American journalists

Howard Griffin. John Howard Griffin was a journalist in the 1950s and who was mostly known for his stories to be about racial equality. Griffin was the narrator and main character in this book. The book is an autobiography about Griffin investigating to see how the black community was treated in the south in the 1950s. “Black Like Me” is where John Howard Griffin did a social experiment in whitc he decided to investigate life of being an African American in the south in the 1950s. Once Griffin…

With Night of the Living Dead, zombie movies established a metaphorical connection to the social and political commentary. The movie Night of the Living Dead incorporates political scenario of the time when the film was released. This was the period when leaders were assassinated, America was on verge of nuclear war, and the feminist movement was on the rise. The irony of the movie was that everyone else was killed by the undead, Ben, the last survivor, was shot dead by a police officer. The…

To honor his African and Native American heritage, he created the art with the goal of adding narrative to the art itself. “It’s a way for him to show his inner self,” Lewis points out. Kevo has been running his own tattoo shop and business since 2010. For his own inspiration in life…

towards equal rights and justice for all. For African-Americans, and women in some respect, one of the trailblazers who fought racism, inequality, and injustice was Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery six months before President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Wells was a fierce civil rights leader, activist, suffragist, and journalist; but was best known as a fearless anti-lynching crusader. Wells was one of the most iconic African-American women reformists that boldly challenged…

Ida B. Wells was an inspired journalist and a woman who was different from many other women during her time of life. Paula Giddings, the author of Ida: A Sword Among Lions, does an extraordinary job by revealing Ida B. Wells to be one of the greatest achievers of her time. Giddings is able to bring to life the personality of Wells and create images of what took place during segregation. Ida: A Sword Among Lions is one narrative that will sweep your mind. This narrative is about fighting the…

written by Thomas Paine and was published on January 10, 1776. Paine was in support of the patriot cause to declare independence from Britain. Paine uses his anger and radical writing skills to fuel the American colonists. ‘Common Sense’ is believed to have the greatest influenced part in the American Revolution. The main objective of the pamphlet was to transform the colonial rebellion into a war for independence. Paine used the taxes that were placed in and the truth about Britain’s monarchy…

The Pulitzer prize has been the dream of lots of people since 1917. Mostly writers, journalists, and photographers. The Pulitzer prize is an American award established after the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American and it represents the incentive to excellence. The Pulitzer prize is a serie of prizes awarded each year regarding someone who accomplished an excellent work in one of the 21 categories such as journalism, arts, literature, newspaper, drama, music, photography.…

Sally Shaywitz, “one in five American children that have trouble reading” have dyslexia. (Shaywitz) Garth Cook a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, keeper his secret of dyslexia for fear of what another colleague reaction to the news might think of him. Cook’s immediately regressed back to the unpleasant experiences in school caused by…

Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida on February 26th of 2012. If this statement doesn’t recollect a memory of national outrage and controversy then you probably never turned on a news channel, read a newspaper, or went on social media between the dates of March 2012 and March 2015 or even today. The case sparked a national frenzy on several issues including race, gun control, “stand your…

into his writing. His writing intrigues me in the fact that he has such an abrupt writing style, but it was also simplistic. Many experiences that Hemingway went through in his life was evident in aspects of his writing. Hemingway was a patriarch of American Literature. He was awarded for being a war hero and later he received awards for his writing. Eventually his alcoholism and love of different women became too much for him to deal with and he took his own life. Hemingway was born in Oak…