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John Hatcher’s “The Black Death: The intimate story of a Village in Crisis, 1345-1350”, Book Review With the innovation of John Hatcher’s, The Black Death: The intimate story of a Village in Crisis, 1345-1350, he attempts to present an invented view of an English village during the pestilence of 1349. Using the archaeological process of theories as a basis, Hatcher’s micro historical approach to the black plague is quite important based on the exploration of new theories that adhere to the…

One incident in particular the Black Sox Scandal. “Later evidence revealed that eight Chicago players had taken money from gamblers to dump the 1919 World Series. Seven of the eight alleged fixers admitted to a grand jury they had received sums varying from $5,000-$10,000—figures that…

The name “Black Panther” holds a different connotation to it depending on who you ask. For some it may be more literal and referring to the actual animal, for others it harkens back to the civil rights group formed in the 1960s. Now however, people are familiar with the term because of the superhero movie released on February 16th of this year. The movie tells the story of T’Challa, King of the fictional African country Wakanda, who returns back to his home country to find that he has a…

Being black himself, Ta-Nehisi Coates recognized the hardships of life as a man of color. He knew that he would always be guilty even if he was the victim and that safety would never be guaranteed. Coates believed that being black in Baltimore, “was to be naked before the elements of the world,” (Coates 17). However, being black was all he had. It was the only thing he knew wouldn’t be ripped away from him. “Dimly perceiving the great barrier between the world and [himself],” Coates realized…

The Black Death was known as the “Great Mortality.” It happened in between the years of 1347 and 1350. The amount of lives lost during this pandemic suddenly stopped the economic expansion that spread throughout Europe and Islam (Smith et al. 478). The Black Death resulted in an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia. The black death not only affected the population it also affected the way the economy was set up. It affected trade and the all the ways that goods get from place to place.…

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B DuBois is a collection of essays that describe the plight, education, rise, and experience of the black community in America. The essays are connected through themes and motifs, but not directly connected through storyline or characters. In the first essay DuBois tells readers about the Veil, and briefly, his experience living behind it. The veil what separates the lives of the black folk from that of the whites. While the black can understand what life was like…

Leaders of the Black Arts Movement believed that in order for change to occur, African-Americans would need to stand up for themselves and create a separate Black culture. Larry Neal explores this objective in depth, in his piece, The Black Arts Movement. Gil Scott-Heron further promotes the message in his famous poem, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. As evidenced in both of these works, Black culture would need to overtake White culture in order to overturn the oppressive society of the…

There are many different types of diseases out there in our world. There is one bacteria infection though that had a major effect on the earth. A huge event called the black death spreaded through Europe in the 14 century. What was this infection called you may ask…. It’s called plague. Plague is a bacteria infection that is found in rodents fleas. There are many different types of rodents that could carry this infection like mice, chipmunks, and squirrels. But the most common carrier of…

her life. She evolved from JoAnne Chesimard to Assata Shakur for a reason. The reason to stand politically to fight off the society who believed that black could not identified as beautiful, they pertained no rights to healthcare and equal stance in politics. Assata Shakur’s autobiography displayed her past discretions as a woman additionally a black woman. First I will discuss how before she named herself Assata Shakur, her childhood reflected who she identified then as Joanne Chesimard. The…

This investigation examines the historical question of “to what extent did the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 lead to the Great Sioux War of 1876?”. The key sources chosen to support this investigation are a book of compiled historical information from the United States Department of the Interior and an interview of a Native American woman that lived through both the Black Hills Gold Rush and the Great Sioux War. These are relevant because one has access to an extensive database of government…