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The Central Park Five chronicles the wrongful conviction of five African-American and Hispanic teenagers from Harlem, who were falsely accused and later convicted of brutally raping and inhumanely beating a white woman in New York’s beloved Central Park. Ken Burns, the director, seeks redress to prove the innocence of the completely dehumanized five, who were held accountable of a brutal crime by cruel detectives and prosecutors. Ken Burns uses archival footage, interviews and camera shots as…

In the last few decades, with the rapid availability of the Internet and world-wide online games network, video games popularity has been growing tremendously. According to research by the Entertainment Software Association, in 2015, 155 million American play video games, which is almost half of the population. Video games have been said to be the cause of many problems in teens: bad academic result, aggressive behavior, strain relationship with friends and family… Therefore, in the past,…

History Will Absolve Me: Fidel Castro Jessie O. Santana Modern Latin America May 6, 2016 The Cuban Revolution of the late 1950s started the political turmoil that would eventually spread throughout Latin America. Cuba served as one of the wealthiest, most prominent, and most educated societies of Latin America. The close proximity of the United States, its huge investments in the Cuba, and the most powerful dictator of the Caribbean in control, Cuba appeared to be an unlikely country…

incredible," he said of his most recent All-Starr Band, which wrapped a 21-show 2016 U.S. visit show with the sold-out homecoming show at the Greek. The lineup highlights guitarist-vocalist lyricist Todd Rundgren, Toto guitarist-artist Steve Lukather, Santana keyboardist-artist Gregg Rolie, bassist Richard Page, saxophonist-percussionist Warren Ham and drummer…

Exhibit Review I decided to visit the “Making Music Modern, Design for Ear and Eye” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art a.k.a. MoMa. The MoMa is located in west midtown New York and was founded in 1929 for the soul purpose of exhibiting the best modern art. The MoMa houses many types of modern art such as paintings, architecture, and sculptures. It allows the public to experience existing styles and creations, and perceive art in a non-historical sense. The public gets to see creations for what…

the movie American Me, a film that gives a “fictionalized account” of the Mexican Mafia’s rise to power in the California federal penitentiary system from the 1950s to the 1980s, focuses on a Latino mafia. The film describes the journey of Montoya Santana, a young man from East Los Angeles, who becomes the leader of a powerful prison gang while serving time for murder. This film sets a perfect example how many negative stereotypes come to play. After viewing films like American Me, people…

against the law for a police officer to shoot an unarmed suspect in the back. Officer Slager lied in the original police report stating Mr. Scott reached for Officer Slager’s taser. This was proved to be false when the video from eyewitness Feidin Santana was released and showed Mr Scott fleeing and being shot in the back eight times. The video shows Officer Slager planting his taser on Mr Scott 's person. This is a deliberate act of police brutality. The events that occurred in this instance…

“I stumbled upon the philosopher’s stone, I had the veil of illusion pulled back, and was confronted by the levels of energy and many realms of consciousness which were available to man. I opened the Pandora’s box of multiple realities.”- Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary was a very important person in the psychedelic culture of San Francisco, California in the 1960’s. I would like to focus this essay on the music and culture, as I personally enjoy these things and the music to this very day. No…

Many people already know where they stand in the continuous debate about immigration in the United States. It is a debate that has sparked endless controversy, especially during the race to win the two-thousand sixteen presidential election. There are Americans on both sides of the debate and their opinions range from introducing a more accessible immigration policy, to building a wall to keep people out of the United States. However, behind all the sensation and political dispute lies a serious…

Contributions of immigrants in the United States. Immigrants are being part of this country since early 1800s and till this day they have contribute to forged what is call now United States of America. Today the Hispanic population in the United Sates has grown to almost 20% of our entire population. With African Americans being almost 13%. Despite the competition for jobs, many Irish immigrants supported and became leaders of union efforts, maybe because they…