Organization of American Historians

once said, 'Great men write about history, greater men make history". This is statement has been prove time and time again throughout world history. Men like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made when he lead the Civil Rights Movement and helped African American secure their God given rights to be treated as equals. Mother Teresa is another great example of a person impacting history when she helped thousand who were on hard times. Another individual who left his mark on history are Martin Luther of…

The role of the women in healthcare has evolved considerably from antiquity to modernity. Whether women earned the title of nurse, doctor, caregiver or obeah women, their place in history is one of influence and silent courage. Women have been perceived as being in the shadow, or in positions of low standing in relation to that of men. They are spoken of as being the “weaker” and more docile of the sexes; yet have still managed to operate in positions of power and influence. In the struggle for…

The phenomena of social responsibility by media sector is to protect and preserve the journalistic and democratic ideals such as conducting truthful, trustworthy, comprehensive, safeguarding individual privacy and distinguishing between ideals and commercial objectives (Commission on Freedom of the Press, 1947;Peterson, 1956). Nowadays the public is more aware and monitors the transparency and criticizes the journalistic content when requires or even sometimes participates in the process as well…

racial genocide particularly against the Jews. The Jewish society was viewed as threat to the German people and government and were the reason for all illness and unsuccessfulness. One question that arises, why did Hitler despise the Jewish society? Historians hypothesize, that he passionately thought of the Jews as an “inferior race.” This was evident is governmental speeches and interviews. Hitler believed that Germans were the descendants of the Aryan Race. The Aryan Race was thought to be…

September 11 is a critical day in the American history. The violent hijacks of 9/11 changed America and the world as well politically, socially, and economically. Since the fall of the Twin Towers, America realized that it has to confront a new furious enemy called terrorism. Stacy Suver, a critic of American literature, affirms that the hijacks of September 11defined terrorism in a direct way as a kind of “communication” that intends to deliver a message about power “between the perpetrator of…

Simply put, history, regardless of the specificity, is the study of why and how things happen and the Historical Society of Kent County has dedicated nearly eight decades to the preservation of this concept. The non-profit’s headquarters is located at 301 High Street –a noteworthy building, in a respectable town, part of Maryland’s idiosyncratic eastern shore. 301 High Street, otherwise known as the Bordley House, is where one can learn about the unparalleled life of Kent County. Although Kent…

granted by most of us, but in looking at them we could better understand the present with respect to our past. In this case the Scientific Revolution was the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment, which eventually led to the French Revolution and the American Revolution. The Scientific Revolution changed people's perception of the world around them and shattered the tied between science and religion. The Scientific Revolution marked a period of monumental change…

Steven Luna Per.6/Mrs.Macintyre Compromise of the Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis marks one of the most important events not only in our country but also the United States. It is important that we define, rather explain, what the Cuban Missile Crisis was. The Cuban missile crisis was a so called “pivotal” moment in the cold war. The two great superpowers at the time (The United States and the Soviet Union) were at the brink of war. The cold war seemed to be tilting…

an acre, parcel or city block, land ownership is of vital importance because the United States is a capitalistic society. Land ownership is used to create income, develop communities, start businesses, build schools, provide social and civic organizations and most importantly, increase political power. The generational wealth of a child is closely related to that of his parents and the current economic opportunity across racial lines remains unequal. The loss of Black land ownership has…

The project was unprecedented in its information control, and historian Robert S. Norris claimed that the security measures developed to keep the secret “served as a model for the postwar system.” Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan project, had a simple aim regarding secrecy: keep knowledge from as many people…