de Dios Hospital * San Lazaro Hospital Hospital de Aguas Santas * Hospital de Indios Prominent personages involved during the Philippine Revolution 1. Josephine Bracken – wife of Jose Rizal installed a field hospital in an estate in Tejeros that provided nursing care to the wounded night and day. 2. Rose Sevilla de Alvaro – converted their house into quanters for Filipino soldiers during the Phil-American War in 1899. 3. Hilaria de Aguinaldo –wife of Emlio Aginaldo organized the Filipino Red Cross. 4. Melchora Aquino – (Tandang Sora) nursed the wounded Filipino soldiers, gave them shelter and food. 5. Captain Salomen – a revolutionary leader in Nueva Ecija provided nursing care to the wounded when not in combat. 6. Agueda Kahabagan – revolutionary leader in Laguna also provided nursing services to her troops. 7. Trinidad Tecson (Ina ng Biak na Bato) – stayed in the hospital at...
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...The civil rights movements in the USA It refers to the whys and wherefores the Afro-American had to fight for their rights. It reaches its summit during the Civil War. Before it, blacks were considered as animals, slaves… If they tried to fight they get killed. They are free to fight. The Civil War: 1861-1865. In 1860 Lincoln was elected president of the USA, he came to office in 1861. He was a Republican. As soon as he was elected, the Southern states decided that they did not want to be a part of the country led by Lincoln. They seceded from the country in 1860. 11 states seceded from the Union. Lincoln declared a war to gain the states back. It opposed 2 sides: the 11 Southern States = the Confederate States = Democrats = Slave States; the head was Jefferson Davis. So Lincoln wages a war against Davis. He gathered the Union. General Grant was on Lincoln’s side VS General Lee. In 1863 Lincoln decided to emancipate the slaves => for a certain amount of time you must “free” them. He did that to gather more men. He claimed them as “war property”. Lincoln wanted to restore the Union it’s obviously illegal: infringement of the executive he was not the owner of the slaves. He became a slave owner. The slaves did come to fight on his side. 2 battles: * Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 1863 Lee won the battle. * Appomattox took place in 1865 and led to the end of the war. It is located in North Virginia => it led to the surrender of Lee and to the victory...
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...arms against the South Sudanese government. Also, the split and resultant reduced oil revenues to the north severely damaged the Khartoum economy. Many experts now believe the conflict is a full-scale civil war, with many anti-government forces supporting former vice-president Riek Machar. The current South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, fired Machar in 2013. Machar claims that Kiir is driving the country toward dictatorship. Kiir also forcibly retired over 100 military generals. Many observers considered this a worrisome grab for power by Kiir. After Kiir fired Machar, infighting in the army erupted, split along tribal lines. Kiir is of the Dinka tribe and Machar of the Nuer tribe. In December of 2013, South Sudanese soldiers backing Riek Machar attacked a military headquarters near a university in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Loyalist army members repulsed the attack, however this marked the beginning of ethnically...
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...Christ’s College. He lived a pure life believing that he had a great purpose to complete. At college he was known as the The Lady of Christ’s. he Got master’s degree at Cambridge. It’s convenient to consider his works in 3 divisions. At first he wrote his short poems at Horton. (The Passion, Song on May Morning, L’Allegro). Then he wrote mainly prose. His 3 greatest poems belong to his last group. At the age of 23 he had still done little in life&he admits this in one of his sonnets. (On his 23d B-day) In his another sonnet he wrote on his own blindness. (On his Blindness) Milton wrote diff. kinds of works. His prose works were mainly concerned with church, affairs, divorce & freedom. The English civil war between Charles I & Parliament followed by the 2nd civil war, 1641-1651. During these years Milton worked hard at his pamphlets, supported Cromwell (also wrote a sonnet “to Cromwell”). He wrote many journalistic works were he stood for the ideas of revolution. His most famous treatis is “the doctrine and discipline of Areopagitica”. He became unpopular when Charles II was made king in 1660, but it...
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... and one of the most notable gains for the civil right movements. “Selma” had a budget of $20 million and only had a box office of $39.2 million just over a $19 million net worth. In the film industry, this is not much, especially since the movie has received amazing reviews from critics such as a 99% from Rotten Tomatoes that calls a “gripping performance” and a 5/5 from Common Sense Media, this is a major injustice. “Selma” tells the story of history and civil rights and the struggle African Americans had to go through to get the rights that we have today. While the movie “American Sniper” with a budget of $58.8 million made a box office of nearly four times its budget at $247.6 million, won seven awards such as Best Director and Best Actor, has created an increase of threats against Arabs and Muslims, won best Movie to open in Iowa, and stole away from “Selma” a movie that is supposed to further equality and peace not hate and bigotry. “American Sniper” is based on a racist war veteran that refers to his targets as “savages”. This movie adds to stereotypes and bigotry in the film industry and the minds of our youth. Resulting as what was said before an increase of threats against Arabs and Muslims, a race of people that have already been put under the radar of many people in America as they are seen as terrorist for a long time now. (Marc) Family who seek Asian, the supposition goes, need help somehow unabated on make American — ought to be clear this demonstrated in the...
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...Introduction 1 The Baptist Origin 2 The separatists/puritans 2-3 The First Baptists Believers 4-5 The American Baptist Contribution to “religious liberty ideal”...............................................6 Rhode Island, Plymouth, and Pennsylvania Colonies......................................................7-8 The South Colonies and Their Struggle for “Religious Liberty” 9-11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography.............................................................................................................................13-15 Introduction “Religious Liberty” is a good and perfect gift from above. Contrary to populace belief “the separation of church and state,” did not originate with the ACLU but for the most part, it originated with the first British Baptists that arrived in Colonial America they were defenders of true “religious liberty.” Moreover, the distinction between religious liberty and tolerance of religion is significant. “Religious liberty” is a right of every men, however, tolerance is a concession coupled with an understand that “that the state still controls religion.” This paper will examine the contribution of British Baptists in their pursuit for religious liberty. It will first give a brief view of the origin and history of the American Baptists followed by their endurance in the struggle for the settlement of “religious liberty.” It will present...
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...History in The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith. Leticia Vázquez Soriano Literatura y cine en países de habla inglesa: interrelación semiótica y narrativa 18th January, 2012 Curso 2011-2012 Index Introduction........................................................ pp. 1 Historical filmic context...................................... pp. 3 History in the film............................................... pp. 4 Use of intertitles...................................... pp. 5 Free interpretation of facts..................... pp. 7 Fiction mixed with reality........................ pp. 8 The film as history............................................... pp. 10 An autonomous language........................ pp. 10 Critical reception......................................pp. 14 The cinema: a mass spectacle.................. pp. 15 Bibliography......................................................... pp. 17 Introduction In this essay I am going to talk about history in The Birth of a Nation by David Wark Griffith. By “history” I mean: the historical filmic context of the film, which was released in 1915. I am going to show how history is represented in the film. We can see some facts that may have been changed in some aspects in order to guide our minds to what the director want us to think. We also find, as a method to support this, the introduction of fictional characters in some much known historical events of the United States. To end with, I am going...
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...A famous scene from one of the first notable horror films, Nosferatu (1922) Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.[1] Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.[2] Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1890s–1920s 1.2 1930s–1940s 1.3 1950s–1960s 1.4 1970s–1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 2000s 2 Sub-genres 3 Influences 3.1 Influences on society 3.2 Influences internationally 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links [edit]History [edit]1890s–1920s See also: List of horror films of the 1890s, List of horror films of the 1900s, List of horror films of the 1910s, and List of horror films of the 1920s Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Phantom of the Opera The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts...
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...American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade. Ed. Bob Bacthelor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press 2009. 978-0-313- 34410-7. 4 vol. 1,604p. $375.00. Gr. 9-12. This four volume set gives students a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the many and varied aspects of pop culture across America from 1900 to the present. The volumes cover the following chronological periods: V 1. 1900-1929, V 2. 1930-1959, V 3. 1960-1989 and Vol. 4. 1990-Present. There is an Introduction for each volume focusing on the major issues during that period. There is a Timeline of events for the decade which gives extra oversight and content to the study of the period and an Overview of each dcade. Chapters focus on specific areas of pop culture (Advertising, Books, Entertainment, Fashion, Food Music and much more) supplemented with sidebars containing stories, photos, illustrations and Notable information. There are endnotes for each decade and a Resource Guide and Index. Volume 4 also contains a Cost of Products from 1900-2000, and an Appendix with Classroom Resources for teachers and students and a Cumulative Index. Students, teachers and the general reader will love sifting through the experiences of Americans as they easily follow the crazes, technological breakthroughs and the experiences of art, entertainment, sports and other cultural forces and events that influenced each generation. Reference– Popular Culture ...
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...Chapter III ERMITA’S CULTURAL MERIT Philippines has different wonderful sites that every Filipino can be truly proud of. These places may be aesthetically pleasant but more importantly, they tell the history of the Filipino people which is translated to properties and built heritage. Some of these are recognized, designated and properly credited by the government while some are left by the development in the country. These properties and locations are also conserved and preserved as they are deemed important to the cultural heritage of the community. Ermita, Manila holds value of a heritage site. Considered today as a major commercial and business district, Ermita is a community that delivers to everyday life of not only the residents of Ermita, but also to people who live in the metropolis. Despite the prominent buildings and famous institutions that are located in the area, Ermita is also a home to significant and historic beginnings of Manila. The history and the developments are turned into concrete reminders in the fields of academe, research and medicine, religion, art, trade and industry, government and even private institutions which collectively contribute to the cultural merit of Ermita. ACADEME AND RESEARCH The history of the Philippines according to written records started in 1521 upon the arrival of Magellan. As early as that, the natives already have their own system of writing. It was in 1768 when Jesuit priests arrived in the Philippines and they...
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...THE “BLOG” EXPERIENCE: WHEN FREEDOM BECOMES INVASION INTRODUCTION Francois Voltaire, one of France’s most famous philosophers became well-known for this often quoted phrase: “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.” The phrase summarizes the spirit of the freedom of speech – one of the inventions of the 18th century Enlightenment, a time when discussions among the upper class were construed as constituting the public sphere. Although they belonged to the sophisticated members of society, their conversations highlighted social equality and everyone was given the chance to speak and be demanded to listen. With free and frank conversations, people became acquainted with points of view that were not familiar; they discovered strengths and weaknesses in their personal arguments, and subsequently became moderate in the expression of their views taking into consideration the arguments of others. With this small light ignited in the intellectual realm, the idealism of free communication of thoughts and opinions spread and became one of the trademarks of democratic societies. During the next century, John Stuart Mill affirmed that societies progress when people freely express themselves because errors and misconceptions are exposed, and alternatives were proposed. These sentiments became the backbone of the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948...
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...China The first one is the economy. China's economy has been typically the best-performing economy or among the best-performing economies in the world since 1979 when reforms began, averaging about 7 percent growth. One note of concern, though, is that those conditions that allowed that 7 percent growth are not likely to be prevalent in the years to come, because for over 30 years, China has relied extensively on lower wage rates and export-driven growth. But wage rates have been bid up, as happens; the Chinese are victims of their own success, you could say. And secondly, the rest of the countries in the world are not going through high rates of growth, and they’re not going to be importing the way they had been historically. So, that formula isn’t going to be as successful going forward as it has been. China needs to shift away from an export-driven economy to more of a consumption model. It needs to be mindful about funding its state-owned enterprises, about subsidizing state-owned companies. It needs to lessen its reliance on low-end manufacturing and move up the value chain. By the way, these aren’t my observations; these are observations by Chinese leadership. If you follow any Chinese leader’s speech on China’s economic transformation, these are the points he’ll make. We would call that market rationalism or just normal evolution as a country rises to middle-income status. But there are also some countervailing impulses. There’s a strong streak of economic nationalism;...
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