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The statutes listed in Virginia Regulates Sex Among Servants, Slaves, and Masters, 1642-1769 comment on the seemingly inextricable bonds between gender, an age old social construct that in itself entailed a great deal of restrictions in earlier centuries, and race, with the notion of colonial racial hierarchy being fueled by skewed ideology among whites when coupled with the developing slave culture of the south. A society already polarized by the supremacy of the male sex and traditional…

Change is the only constant in America and the Supreme Court has the power to change American’s minds. The Supreme Court cases Plessy versus Ferguson and Brown versus Board of Education are landmark cases that have sent precedent for the United States. The case Plessy versus Ferguson supported and encouraged segregation in the late 1800s. The case Brown versus Board of Education rejected this doctrine when an African-American child was declined admission into a white only school. These two cases…

Of course, Beauregard would not have this and asked his friends to petition Davis to have him regain his position, but Davis was still angry and Pierre and quoted "If the whole world were to ask me to restore General Beauregard to the command which I have already given to General Bragg, I would refuse it." (Davis). Davis Assigned Beauregard back at Charleston and was given control of coastal defenses replacing John C. Pemberton. Beauregard was not too happy about this and felt as though he…

Danny Glover once stated, “When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf and the floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans, it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). In the wake of this darkness, Hurricane Katrina proved to America that as a nation, there was no way to prepare for a disaster of this size. As the winds raged on and the waters crashed against the coast, ultimately drowning out around 80% of the state, Hurricane Katrina proved to be more than…

In the middle of the 20th century, countries such as Britain, Germany and U.S.S.R used imagery propaganda posters in wars. Those posters were used to make change inside people’s mind and to motivate or to share the awareness for them about the wars. As it shows, most of the posters have message related to the war and from that prospective it is obvious the propaganda was made to put confidence in people’s heart and the fear in the enemy’s lines. The way that those images were used to make the…

Kate Chopin herself once said “She had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.” This quote fully embodies who Kate Chopin was and what she iconically stood for. Chopin was the unheard of female writer of her time. She was a woman a wrote about women - an astounding concept. Although presumably more well-thought of now than during her time, Chopin’s works were recognized among some of the most prestigious publications and organizations (Clark) -- that was until she wrote the…

Background The case started back on May 20, 2005, in which a man by the name of Jerry Jackson had called the police after discovering what looked like a mannequin floating in the Grand Marais Canal in Jennings, Louisiana. Reporter Ethan Brown from Matter interviews Jackson and found out that the reason he called the police was because the mannequin was attracting flies, which it normally does not do. After the police were contacted, they arrived at the scene and found out the body belonged to…

followed by a dark stripe that ran down either side of the body, with points of pigment reaching up to the midline in six places but never getting there, after which the last four crossbands on the tail were also complete. A specimen found in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana by Ernest A. Liner, had a similar striped pattern, with only the first and last two crossbands being…

In 1904, Chopin was found dead. Doctors assumed that she had suffered from a cerebral, brain hemorrhage. Barbara Ewell, the woman who wrote about Chopin, after her death, expressed many different opinions of Chopin. According to friends and family, Chopin seemed to be one of the most wittiest, remarkable women, out there. She was not very tall, a little plump and had long, wavy, brown hair. She went grey beyond her years, and had sharp, piercing, brown eyes. She had a very quiet manner, and was…

Lesane Parish Crooks was born June 16 1971 then later renamed to Tupac Shakur. This rapper, actor, poet was also known as 2Pac and Makaveli. Growing up he attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, while there he took acting classes and dancing classes. He grew up the son of Black panther activists and was raised by his mother Afeni Shakur. As she was pregnant with Tupac, she was in jail for multiple charges including bombing charges. He started his career as a backup dancer for the hip hop…