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This piece of poetry by Langston Hughes is a beautiful conglomerate of irony and foreshadowing. In the poem he is essentially saying how the word freedom is such are really beautiful and easy to say all day every day; and even perfect in theory. However, the word liberty (which is freedom coming into fruition), saddens him. Hughes elaborates by saying that if you had experienced what he had, and knew what he knew, you would be sad too. This eludes to that he had experienced oppression, segregation, or some combination of the two. The irony of the poem stems from the fact liberty and freedom are so closely related denotations but for Hughes two very different connotations. The foreshadowing aspect of the poem stems from, the fact that if …show more content…
Both the Cold War and the War on Terror are ages in which great geopolicatial and domestic developments occurred. During the Cold War, which was essentially a nuclear arms competition between the Soviet Union and America, events such as: the independence of former colonies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and the growth of what would become the European Union, were also happening. The independence of colonies across the world was important during this time because it caused the Soviet Union to lose some of its power, and therefore weakened its overall grasp on the world.
The war on terror was initiated on September 12, one day after the 9/11 attack. The first act was on 8 October, when the president established the Office of Homeland Security to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism. Later in that same year, in his State of the Union address, he called both Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as being "Axis of Evil". He and his administration would go on to publish a National Security Strategy, which was designed to deal with the post cold war world. In order to respond more rapidly to the fluid world situation, the Secretary directed that that the Special Operations Command take the lead in the fight against terrorism. This change supercedes the decades old structure of theater commanders and has not yet been fully implemented, as there is much resistance from those local …show more content…
Compare and contrast the experience of African Americans, women, and one more group (your choice) in their pursuit of civil rights, suffrage, and equality since about 1890. In what ways were their various movements, organizations, tactics, and leaders different? How were they similar? How have Americans worked with and against one another to achieve these goals? Be sure to mention key events, leaders, and organizations. Judging from your perspective today, were these movements successful, or do they still have unfinished business? [DON’T FORGET TO USE PRIMARY SOURCES AS EVIDENCE.]
Many African-Americans were denied the right to vote during the Jim Crow era, they were threatened, beaten, and some even killed; however, black women’s activism and leadership during this period helped create the Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. African-Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr . and Malcolm X have become icons of the 1950’s and 1960’s American Civil Right Movement, however the grassroots activism of women propelled the movement forward to many successes and inspired a new generation of activists. They had been the backbone of the civil rights movement, but their contributions and efforts were put on the on the back burner to the patriarchal “leaders” by mainstream media. When black women began to support the feminist movement, their white fellows did not accept them and devoted little attention to class issues that affected black women. African American female leaders,
This piece of poetry by Langston Hughes is a beautiful conglomerate of irony and foreshadowing. In the poem he is essentially saying how the word freedom is such are really beautiful and easy to say all day every day; and even perfect in theory. However, the word liberty (which is freedom coming into fruition), saddens him. Hughes elaborates by saying that if you had experienced what he had, and knew what he knew, you would be sad too. This eludes to that he had experienced oppression, segregation, or some combination of the two. The irony of the poem stems from the fact liberty and freedom are so closely related denotations but for Hughes two very different connotations. The foreshadowing aspect of the poem stems from, the fact that if …show more content…
Both the Cold War and the War on Terror are ages in which great geopolicatial and domestic developments occurred. During the Cold War, which was essentially a nuclear arms competition between the Soviet Union and America, events such as: the independence of former colonies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and the growth of what would become the European Union, were also happening. The independence of colonies across the world was important during this time because it caused the Soviet Union to lose some of its power, and therefore weakened its overall grasp on the world.
The war on terror was initiated on September 12, one day after the 9/11 attack. The first act was on 8 October, when the president established the Office of Homeland Security to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism. Later in that same year, in his State of the Union address, he called both Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as being "Axis of Evil". He and his administration would go on to publish a National Security Strategy, which was designed to deal with the post cold war world. In order to respond more rapidly to the fluid world situation, the Secretary directed that that the Special Operations Command take the lead in the fight against terrorism. This change supercedes the decades old structure of theater commanders and has not yet been fully implemented, as there is much resistance from those local …show more content…
Compare and contrast the experience of African Americans, women, and one more group (your choice) in their pursuit of civil rights, suffrage, and equality since about 1890. In what ways were their various movements, organizations, tactics, and leaders different? How were they similar? How have Americans worked with and against one another to achieve these goals? Be sure to mention key events, leaders, and organizations. Judging from your perspective today, were these movements successful, or do they still have unfinished business? [DON’T FORGET TO USE PRIMARY SOURCES AS EVIDENCE.]
Many African-Americans were denied the right to vote during the Jim Crow era, they were threatened, beaten, and some even killed; however, black women’s activism and leadership during this period helped create the Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. African-Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr . and Malcolm X have become icons of the 1950’s and 1960’s American Civil Right Movement, however the grassroots activism of women propelled the movement forward to many successes and inspired a new generation of activists. They had been the backbone of the civil rights movement, but their contributions and efforts were put on the on the back burner to the patriarchal “leaders” by mainstream media. When black women began to support the feminist movement, their white fellows did not accept them and devoted little attention to class issues that affected black women. African American female leaders,