1903

W.E.B Dubois in his lifetime wrote 22 books and established 4 academic journals. His most famous works include; The Philadelphia Negro (1899), The Souls of Black Folk (1903), John Brown (1909), and Black Reconstruction (1935). DuBois was the first to use research methods questionnaires, interviews, and participant observations to study African American communities in the United States (Dennis 1868–1963). His work The…

used strategies such as writing letters and publishing works in newspapers. Unfortunately these actions made little impact on England’s Government. Enter Emmeline Pankhurst, a women who was tired of the tactics the NUWSS used. She founded the WSPU in 1903 and formed the slogan “Deeds not Words.” The WSPU quickly became known for their loud voices, even though there were only about 2,000 members, compared to approximately…

During the the Douglas Macarthur speech about “American policy in the Pacific” Macarthur speech was his decisions about the war-even they were against truman ( A.K.A President truman). The reasoning behind this is just because he was trying to avoid the third war. The reason why I say this because in the speech “American policy in the pacific” the three thing that he state about how he is right about what is he said is that he was in the WWI and WWII, he was the president of west point and…

The rise of a movement The first steps of the LGBTQ+ movement were taken during the 19th century. Sodomy was considered a crime in many countries and their colonies; it was only decriminalized by those countries that followed the French legal model, which considered crime only the behaviour that harmed third parties. In Europe, those countries were France, Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, Italy and Bavaria (before the formation of the German Empire); while in America there were…

When President Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in as president in 1901 he was ready to put many things in action. His sincere and honest character led him to initiate policies that still exist today. He was a great hunter and loved to hunt games in his leisure time, therefore the nickname “Cowboy” that people used to call him. In fact, he respected and loved the nature so much saying that, “Unless we maintain an adequate material basis for our civilization, we cannot maintain the institution in which…

Harry Parr (1881-1966) Harry Parr could also claim, as Vyse often did, that he had generations of forbears with connections to that singular industry that dominated life in the Potteries district. Germane to this brief biography of Harry Parr, is his father, Joseph Parr (1843-1924), his uncle Ralph Parr (1811-1873), and his Aunt, Mary Parr (1837-n d). All of whom lived, worked in and around the town of Burslem. Joseph Parr was a valued employee of the ‘Royal Potters,’ Davenports of Longport. The…

The Zionist national movement emerged in the 19th century for several reasons. 1. Education and secularization of the Jewish people - the 17th century and 18th century was characterized by many changes in science, medicine and technology. Following industrial development could have many people find logical explanations to questions once only religion could answer them. As a result, the church and religious authority as an important and influential that obviously undermined and many people took…

History. He also began the tradition of recognizing Black History Month, which started off as Negro History Week. Because he created this month, Carter received the nickname "The Father of Black History". While attending Kentucky’s Berea College in 1903, Carter earned an undergraduate degree. He also received another undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1907. Carter studied at Sorbonne in Paris for a while, and then later received a graduate degree at Chicago. As time passed, he…

In 1903 the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) formed. This was when two driver unions came together with the help of Samuel Gompers, who was the leader of the American Federation Labor. Samuel Gompers persuaded two competing unions, the Team Drivers International Union (TDIU)and the Teamsters National Union (TNU) to join together because they would be make a much stronger union together than apart. Together the TDIU and TNU formed a new union called the International Brotherhood of…

People aren’t born evil, they become evil throughout the years. This is true even for an evil dictator such as Adolf Hitler. People always question what made him become so evil but they need to understand that he was influenced by his childhood, relationships, position of leadership, and beliefs. It started as early as Hitler’s childhood, from not having a good relationship with his father to having been rejected as an artist. On April 20, 1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria, welcomed to the world,…