Jewish emancipation

created the Ten Point Program who were one of the first to ask for reparations for the black community. They wanted full employment for their people, decent housing, education, healthcare,land, clothing, and much more as they always wanted since the emancipation proclamation. Even though they have…

In the period 1820 to 1940, there was a large culture shock in America. During this time, there were several educational, political, economic and cultural events that took place in America including the Industrial Revolution, Abolitionist Movements, the Civil War, Immigration, and many more. As a result of these events, many cultures in and out of America were affected. Cultures in America, like the Native Americans and African Americans, went through struggles that would shape America’s future…

Vocals dripping with melancholia were the black community’s spokesmen and spokeswomen for expressing social and political issues. Artists such as Billie Holiday who sings an influential blues protest song entitled “Strange Fruit” which was written by a Jewish poet that Holiday popularized with her captivating voice. “Southern trees bear a strange fruit…strange fruit hangs from poplar trees.” The strange fruit hanging from the trees allude to the people that hang from them. The message behind the…

Legalism- A negative philosophy that humans are all bad people. He incorporated this into his laws which had harsh punishments and very little rewards. Confucianism-Based on Confucius’s thinking that a person could improve. These laws were lighter and led to education reforms improving literacy. Ban Zhao- Was a female writer who believed in Confucianism and she wanted women to become more educated to live better lives. Daoism- A belief that people shouldn’t spend time on education but finding…

the Hour.” In it, she exclaims the forthcoming fifty-ninth minute of society is upon us and that “Man trained by the church from infancy that woman is secondary and inferior to him, made for him, to be obedient to him, the same idea permeating the Jewish and all Christian churches, all social, industrial and educational life, all civil and religious institutions, it is no subject of astonishment, if one gives a moment’s thought, that woman’s political enfranchisement is so long delayed” (Dangers…

to America was famine. Peasants were forced to work on lands and were treated somewhat like slaves. They were not allowed to freely move within Russia and were denied the ability to migrate to a new country. This changed in the 1861 when the Emancipation Manifesto was created which granted peasants the ability to…

convened under Paganism. The Paganism is anyone who follows all nature-oriented or earth worshipping god and goddess religions. As defined in the American Heritage Dictionary a Pagan is “a practitioner of any of the non-Christian, non-Muslim, or non-Jewish religions, typically holding a polytheist or pantheist doctrine, philosophy, or creed”. (1) Pagan –comes from the Latin word pagani or paganus, means “hearth or home dweller’’ referring as a country person. Practicing Wicca religion is done…

Thus, the law must protect both the owner and the slave from any peril. The laws were also designed to replace the social controls of slavery that were removed from the Emancipation Proclamation and to keep African Americans in poverty. (2) Unfortunately, along with what was listed above, it was meant to assure that White supremacy was still enforced. These laws also came with some legal rights: in court their testimony was…

Analysis Paper 2: “Big Enough to be Inconsistent” Big Enough to be Inconsistent, written by George M. Fredrickson, was a very insightful reading about Lincoln’s personal character. Overall, the author argued that Lincoln has many versions of himself which depends on the person judging him. Fredrickson also says that we must analyze Lincolns decisions in the light that they were made. In his objective writing, Fredrickson shocked me on this highly sensitive social topic. Although slavery and…

the Japanese were able to spend an astronomical amount of money on weapons during the war than Russians were because Japan were allied with the British. One of the popular investment on Japan at that era was confirmed by Jacob Schiff, who was the Jewish-American financier. He arranged more than $200 millions as loans for the Japanese to increase…