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by James Baldwin, “Sonny Blues” tells of a story of blues musical style and its relation to African-American discrimination. Located in the northern part of Manhattan New York, Blues became popular in the Harlem district during the 1920’s. An African American community, Harlem is not only home to promising artists but also a haven for drugs and gangs. In a time of racial hatred, Harlem introduced a never before heard musical style in form of blues. Along with racial and political issues, the aim…

the New World looking for new possibilities, freedom, and a place to settle and become an established, respectable land. Starting in the early 1600’s, the Virginia Company wanted a settlement in America. The Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland first established the town of Jamestown. “Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America” (Grymes). As for the New…

that fishing and hunting has in New York is easily seen in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-associated report. This report states that in 2006, a total of 1.2 million resident sportsmen in New York spent $5 million a day for an annual total of $1.8 billion. This amount of money definitely has an economic impact on the state of New York as well as an impact on many lives. The 1.2 million resident sportsmen in New York were responsible for…

How Misinterpretation of the Bible Helped the Justification of the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of expeditions undertaken by Christian holy men in the hopes of delivering holy places from Islamic tyranny (Douglas J. Potter). The popes felt that Europe should be under Christian unity, and the pressure that they felt from the Byzantine Empire threatened said unity, so they decided to send troops of men to free the land of the Byzantine Empire once again for the Christians. One would think…

Misconduct in News Media News media has evolved for almost thirty-five years because of Internet usage, leaving a great milestone in world history; now advanced in technology, social media has pulled itself in the world of news media, giving a window to viewers to read and reflect on news media without even knowing it. However, according to Tim Graham, social media has been put in a harsh spot because of the inaccuracy of sources within stories. In Paul Farhi’s “Why Everyone (It Seems) Hates the…

What was contained in this statement is the Students’ disillusionment with society that they had inherited and their determination to build a new political system. The Free Speech Movement is a period of time where students challenged campus police, occupied administration offices, and participating in strikes. Nearly three quarters of the Berkeley students participated in the Free Speech Movement…

Have you ever heard of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Well if you haven 't, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, “PTSD is a serious potentially debilitating condition that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a natural disaster, serious accident, terrorist incident, sudden death of a loved one, war, violent personal assault such as rape, or other life-threatening events. Research has recently shown that PTSD among military personnel may be a…

evidence of the Holy Spirit during the baptism, while he, as a son of an enslaved family, rejected Parham’s white supremacy. Lugo followed this idea of speaking in tongue and spread Seymour’s statement: the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was ushering in a new age that made everyone level at the foot of the cross[ Gaston Espinosa, Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University press, 2014), 33.]. The sacred assistance and theoretical argument then…

The first New England colonies, which included Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, were all founded in the 17th century, beginning with the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. All but New Hampshire were founded as havens for various religious groups, including Puritans, Separatists, and Quakers. New Hampshire, on the other hand, was distinctive because it was formed primarily for economic reasons. In 1620, the Pilgrims first came to the Plymouth Colony to establish their own…

of people getting together to promote a good cause. In Ephesians, a church can be defined as a group of apostles, evangelists, or prophets who has a spiritual purpose of preparing God's people for service until all reach unity in the faith of God (New International Version, Eph. 4:11-13). Since many modern churches focus on their outward appearances, they neglect this responsibility of ministering to those in need and become more ungodly than they ever intended to be. Many people today recognize…