Denis Johnson

Article: 1965 1965 the war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they continue to lose more men , at the same time the Anti-War movement grows and on November 13th 35,000 march on Washington as a protest against the war. There is also civil unrest with rioting, looting and arson in Los Angeles. This was also the first year mandated health warnings appeared on cigarette packets and smoking became a no no. The latest craze in kids toys…

Q 1: Mr. Caputo, why did you enlist in the army to serve in Vietnam? A: I enlisted because I was convinced/influenced since I was young that joining the military was 'patriotic' and that I should serve my country for the greater good. I was also heavily influenced by President Kennedy's inauguration speech: 'Do not ask what your country can do for you, rather ask your country what you can do for it.' Q 2: How did you feel about the involvement of the U.S. in this war? A: Initially, I just…

Born in 1941. Bernie Sanders started out his political career in the early 70’s but wouldn’t come to actually hold a political office until 1981 when he won mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s biggest city by a mere 10 votes. Bernie ran as an independent and winning the race was a big shock for many knocking off a six-term local mayor. I chose to do this paper on Bernie Sanders because, over the last 6 years I have become heavily interested in the political state of this country and world. The…

statistics of the American society, America isn’t completely fair. Minorities are treated unfairly compared to white people. Minorities such as African American are deny the opportunities to shine and accomplish things. Like what President Lyndon Johnson once said “You do not take a person, who for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still believe that you have been…

Opposing Forces The people in the military is the weaker force in the documentary and the society is the stronger force. The weakness in the society is become vulnerable if the military stops taking care of them here in American by going other countries to fight. The goal of the weaker is survive and come back home after being expose to war. Signifiers The first signifier is the large amount of pictures with messages that were in the walls after 9/11 attack. This means that the other people were…

I was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally named Michael King Jr, but later changed it to Martin. I am both a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, I would like to believe I have a seismic impact on race relations in the United States. It all began in the 1950’s. Among many efforts, I headed to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through my activism, I would like to have the idea that I played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American…

Out of The Blue: The Search for Truth The question has existed since man has walked the earth; are we left to exist in the universe alone? In this review, I will explore Mr. James Fox’s approach to this question and whether I think Mr. Fox has any validity in his documentary with the evidence he puts forth. Our journey starts with the Drake equation formulated by astronomer and astrophysicist Dr. Frank Drake in 1961, which states that there are 10,000 communicative civilizations in the milky way…

In order to truly understand the history of an era, one must first gain a sense of the people who lived it. In the introduction to their book The Century, Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings wisely note that experience, not the simple act of memory, constitutes a living history. They also observe that true history is not made up of the noted people but from the unknown masses. During the years between 1960s and 1970s society experienced great loss and pride. The Vietnam War, the Kennedy…

The air was electric, waiting for a reaction to the obvious. They were all there as promised. Lining the streets, crawling through cracks in the pavement, like dandelions – bold and unappealing. They were poised, minds set in protest. It was the war that was why they were all there. To stand against the waves of pain evaporating off the country’s decisions. Vietnam. That was their reason, a protest, standing against war and pain. Against all the suffering that comes with combat. So they all…

Why Affirmative Action is Wrong Jack has just sent in an application to work in electrical engineering, he made the best grades in college, is the most qualified, and has five more years of experience than every other applicant. However, he gets denied because of the required quotas of Affirmative Action. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy used Executive Order number 10925 put Affirmative Action into place. This required contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are…