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The Harlem Renaissance was a great movement in history in which changed White people’s perspective of Black people. The Harlem Renaissance began in the 1920s and ended in the mid 1930s. The event mainly revolved in Harlem, New York and involved Black culture and the identity they wanted portray in terms of art. Poets, authors, and artists fought for their equality and suffered through everyday struggle. Black people used their art to explain and emphasize that they deserved the same equality…

Feminism is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. (Meriam Webster, n.d.). The women’s movement is a series of political campaigns for improvement for issues like reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay and sexual harassment among other points. (Strong-Boag, 2006) Smith, a well-known sociologist, researched feminist theories and had said that discourses or the topics and the ways of exchanging information regarding women’s issues often…

route 66 for another option other than taking a train. The cause of Route 66 is because Cyrus Avery links Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California through his town Tulsa. Cyrus became interested in roads after he visited his father’s farm. In 1921 he became president of the Associated Highways of America. Cyrus then became the Father of Route 66. Cyrus Avery spent most of the years working to stitch…

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a great American novel that was published on April 10,1925. It was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald). It falls under the fiction genre, however, the book is written very realistically and reflects many of the events that occurred in Fitzgerald’s own life as well as many of his opinions and characteristics. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan…

They had a large drought from 1917-1921 both in the air and in the economy. This was when they signed into law Montana's old pension act, 12 years before the Social Security Act of 1935. The government will continue using money that is set aside for social security, for other things that…

Her importance was mainly related to her interest in flying. Earhart had her first flight lesson January 3, 1921. She began to save money, and six months later saved enough to buy her first plane. Her first plane that she named “The Canary” was a biplane, had two seats and was bright yellow. In The Canary Earhart set her first women's record by flying 14,000…

The Great Depression was a period of time lasting from 1929 to 1939 (a ten year span). The event that started it all was the stock market crash in October of 1929. 12.9 million shares were traded on October 12, 1929. The day became known as “Black Thursday.” Five days later 16 million shares were traded, making that day known as “Black Tuesday.” By March of 1930, 3.2 million Americans were unemployed and most had already lost their lifesavings, homes, and their hope. Riots began to break out by…

Mental health is coming to awareness in recent years around the United States; however, mental health diagnoses have been present throughout human existence. Not only has mental health been in existence since human beings, but also racism has haunted minorities in negative ways. This short essay will trace the history of mental health, since 1900’s in the United States to some of the recent studies addressing minorities in mental health. Tracing the history of mental health there is an…

Throughout the history of medicine, there have been several individuals who inspired others and many even changed the course of medicine completely. However, not many have been as invigorating as Dr. Frederick Banting and his gifted assistant Charles Best. His skills and knowledge of diabetes caught the attention of the world. It was through Dr. Banting we have insulin shots, and the priceless knowledge of diabetes and insulin. Dr. Frederick Banting is arguable one of the most influential…

Summary of Life, Times and People Clarence Stein was born in 1882 in Rochester, New York. As child he moved with his family to New York City. Later on in his life, Stein’s ambition was to “improve the living conditions of the poor by providing proper housing and community environments” (McCullough 2012, p9). McCullough credited this motivation to his upbringing and enrollment with an academy run by the Society for Ethical Culture where Stein learned the value of social responsibility. Growing up…