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Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1914, in Alabama. She was an African-American Civil Rights activist. During fer lifetime, she received many accolades, including the NAACP's highest award (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Upon her death in 2005, she was the first woman to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda. Rosa's childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination. When she was young, she was taught to read by her mother. After going to school,…

American social reformer, along with Susan’s help in 1869 formed the National Woman suffrage Association.[ Anthony’s NWSA worked towards a politically independent women’s right movement and pushed for suffrage for women.] 137) Also the NWSA spread awareness among women and help them share their knowledge. The NWSA became the largest and most influential suffrage organization in the United States. Susan B. Anthony was the dominant figure of the organization from the year of its foundation to 1900…

This is especially true for the large amount of victims that are too afraid to report the assault. The students that helping to carry the mattress are an icon for the support that many people are willing to offer victims. This image is meant to signify the support that victims have and that they shouldn’t feel like it is their fault that they were sexually assaulted. It conveys that there are people who…

Demographic Scan: The sunglass industry views middle to high-class male and female millennials as the most popular segment to target. The two main reasons individuals purchase sunglasses is for the aesthetic appeal and for functional reasons. Aesthetics encompass how the sunglasses look and how they make the individual feel. More than four in ten Millennials agree that it is important to buy products that make you feel good about yourself and one in four Millennials buy products that make them…

sixty-six years, this concept of beauty has all but vanished. Today beauty comes from a social aspect, completely corrupted by money hunger companies, or the desire to be accepted. In American societies, children, teens, and young adults all have icons. Whether athletes or models, celebrities or chefs, everyone idolizes someone. Unfortunately, because of the idolization of the highest, most successful people, many young Americans have lost the true meaning of beauty and are forced to change…

What makes a poem a Black poem? The question at first blush seems absurd because of the obviousness of the answer. Understood more fully, however, this question is deeper than it appears. The heart of this query is determining defining characteristics or essential elements of African American poetry. One small sampling of college literature professors found that the most common definition of African American literature was “African American writers who wrote about black characters and the…

During the early Roman Empire period in 330 A.D. Constantine the Great became the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He relocated Rome's capital to the far east of Byzantine. He also renamed it Constantinople which was named after him. Many people called it the New Rome. Constantine gave the city a new political status of power. Byzantium’s studied from Greek and Roman culture to keep their government organized. Not knowing their empire was on a decline they were forced to divide it into Eastern…

A photograph has a lot of meaning to it, as in the article “Essay: Icons as Fast, Fiction and Metaphor” by Philip Gefter says. When we think about a historical event, we tend to think about a photograph first just like how Rosa Parks picture reminds us about the civil rights moments and equality. Gefter talks about how some photograph makes us think that we are actually in there even though we are not. There are a lot of stories, emotions behind a photograph and it is not easy to identify. We…

Olympia is a painting by Édouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon Manet depicts a nude woman positioned in a similar pose to Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” (1538) – however, instead of painting a goddess, he shows a high class prostitute, making it a mockery. The model, Victorine Meurent, was working at the time the painting was first exhibited, which may have led to a few blushes since a few of the men had likely met her before. The painting depicts a nude white woman lying on a bed…

inaugural address. The first article was “Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address Was Great” by James Poulos. This article expressed that his address was, “a great American speech.” The writer felt Trump’s incorporation of famous lines from past presidents and icons was highly remarkable. It was also stated that, “people need more that deliverance at the lowest, most primal level….to make America great again is to reorient commerce and its instruments…” Poulos feels that after Hearing Trump’s speech,…