D. B. Cooper

Running Away from Home: Prejudice in the South The songs Alabama Blues by J. B. Lenoir (1965) and Good Kid by Kendrick Lamar (2012) both exemplify the rampant racial prejudice against black Americans that occurred in the southern states back in the 1960s and in the present, respectively. Alabama Blues is a blues song that tells the story of a man who blames the state of Alabama for all of his misfortunes, specifically the deaths of his sister and brother. Lenoir’s brother is murdered by police…

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act which forbade discrimination based on color, creed,…

War.” (Readings 9, To Avoid a Defeat, 231). The steady stream of American casualties suffered at the hands of the NVA made a difficult situation intolerable as American support for the war diminished with each soldier laid to rest. President Lyndon B. Johnson made a dire mistake in approving General Westmoreland’s request on to put combat boots on the ground in Vietnam, as the threat to American security had not been triggered to the point where it was worth the lives of American soldiers.…

For this assignment the class was assigned to interview two people on their personal views on spanking for behavior shaping. One person had to be in the psychology field, the other person could be whoever else. The psychological expert I interviewed was Nicole Olivas, the non-psychological expert that I choose to interview was my fiancé, Casey, mostly because I was very curious about his views on the matter, and if they aligned with my personal views. Nicole mostly talked about the results of…

When Richard Nixon took office as president of the United States of America in 1969, he was forced into a role where a small decision made would affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of men fighting in a country halfway around the globe, and the fate of a divided country. Following anti-war protests on October 14, 1969, and immediately after taking office, the new president Nixon reaffirms his stance as president of the United States, the leader of the people, through his speech titled “The…

Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist minister and social activist who was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in the United States circa mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. Through his courageous endeavors to combat the racism prevalent in American society, King played a crucial role in abolishing local segregation of African American residents in the South and further localities across the country. Furthermore, his activities led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964…

Laos and Cambodia. The United States was in Laos and Cambodia before, yet it escalated its involvement much more. The United States entered a “Secret War”, which was against a communist insurgency group called Pathet Lao in Laos. President Lyndon B. Johnson had started an involvement in Laos and through 1964-1969; the United States had released one hundred fifty thousand tons of bombs in Pathet Lao territories. Air attacks were going on while President Johnson was in office; however…

Although there are many arguments and different interpretations about when the Vietnam War started, most claim that it started on the 1st November 1955 from which the Department of Defence officially list the American deaths in Vietnam and ended in 1975 when South Vietnamese surrendered after Communist troops entered Saigon. America’s involvement in Vietnam started when US presidents promised to help countries who were threatened by Communism after the Cold War, as they wanted to try and avoid…

In this interpretation paper, I wanted to talk about “On American Motherhood” the speech President Theodore Roosevelt gave to the National Congress of Mothers in March 13, 1905. When I first read the speech, I jotted down points I either agreed, found interesting and disagree with. Everyone has their own opinion on this speech and here is my conclusion. This speech was giving in front of the National Congress of Mother and it was intended for the lower and middle class of those times. He…

In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for a seemingly routine campaign stop. When he landed, he was given the news that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Given a short period of time, Robert F. Kennedy was able to compose one of the greatest speeches in history in five minutes. I believe many people overlook the impact of this speech. Robert F. Kennedy was not given a lot of time to come up with a politically correct speech. Despite this, he was able to connect…