Cambodian Civil War

Countee Cullen’s story is one of miracles. He was an orphaned black man in a world that was working against him. However, through these hardships that were out of his control, Cullen thrived and succeeded past expectations. His poetry astounded the world, and broke barriers that seperated America. Cullen had a tragic start to his life. He was adopted at a young age after losing his parents and brother. In 1928, he married Yolande Du Bois, who came from a well-known family (Biography.com).…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by the American writer Mark Twain. Although it was published in 1885, the novel is set in the southern part of Missouri during the 1840s, back when slavery was legal in the United States. The novel narrates the journey of Huckleberry “Huck”, a 13 year old boy, and Jim, a runaway slave, as they try to get Jim to a free state. The novel is considered a classic for its unique satirical perspective of racism and slavery in the United States. The excerpt…

the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that went, “down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” King’s optimism and use of emotional appeal, metaphor, and repetition launched the civil rights movement towards success. Throughout the speech, King used metaphors and figurative language not only to explain ideas in a relevant way, but also to create pathos, or an emotional response, in the audience. For example, “This sweltering…

The previous stories of the Nights are a good point to begin our discussion of blackness and racial discrimination in the stories. While The Arabian Nights presents stories about the Islamic empire, it foists stories of slavery and blackness. Unlike the Atlantic trade slaves, slaves in the Arabian Nights “inhabit a different history from plantation slaves, and do not fit easily into abolitionist discourse: they were more frequently domestic or military.”(Slavery, blackness) In The Arabian Nights…

I am impressed on how Frederick Douglass managed to learn to read and write through various stratagems. Frederick was considered “a slave for life”; he served the Hugh family for seven years. At his young age, Frederick had no proper education; his mistress first taught him how to read, until her husband made her realize the bad consequences of slavery when given education. Until then, Frederick had been prohibited to read anything, not even holding a newspaper. Still, I stand for the belief…

If you had a choice between doing what you want or doing what is right, what would you do? This is a question that many people in America had to answer. Back in the mid 1800’s slavery was a big issue, many wanted slavery but others did not. This is where William Lloyd Garrison comes into play. William Lloyd Garrison was one of the most influential American journalist in the anti-slavery movement for three reasons: he wanted all slaves to be freed and have rights that a 36 year old white man…

Jackson became a national sensation after commanding the American army at the Battle of New Orleans, the biggest American victory of the War of 1812. In his farewell address of 1837, Jackson stated that he worked on behalf of “the farmer, the mechanic, and the laboring classes of society.” While other politicians focused their attention on the wealthy and influential people in the east,…

It was not “cool” to be a civil rights activist; you had to stand up for what you believe in and be willing to fight for your basic rights. And sometimes, that meant really fighting back through reciprocal violence. In the article, “Afterword: Understanding History” by Charles Cobb…

by the revolutionary war. Kars explores the defiance of frontier piedmont farmers who took up arms against a corrupt government that was happy filling their wallets, at the expensive of the farmers. She follows the regulators story from their oppression by corrupt official to the battle of Alamance, using a plethora of primary sources along the way. Kars attempt to discover the regulators origins forces her to focus on four main points of economics, religion, politics and war to help explain how…

Introduction: Frederick douglass was a former slave ,he thought that slavery corrupt slave master and was bad for slavery frederick douglass wanted freedom for him and his people. Frederick douglass was a slave who wanted to learn how to read and write he soon found out that all slaves could not be able learn. All they need it to do was obey their master but douglass didn’t stop he was brave enough to sneak and give bread to be able to do tutoring and soon he wanted to be free and his…