Memphis, Tennessee

10 Sights You Have To See In Tennessee It has the most visited national park in the country. It is home to one of the most famous whiskey brands in the world. And it is the final resting place of one of the 20th century’s most significant cultural icons. Just where exactly is this place? Nestled among the Smoky Mountains of the southeastern United States lies the state of Tennessee. Known primarily for its country music, the state has many fun things to do and see (whether you’re a fan of…

In a small run-down motel room, with the sound of rain hitting the window, sits a tired man. “I’ve seen the promise land," he says. Despite including powerful words of a strong leader, the play The Mountaintop is disappointing. The play, The Mountaintop written by American playwright Katori Hall, performed at the Cleveland Playhouse, is based off what could have happened between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Mountaintop speech and his assassination. All taking place in his Lorraine Motel room. No…

When the blues was first produced, it was grown out of a tradition of sorrow songs from the slavery period; songs that spoke about the African American soul during conflicting times. Several writers have identified the blues as a multifaceted concept that can be defined through the lens of the traditional, black conservative politics; the white liberal ideology; and through the secularization of the traditional religious ideology. The blues created an era when African American could air their…

[Name of the Writer] [Name of the Instructor] [Subject] [Date] Malcolm/Martin Debate Position Paper The starting point was when both the influential speakers realized that Black Americans were not given equal rights and opportunities and they teamed up for their rights. The two influential and strong political leaders with huge followership argued about their religious as well as social viewpoints. Malcolm X claimed to be a Muslim leader according to his religious views, but he was not in the…

When people believe something is wrong, they will usually complain about it but it takes a special kind of person to effectively stand up for what they believe in. When people stand up for what they believe in, in a provocative way we call it radical. Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were two very important people who stood up for what they believed in and they did so in powerful ways. They both addressed their problems in similar ways by writing letters in order to get their…

20th Century America. The blues commenced in the deep south like Delta Mississippi, known as the land where blues had began. Beale Street in Memphis known as the home of the blues. Afro Americans in the south who were alienated and mistreated, wrote…

1540, where they wintered again. Upon the arrival of spring, they began marching, this time taking a more northwest route. In May 1541, de Soto spotted an enormous river, the great Mississippi, slightly south of the area that is now known as Memphis, Tennessee (First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States 1492-1570, 88). Upon seeing this, he ordered his men to stop. They built rafts and barges and crossed the river, marching east for the next ten months…

almost every movie a Titan is a phenomenal character or object. Like mention before, the kids from Remember the Titans wanted to prove what their team name stood for and they did. Another scenario of this is the actual professional football team, the Tennessee Titans. The players on that team are big, strong athletes that want to prove they are like the Greek Titans. There are many more people out there that want to show how immortal and knowledgeable they really are, just like the titans. The…

First off, I want to start by thanking you both for raising me to be the man I am today and always pushing me to go beyond my limits to succeed. But, now that I am transitioning into a young adult and starting college, my workload and daily schedule have altered from what they were in high school. With that being said, I am writing you both to ask that you let me quit my job that I have had since high school. I have brought up this topic to you guys on a couple of occasions and it just turns…

The 1920’s were a time when American culture exploded and ultimately transformed America from a young country to a world power. The American values of individualism and democracy were neither completely enhanced or diminished by modernity because while many strides were made to improve these qualities, the pre-World War I sentiment of reform was destroyed. All of the destruction caused by World War I scared the American people enough to halt the era of reformation and actually did diminish…