President of South Africa

I believe Black Boy should be taught in high schools in 2016 because it teaches to students the grueling way Black people were treated in the Jim Crow South and how to persevere no matter the circumstances. In the 1880’s Jim Crow laws were put into place to enhance racial segregation throughout the South. The laws took away any benefits that were given to African Americans and aimed to segregate black and white people in society. In Wright’s Story, these profound laws made life hard for Richard…

It is obvious that there is a great deal of difference between being international and being cosmopolitan. All good men are international. Nearly all bad men are cosmopolitan. If we are to be international we must be national. And it is largely because those who call themselves the friends of peace have not dwelt sufficiently on this distinction that they do not impress the bulk of any of the nations to which they belong. International peace means a peace between nations, not a peace after the…

Have you ever wondered how to try to get rid of injustice in this world? Well, it’s almost impossible, but some people did try. Both Mandela and Gandhi attempted. Mandela changed from a prisoner to a president. Dramatic change right? Yes. Well, they strove to change the world for freedom rights. Some similarities that Mandela had in common with Gandhi was that they both tried to find peace, both learned the meaning of courage, and they both got scared at some point in their lives. That’s not all…

Leah Webster World Civilizations Dr. Turpin 13 November, 2014 Guns, Germs, and Steel At the beginning of this book, Diamond travels to New Guiana and encounters Yali, a local politician, and was asked “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guiana, but we black people had little cargo of our own” (Diamond, 14)? Although this was considered a somewhat simple question, Diamond had no answer for it. In “Guns, Germs and Steel” Diamond focuses on answering…

Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty. South Africa bargained for truth by granting amnesty to individuals in exchange for a full disclosure relating to the crimes they committed. Additionally, the individuals seeking amnesty had to plead guilty and accept total responsibility for their actions. Regardless, the granting of amnesty brought forth controversy. Many people thought that to grant amnesty was to sacrifice justice. Compared to the black South Africans who were heavily involved…

Great Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is located near Lake Mutirikwi and close to the Chimanimani Mountains in Africa. I’ve learned of many different expression of their culture. Economic Great Zimbabwe While I was visiting there i found out that the country is considered the central of gold and trading. Political Great Zimbabwe The trade of gold is not the only thing that made Great Zimbabwe prospure. The trade of cattle and…

William Kamkwamba, is a young boy who was born in Malawi, in South-eastern Africa, loved to learn. William has had a hard life, he lives in a small African village with about ten houses, all made of mud bricks and long grasses and painted the same color: white. The village had some power but it turned off at 7pm. William lived with his mother, father, and six sisters. The Kamkwamba family didn’t have much money, their income was based on their farm and what they could sell after feeding their…

The video we watched was about the sixtieth anniversary of Emmett Till being murdered in Mississippi. A fourteen year old boy named Emmett Till from Chicago was murdered when he went to Mississippi to visit his cousins. During the time of his murder there was at least 500 lynches know to have occurred in Mississippi. During one of his days of his visit him and his cousins went to a general store. Emmett whistled at a white women not knowing how dangerous it was going to be for his life. Two…

oldest giraffe on record was forty years of age when she was euthanized due to health issues. Today there are around 80,000 giraffes living and they are far from being endangered. These fascinating animals roam fifteen countries on the continent of Africa. The gestational age for giraffes is fourteen months. Giraffes give birth standing up and the newborn calf must fall five feet to the ground during this process. The umbilical cord is only three feet long and will break during the fall.…

Some children in Africa do not have the right to an education, so if someone asks if they have never been able to have an education some people will say yes, but in Africa it is not like that. That is right because in America they have the right to education and food. In Africa children have to work for what they have, some parents even work extra to provide for their kids. The children in Africa have many problems like poverty, health, children and aids, education, child abuse, child marriage,…