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Victims of their own Burning his soul with a smoke and talking to a squirrel? Obviously a sad guy! John T. McCutcheon’s old cartoon shows us a conversation between an old American man being asked by a squirrel the reason why he did not save any money for the future. He answers, seemingly with a sad tone: “I Did”. Moreover, he is said to be a victim of bank failure. The cartoon represents the effects of the Great Depression and how harsh it was to the American citizens by using pathos…

Phineas Taylor Barnum, or better known as "P. T." Barnum, described as a “jack of all trades” is an understatement. As a self-made businessman (or scammer), showman (or humbug), newspaper editor (or libeler), he lived a life of exhausted passion and success. He tells his own story in his autobiography, The Life of P.T. Barnum of living in 19th century America. P.T. Barnum’s optimistic and exuberant charisma certainly helped him make a profit, yet that alone did not gain him the title of a…

“I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." Phineas Taylor Barnum is arguably one of the most ingenious businessman of American history. P.T. Barnum is best known for his creation with James Bailey of the Greatest Show on Earth, a traveling circus featuring elephants, acrobats, and people with birth defects (whom he called “freaks”). Barnum was a firm believer in the concept of any kind of publicity is good publicity. In fact, if rumors were spread about…

Based on Booker T. Washington’s ideologies and leadership style one can note the correlation between the visions for Tuskegee Institute and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) programs currently offered in most learning institutions of today. One key factor that has been denoted in response to the National Defenses Act of 1958, which supported a transition from humanistic education in the late 1800’s to scientific learning outcomes during the nineteenth and twentieth…

Flying acrobats, trained animals, strange oddities: all attributes of an astounding circus, yet where did these acts begin and what dark truths hide behind the breathtaking circus acts? Phineas Taylor Barnum spent his life remaking himself from a poor country boy into the city’s showman (Mansky). After moving to New York City, P.T. Barnum successfully opened the Barnum American Museum (“P.T. Barnum Biography”). He worked during a time where blue laws were prominent in the United States,…

Burghadt and Booker T. Washington wanted to help the Black community progress. To do this they both formulated ideas and approaches to effectively quicken the social equality of the blacks. Although these Negro leaders developed approaches to help the same cause, they strongly opposed one another. And although these two men both had sensible ideas to help reach social equality, I believe Booker T. Washington’s position and approach represented the best hope for progress. Booker T. Washington…

Booker T. Washington Imagine being an African American in the Progressive Era and not having full civil rights like the whites have. Booker T. Washington was born a slave in on April 5, 1856. Poverty ruled out regular schooling, but Booker T. was determined to get an education. He enrolled at Hampton University (at the time it was called Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute), to pay the expenses he worked as a janitor. When he finished college he joined the staff of the institute. Booker…

As the head of Tuskegee Institute Booker T Washington was a key historical figure and spokesperson for the black race between the 19th and 20th century. He believed African Americans should grow and develop through the likes of effort and education. Instead of seeking to achieve social and political equality with the Caucasian race. His impact on the history of the black race and his fight for desegregation. Was only one of the many individual and political attempts to right the wrongs between…

Booker T Washington was an astonishing individual who shaped the world in many ways, from his unorthodox views on racism and segregation to his focus on training and educating African Americans. Washington was born on April 5th, 1856, to a life of slavery in Virginia. His mother, a slave, worked as a cook for the plantation owner, James Burroughs, while his father was an unknown white man who was most likely from a nearby plantation. He grew up in a humble one-room log cabin, where as a child…

vocational training and economic self-reliance (Johnson,NP)”. The technique Washington used worked because he lived his life prioritizing education, leading to future influential people, basing or contradicting their beliefs off of his, and finally . Booker T. Washington’s civil rights policy that blacks should work their way up to undeniable equality…