Equal opportunity

from a nearby all white school, but had to travel an hour by car to go to an all-black school. This was happening before Brown v. Education was taken into effect, now known as a landmark in the education history of the United States. Until then, equal education for African American communities was in dire need of improvement compared to the education that white American children were receiving. Brown v. Board of Education The Brown versus…

allowed for “separate but equal” in the public eye which included public schools and public facilities. The unanimous ruling ended federal tolerance of racial segregation but in the ruling for the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Court ruled that “separate but equal” on the railroad cars confirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee equal protection. With that decision, it justified segregating all public facilities and schools. Some school district ignored Plessy’s “equal” requirements and just…

them. Showing that all things in the world are on an equal level even though we like to think we are superior. Connerton brings up the idea of forgetting old knowledge to form a new identity. Which becomes very applicable in this example, because we as humans were once primal just as everything else on this planet is. However once we evolved into the amazing beings we are today we have forgotten our roots. We as humans, were once connected and equal with everything around us trying to survive.…

This is not the case. The people are obviously upset about something, and from how they are set up in the boat gives a couple of clues. The time period that this illustration takes place is around the nineteenth century when men and women didn’t have equal rights. The man was the one in charge while the woman had to sit back and watch. This can be shown through the image by the man having control of the boat and where it goes while the woman has to sit there helpless. Although the woman doesn’t…

Troytopia is the best place for people to live in. It has the perfect living conditions, sound social systems, and excellent living state. Troytopia is set up to offer a perfect country for people to reside. Having few rules and regulation, people live free and get rid of the hedge from the conventions. The advanced social ideas, high techniques, as well as high degree of civilization in Troytopia make Troytopia a paradise for people. In addition, Troytopia pays attention to the construction of…

The Corpus Christi Times stated that Thelma White believed racial segregation in schools was a violation to the federal law and was unconstitutional towards the African Americans. She was a very brave woman who did not believed on the Separate but Equal act that was established on the court case Plessey v. Ferguson. Thelma White had a big impact on allowing African Americans to attend the same schools that White people attended. Thelma White was born on January 10, 1936 in small city in Texas…

Betrayal is hurting someone that trusts you, or showing something such as desire that is not real. Moliere uses Orgon in Tartuffe to show betrayal. Throughout the play Orgon is betrayed by Tartuffe in a variety of ways. Orgon is loyal and kind to Tartuffe by offering him friendship, shelter, and even goes as far as to offer him his daughters hand in marriage. Tartuffe fakes his friendship with Orgon for personal gain such as when he tries to take his property and send him to jail. A person’s…

In 1896, this case went to the U.S. Supreme Court and it upheld the constitutionality of segregation by the separate but equal rule. In 1892, The African American train passenger Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car; Homer Plessy was breaking a Louisiana law. Plessy took the problem case to the court and claimed the law violated the 13th and 14th amendments by treating…

In town of Akron, Ohio in the year 1851, Sojourner Truth gave a moving speech in front of the Women’s Convention. In the speech, Sojourner Truth voices her thoughts on the discrimination of women, especially as a black woman. Throughout the story, Sojourner Truth uses personal experiences and allusion to convey her message. Her speech makes a strong connection to the audience to show that racism and sexism is happening everywhere, though men are denying it. In the speech, Sojourner Truth…

Monstrosity isn’t always what is perceived on the outside. Becoming one with an animal, having animalistic tendencies, or an alter ego of a beast can be considered monstrous to society. In the poem “Why do you keep putting animals in your poems”, the man depicted in the poem is learning from the animals in the poem. He also realizes that the animalistic way of life is much simpler than the life of a human. In “Now You’re An Animal” by Mark Doty the professor goes into a studio to get his picture…