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The Last of the Term Redskin Sports teams give cities and people a sense of pride like no other. Sounds of fans cheering for their teams represent the pride of the city or town, but what if instead of a prideful name, fans were cheering and screaming for an offensive team name such as the Washington Redskins. Mascots that fans know and love make the games more exciting for fans, but if that mascot is offensive, there is no reason to be cheering for such a team. The same idea goes for the team’s…

In Washington, D.C. on August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King gave one of the most well known rhetorical inspired speeches in all of history. King’s speech titled “I Have A Dream” was presented to not only negroes but to all white Americans, in order for him to promote the central idea of equality. Due to the huge audience, King had to make sure his speech was persuasive to all black and white Americans. He achieved this by including civil rights problems that involved rhetorical devices like…

Ross Ifland Mr. Traughber English 9 May 20, 2015 Abraham Lincoln When people think of an American hero the first people that should stick out is some of our political leaders. One of the most famous political leaders today is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, he is known for the Gettysburg Address, and getting rid of slavery for he was the president of the union during the Civil war. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was born in a…

“I honor the human race. When it faces life head-on, it can almost remake itself (Roosevelt, Foreword).” This is a very accurate quote from the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that describes herself personally. Everything she did, she did full-heartedly, devotedly that she remade how the position of First Lady should be. She was remembered as not only the wife of the 32nd president of the United States, but also as a fiercely loyal activist, a fair spokeswoman, and the kind-hearted First Lady of…

most simple, but influential speeches ever given. The author of the “I Have a Dream” is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was known for his work during the Civil Rights era, in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Dr. King gave this speech behind a podium in Washington D.C. on August 28th 1963. The reason or purpose for Dr. King giving this speech was to inspire and motivate change in both white and black citizens of the United States, during the Civil Rights era. Furthermore, the exception of the speech is that…

their jobs to the ordinary citizens who gave their lives for strangers, they became our brothers' and sisters' keepers. Jim Wallis, a Christian writer and political activist, wrote in the Huffington Post that “in Washington, people fled from downtown D.C., walking and running right past our house, and gathered to pray at places such as Sojourners' office. Joy, his wife, helped Luke, his son, set up a little water station, as people frantically rushed by our house.” this shows that America does…

Naiqing Zhou Professor Jonathan Keeperman WR 39B 15 March 2015 CRRP On September 11th, 2001, four terrorist attacks happened in New York City and the Washington D.C. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger airlines and fly into buildings. The twin towers collapsed within two hours because two Boeing 767 airplanes hit the WTC towers. The third plane was flown into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The series of four suicide attacks brought huge…

if the memorial isn’t built in a environment that connects with that memorial, then the vibe gets ruined when trying to pay respects to the environment. For example, in source E, demonstrates a Holocaust museum being built in the mall at Washington, D.C. which is an ideal place to put a Holocaust museum because this museum will fit in with all the other monuments and memorial in washington. Not only that, but source G, displays a memorial in its own area, with the names of people that are lost…

“I Have A Dream” speech was delivered on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., by Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech reflected on the Emancipation Proclamation: a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It purported to change the federal legal status, which was complexed of crooked white supremacist; the proclamation was mean to remove more than three million African-American enslaved people in order for them to…

The Electoral College is the system used to elect the president and vice president of the United States to office. The system awards a number of electoral votes to each state based on the population of the State. Each party with a candidate selects a number of men and women to be an electorate. Majority of states will have all their votes go to one candidate or the other in order to strengthen the voting power of the state. A candidate needs to have majority of the electoral votes in order to…