Richards

Like all presidents of the United States, Richard M. Nixon left behind a legacy. His diplomatic relations with China and the Soviet Union benefitted the United States in many ways. However, the Watergate scandal marred Nixon’s presidency and clouded over all the good that he had done for the country. If placed on a scale, Nixon’s successes would definitely outweigh his failures. Nixon’s actions concerning the United States’ foreign policy proved to be beneficial. During his administration,…

mere thought of not getting something we desire and therefore not eating. But for Richard in the book Black Boy written by Richard Wright, hunger is much more than that. Richard suffered physical hunger in which he doesn't have any food to eat. Yet he also experiences mental and emotional hunger is which he wants to be noticed. This autobiography shows what hunger is like to Richard and what he does to end it. Richard is constantly battling physical hunger. When his father leaves him, his…

The Watergate Scandal was a situation in which Richard Nixon intercepted information in which he was not allowed to obtain.The speech that Richard Nixon gave about the Watergate Matter, as well as the speech that Vice President Gerald Ford gave, both serve the same purposes. These purposes were to appease the public, to announce the President’s resignation of office, and to allow President Nixon apologize to the public. This subject greatly displeased the public and caused many people to…

Richard the Third is a monumental piece of history for more than just being the last king of York. Richard died in the battle of Bosworth Field and is known as one of the top fighters of his time. However, years later when a team of anthropologists and archaeologists finally found his lost remains they came across an unbelievable discovery; Richard had extreme scoliosis. Scoliosis is a disease that damages the curvature of the spine leading to other health complications. Richard’s form of this…

Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California and attended Whittier College then Duke University School of Law before joining a law firm in his hometown. He first started in the House of Representatives in 1946 then moved on to being Vice President for eight years for President Eisenhower (Richard-Foundation), but we all know him as the 37th president of the United States serving from 1969 to 1974. He first ran for president in 1960, but lost to John F. Kennedy by…

On the surface King Richard II seems a straightforward depiction of an unfit King’s steady stream towards being deposed. Shakespeare’s lack of favoritism gives a documentary point of view, yet commotional drama of a daytime soap opera. Shakespeare’s elegant style leaves some doubt for the reader to be ‘all in’ with Bolingbroke taking over despite his heroic attributes and the follies of Richard. The play opens with King Richard’s continuing follies: covers up his Gloucester’s assassination,…

also represents the political scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency and caused him to resign. However, he did not resign on his own, he resigned following impeachment charges brought against him. This left many wondering whether Nixon could actually be impeached by Congress for his crimes. Impeachable offenses are outlined in the United States Constitution article 4 section 2. Under the US Constitution the allegations against Richard Nixon were enough to have him impeached. The…

Richard Wright’s book, Black Boy, focuses on the struggle for identity, hunger, and equality of his younger self in the Deep South. In the early 1900’s the South was a place of racial prejudice, unfairness, and distaste; African Americans could be punished or killed for looking at a white women the wrong way. Lynching, beatings, and arrests occurred during this time period were common without any punishment to the Caucasian Americans. Richard Wright uses his writing to free his self from the…

Richard Wright was an excellent author in the 1930’s. He wrote about hunger, poverty, race, prejudice, and various protest movements. Many of Wright’s characters were a product of their background; angry and uneducated. He was an author, a journalist, and a poet, but his best known works are “Black Boy” and “Native Son”. His friend, James Baldwin, was also a writer during this time as a novelist and essayist. He wrote about race, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and many other…

Weir digs into the murder of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, in the 1994 book The Princes in the Tower. She intends to inform, convince, and entertain her readers. Weir begins the book by referencing other books on the topic of the murders. She states that these writers fall into two categories. Many believe that Richard III committed the cruel murders, and others believe that Richard III is innocent, and that he should be praised. Weir states that mistakes…