Emancipation Oak

I. Introduction A. Thesis: this paper addresses the issue as to whether certain forms of graffiti that come above the level of the street art, like the work of Banksy, should and legally can be protected from distraction and alteration. B. The definitions of the critical terms: 1. What is graffiti? 2. What is street art? 3. Define guerrilla art (which is a hybrid of street art and graffiti?) C. My example is Banksy. Why is Banksy’s art is being representative of…

The Plumb Bob has stood at the atrium of SIUE, at the Goshen Lounge for more than 50 years. It was created by one of the most prestigious and well renowned artists named Yasuhide Kobashi.in the year 1967. It was placed in the Goshen Lounge as a graceful decoration of the lounge after its construction was completed. The sculpture sits on a space that was designed to specifically complement the beauty and size of the work of art. The nature and environment of the sculpture allows it to move along…

Charles Coughlin was a controversial priest and a radio operator during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Coughlin influenced many people and had millions tuning into his weekly shows. He influenced many people and gave them hope. Coughlin was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on October 25, 1891 (Father Coughlin). His father, Thomas J. Coughlin, was an Indian born Great Lake seaman. His mother, Amelia Mahoney, was a seamstress. Charles Coughlin was an only child. Coughlin went to Catholic schools,…

“Soldier's Home” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that shows the post-war effects on a person and how they try to adjust back into their lives as it was before they left. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 21, 1899. After finishing high school Hemingway volunteered as an ambulance driver in World War I. While serving he was wounded on an Italian war front. After the war he took his first hand experiences and wrote them into several of his books. At the age of 62…

Richard Learoyd is a British photographer, born 1966 – present, who utilizes a particular photographic processes called camera obscura, Latin translation “dark room,” to create his works of art. Learoyd designed and built his own room-sized portable camera obscura which sits adjacent to room his subject possess – separated by a singular lens. During this process, light falls upon the subject and is instantly fixated onto the photographic paper, no negative is produced. Learoyd’s approach to the…

African Americans by making them pay for land and tools, and in some cases, family members. Families had been split up numerous times by the slave trade and following the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the war, family members often went in search of each other. In some cases, when slaves would leave after the Emancipation Proclamation took place, they would be forced to leave their family members, including children behind, as Rebecca Parsons had to. But the unfair treatment didn’t…

evident that one of the personal qualities that Lincoln possessed was faith. This faith guided him in important or difficult decisions that needed solved. An example of one of these unpopular decisions was the issue of slavery and the signing of the emancipation proclamation. During the time of the civil war, there was resistance from both the…

talk about the issue of slavery. The abolitionism was a movement to end slavery, and the argument was founded on the Declaration of Independence and Preamble of the Constitution. The final reason on why the thirteenth amendment was created was the Emancipation Proclamation. It was proposed by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in the Southern states, so the Confederates could no longer use them to support the army in the field. Though prior to the Civil war, the first draft of the thirteenth…

In Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, James McPherson discusses not only the many changes wrought upon the United States because of the Civil War, but also the ways in which President Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in the carrying out of these changes. When Lincoln gave his inaugural address, he spoke only of the Union, but by the time he gave his infamous Gettysburg address, he spoke only of a united nation (McPherson, viii). A nation he united through “revolution”—a complete…

Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, is about unveiling the side of President Lincoln that is not told in today’s history books and is overlooked by the monumental Lincoln legend. DiLorenzo’s book exposes the myths that made the Civil War seem vague. DiLorenzo is an American economics professor at Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business. He has written many other books regarding mostly history subjects.…