Roger B. Taney

Author: Marie Gouges (7 May 1748 - 3 November 1793) was one of the first women to fight for equal rights. Although she was born Marie Gouges, she went by the name of Olympe Deauges because she did not want to be recognize as a widow when she got married and wanted to start another life in Paris with a different name that she choose from a combination of her mother and father’s name. Born in Montauban, Quercy in the south of France, De Gouges was not your typical woman. She shorty found…

Bernard “Bernie” Sanders Bernie Sanders is an American politician and currently the junior Senator of Vermont. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Bernie, born Bernard Sanders, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941. Some of Sanders’ policies include immigration, abortion, gun control and problems with racism. Throughout Bernie’s life, he has supported many controversial topics. In the 1960’s when racism was at one of it’s primes, you see Mr.…

The Vietnam War In times of war there are generally three people, the people in the war, the people watching the war, and those who don’t care. Photojournalist Larry Burrows happened to be two of those people. Larry Burrows died when his helicopter was shot down over laos while collecting photos of this gruesome war that claimed thousands of lives. Originally written January, 25th,1963 the Times article “America in Vietnam, 1963: Deeper Into War” provided a much deeper out look into the…

Edward Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 14, 1894 to Rebecca Haswell Clarke and Edward Cummings. He attended public schools in Cambridge and graduated from Harvard University where he earned a BA in 1915 and an MA in 1916 for Classical Studies and English. During World War I, because he was a conscientious objector, Cummings volunteered for the Norton-Haries Ambulance Corps as an ambulance driver in Paris, France. Five months after receiving his assignment, he…

the tragic lynching was Ida B Wells-Barnett, “There was the pioneer organizer of the crusade against lynching, an African-American woman named Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Almost alone, she rallied anti-lynching sentiment in the United States, exposing the barbarity of lynching.”(“Duluth’s Shameful” n.pag.)Wells-Barnett spoke out against lynchings and got supporters to create an anti lynching law. Since the law was passed people cannot legally lynch people anymore thanks to Ida B Wells- Barnett and her…

“So you young men and women in this room tonight, and in thousands of other rooms like this one about the earth today, have the power to change the world, rid it forever or war and injustice and suffering, provided you know how, know what to do.” On May 28, 1951 William Faulkner gave a speech to the graduating class of University High School, in this speech Faulkner enables many feelings of hope and courage for the future. He brings about a sense of confidence as well, that this generation has…

August 18, 1920: the day that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. After more than 70 years of struggle during the women’s suffrage movement, the day finally came; their goal was finally achieved. Many factors contributed to the ratification of this amendment that gave women the right to vote. Some of those factors include the Seneca Falls Convention, which started the entire movement, and the strenuous efforts of suffrage groups, such as the National Women Suffrage Association…

My entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie, was a Captain of Industry. His philanthropy, and compassion to others shows his Captain of Industry side. However he committed some Robber Baron-like acts. Notably, Mr. Carnegie assured all his workers jobs, according to Resource 2. This is a Captain of Industry- like act because it shows that he wanted to make sure his workers can support their families. In addition to what was previously stated, Mr. Carnegie erected over 2,500 public libraries according…

president’s terms and up until Lyndon B. Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of The United States, African American citizens never had the unopposed right to vote. Johnson’s speech, “We Shall Overcome”, and the Voting Rights Act he passes directly after enforces the 15th amendment and removes discrimination towards blacks at the voting booths. Johnson uses pathos, a form a rhetoric, to play on the emotions of the congress and the nation to end voting discrimination. Lyndon B. Johnson uses the…

Civil Rights Act of 1866 On April 9, 1866, the Civil Rights Act was passed affirming that all citizens are protected equally by the law. This act of legislation was the instrumental juncture in the progression of treatment of African Americans. “The Civil Rights Act of 1866 played a foundational role in our understanding of civil rights, as they have developed from the Reconstruction to the present” (Rutherglen 6). The passing of the Civil Rights Act sparked a revolution for the African race…