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Martin Luther King JR. on August 28,1963, in Washington D.C was a peaceful speech for equality for all and for an end to racism. My analysis of the "I Have a Dream" speech that Martin Luther King JR. spoke shows hoe African Americans were not treated equal and that "whites" were treated better. Martin Luther King JR's speech was very heartfelt and had a lot. of meaning. The speech wasn't for publicity but for the people. Martin Luther King JR. He did not want…

source of livelihood of the northeast Ghanaian woman. She is constrained in this quest by her limited access land. In recent times lands have become fragmented because of commercialisation. Additionally, she uses rudimentary farm implements such as the hoe and in some instances the bull plough, thus, she lacks access to appropriate technology to enhance her farming activities. Culturally, the patriarchal nature of her society and the subordination she is subjected to leaves her with little or…

When English philosopher Francis Bacon was commenting on what he believed were the 3 inventions that changed the modern world, he mentioned gun powder, the compass, and the printing press. While all three have been respectively relevant throughout history, with gun powder changing the face of modern warfare; the compass evolved into the GPS and other direction giving devices. The printing press is the one invention that still stands out as one of the most positively beneficial inventions of all…

The Hero, the Monster, and the Innocent Imagine yourself going on trial for your life for sexual assault when you’re not guilty and there is no chance that the jury will take your side. Sounds scary right? Well in the book To Kill a Mockingbird this really happened. Southern Gothic literature has often commented on society’s negatives or weaknesses; it is often disturbing but realistic (Southern Gothic Literature, Jackson, pg. 1). Harper Lee brings us the book To Kill a Mockingbird. This book is…

Do you know how Thanksgiving started? Thanksgiving started in the fall of 1621 Squanto brought the settlers and the Indians together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving after growing a successful crop. Squanto was an Indian who helped the Plymouth settlers. Plymouth was established in 1620.Another colony was established named Jamestown in 1607. Although there are many differences between the two colonies the things they have in common are, had leaders for their colony, faced hardships, and both…

So it started out as a normal school day and as we were coming back from lunch we all went to the restroom and only six of us got taken. As we were using the restroom Andrew Myers, Jahzara Mckinney, Kadance Gravely, Maddox Lyons, Hayden Elliott, Kaylie Hawks and myself were pulled into the sewers and through a pipe that somehow took us to a island. We were stranded there by ourselves the island was like a forest in a way it has tall redwood trees high grass like the jungle and a beautiful…

Language, how we communicate, is powerful because it can be used to stop wars or start them. If you didn’t know the right language to use with someone or didn’t use the correct language then we would have ineffective communication. For example when groups go on mission trips or even just go out of the country for fun they have to use a translator if they don’t know the language. Why? you may ask. Well, because without the ability to speak the language the people who went out of the country are…

America, land of the free and home of the obese. Today, the United State’s obesity rate has skyrocketed causing a health crisis. Obesity is a medical condition where a person has so much body fat, it affects their health as a whole. To determine if someone is obese or not, their BMI (body mass index) is measured. BMI is a tool used to indicate if a person is underweight, overweight, or obese by measuring your body fat based on your height and weight. Obesity is generally caused by having a bad…

Another study conducted in India considered in what ways men and women behave similarly in the workplace and how they are perceived by the rest of the employees. For example, the message a simple family photograph on a work desk can mean different things for man and a woman (Kaushik N., Sharma, and Kaushik V. 92). A man with a family picture on his desk will more likely be perceived as a gentleman who cares for his family, whereas a woman with the same picture will be thought of as a less…

The area called the Great Plains covered much of the middle part of the US, stretching from Texas to Wyoming. This area received enough rain for there to be long, thick grass all over the flat land but not enough to support trees, which only grew along the banks of rivers. The land was mostly flat fields that successfully supported the animals that lived there. The Great Plains were home to many animal species including- but not limited to- bison, porcupine, deer, elk, bear, beaver, wolves, and…