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example of analytical social history, that is aimed to educate other historians, women, and others interested in social history (the history of groups that might not have participated in mainstream life), the intersectionality of women’s history, and pop-culture. Ulrich’s essay uses several rhetorical devices to create a convincing argument for the existence of collaborative history and the importance of social history, within more entrenched historical norms. Particularly, she uses different…

Title It is not uncommon to hear about the heroes of the nation or the world, but many times, people look at these heroes at from a racial side. One can often hear about how certain figures transformed society, and how they look at a certain race, because of their feats. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, “Mr. Joe Louis, Help Me” by Michael Zeitler and “Why Beyoncé Speaks for a Generation” by Henry Knight reveal a truth about the past and current community as it stands. As a society,…

In the “Don’t Text and Drive” Public Service Announcement, brought to the public by 1 Hour Optical, demonstrates the dangers of texting and driving, with a focus on teens. In the beginning of the video, it is a seeming nice day as a car full of teens takes a stroll on a country road, while blasting their favorite music; when all of a sudden the driver receives a texts from their mother. The text message appearing on the screen in a familiar text bubble. The driver immediately pulls her phone…

The first descendants of black people experienced much hardship. Thousands of Africans were taken from their homeland, bound in chains, suffered through deplorable conditions as they traveled on a ship and were forced to work 12 hours a day, everyday until the day they died. Once slavery ended in 1865, black people had the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Slavery had ended, but the struggles of being black were far from finished. Despite the tremendous adversity faced from the end…

one of the most famous retellings is Charlton Heston portraying Moses in The Ten Commandments. Most recently, Christian Bale played Moses in 2014’s Exodus: Gods and Kings. According to the Daily Beast, one of the most iconic symbols of America uses icons from Moses: the Statue of Liberty. Sculptor Frederic Bartholdi “chose a Roman Goddess as his model” but used Moses iconography of the “rays of sun around her head” and “the tablet in her arms, both of which come from the moment that Moses…

of anything. He had won this reputation by winning multiple fights in his boxing career. Ali was crowned the heavyweight boxing champion of the world by knocking out his opponent in the first round. He is a legend in the world of sports and a sports icon. Ali was also known for his inspirational quotes like “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” and “The fight is won far away from the witnesses- behind the line, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”…

exhuming corpse and creating mask, clothes, with their skin. He was also the inspiration for the character of Hannibal Lector for the film The Silence of the Lambs. The novel had already gain the nation’s attention but the film made the Gein into a pop culture…

is, but she doesn’t care she goes on and continues doing what she loves to do. Dolly Parton is now 72 but she continues to perform and she’s opened her record company and has even released an album from it. She is a cultural icon, her beautiful voice has won the hearts of pop and country music fans all over the world. She’s had her troubles but she did everything she could to be the happiest woman she could…

wasn’t hard for him. Michael Jackson changed the way of music because of his voice, dancing, and fashion. Since Michael Jackson was so good at music he didn’t realize that he was changing the way of the world and he used his voiced to become a global icon. Few people attain the level of success as Princes Diana of Whales, Marilyn Monroe, and The Great Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 that is when his life started and it was in Gary, Indiana. His full name is…

printed. Maybe Warhol concluded that since the content of Saturday Disaster is more dark compared to that of soup cans, he chose to limit the amount of repetition to protect the viewer of having to see such a painful scene over-and-over again. As a pop-artist, another concept Warhol may have been trying to express through this piece via the repetition and silkscreen is the idea that in this day-in-age, the widely cultural use of machines and technology may be impinging on human’s natural…