Charleston

The Violence in Our Lives Have you heard about the shootings that have been happening all around the world? In Sutherland Springs, TX, in Fort Hood TX, in Austin TX, in Charleston S.C... They have happened all over the place. The cause of all of these shootings is violence. Violence is everywhere and anywhere. Violence has affected many people today in our society. Causes of violence, there are many. Many people have tried to stop violence but they have not succeeded yet. What can I do to stop…

that the whole of America understood instead of divided races of immigrants or blacks vs. whites. The ‘20s is commonly nicknamed The Jazz Age because of how popular the genre of music became. Jazz was providing a new spin on music and dance, the Charleston was common. Jazz is a combination of African folk music with European harmonies and is usually improvised and was the main influence for ragtime, blues, and…

All too often, people in the Charleston area are struck from behind by other vehicles while they are on the road. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, there were 1.7 million rear-end crashes across the U.S. in 2012. These accidents resulted in 500,000 injuries and 1,700 deaths. In order to cut down on rear-end collisions, automakers have developed crash avoidance technologies, which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is planning to add to its recommended safety…

comes discrimination laws against sexual orientation in the state of South Carolina, there are no provisions of the law that explicitly addresses discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Although the cities of Columbia, Charleston, Latta, and…

Dance is an American Art form with roots in West African traditional dance. It is an individual style dance performed with a rhythmic focus, in dialogues with gravity. The dance started with tap, then traveled the social circle with dances like the Charleston, big apple, and the jitterbug and then become a formalized technique through the innovators such as Jack Cole. With the demand of its circulation, studios started giving more of the classes making it possible to mark its presence in…

It has been roughly sixty years since the callous manslaughter of Emmet Till took place, but yet gratuitous murders of young minorities have not ceased to exist. It is alarming to me that racial struggle in America has not perished, but then again this nation was taken by the white man and created for the white man’s disposal. We as minorities were never meant to rejoice in freedom or take part in the pursuit of happiness because of the blatant fact that we were meant to be someone’s property.…

Could you imagine not being able to listen to your favorite songs on the radio? Had the radio not been invented in the 1920s that would be the case. “The first commercial radio station in the U.S., Pittsburgh’s KDKA, hit the airwaves in 1920... By the end of the 1920s, there were radios in more than 12 million households” (“The Roaring Twenties”). In addition to the radios there was much more going on in the 20s. During the 1920s there was several things taking place such as Prohibition,…

article is clear, as he provides not only his opinion but historical insights, as to why the trials against the black men were unjust, compared to the trials against white men in the same or worse situations, as focused on with the cases of James Charleston…

women dancers of the 1920’s who conveyed their defiance and independence by breaking cultural and social norms. Flappers wore shorter, tighter dresses than their predecessors. Flappers danced close together and kicked up their feet, dancing the “Charleston”…

Irwin also teaches many classes at the College of Charleston and is well versed in different religions. In this article, Irwin shows how dreams in the Plains Indians have power and are viewed more as scientific fact. Knowledge is gained from these dreams and it is extremely precious to all in the tribe. Spiritual…