Slum

The Gilded Age was defined as the time in America as the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealing’s and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives. This time had major roles in the development of the country. Entrepreneurs used this time to meet the demands that were needed and help grow the nation. However, during this time the economy was torn between the two…

only lightly. Just 15 percent of those displaced by the slum clearance program were relocated in the Title I or Title III units intended to replace the lost housing. Moses initially favored consortiums of small private developers, who often failed miserably, and it was the big players, such as William Zeckendorf and Herbert Greenwald, who eventually pulled the program out of trouble. Title I was not primarily a housing program; it was for slum clearance, and it was often used to clear land for…

merely entertaining the idea that he may be wrong, as far as he is concerned, the evidence points right at the boy. The final and perhaps most biased juror we are introduced to, is juror number three. While he did not grow up with "them" in the slums, he had his own personal experience with kids and violence, as he accidentalty lets slip: "It's the kids. The way they are—you know? They don't listen. (Bitter) I've got a kid. When he was eight years old, he ran away from a fight. I saw him. I…

buildings had been looted an set on fire, leaving the total damage cost at over $100 million. King wanted to help his people everywhere, not just in the South. So in January of 1966, King and his wife move into a slum in Chicago to start a campaign that would hopefully put an end to all the slums. What he saw when he got there shocked him. The people were violent, both the whites and blacks. Rioting happened frequently, and it never ended well. King was helpless against the rioters; they…

Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu on August 26th 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia and she was the youngest of three children (Spink, 1997). Her parents were originally from Albania, but settled in Yugoslavia, which at the time was formerly known as Macedonia and was an unstable land (Spink, 1997). When it came to her personal life, Mother Teresa was always secretive, and thus most of the information provided about her childhood and discussed below comes from…

4.0 CHENNAI FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES The mitigation measures have to address flood avoidance, flood tolerance, and flood resistance in an integrated way. The measures that are implemented and the new measures to be developed are meant to control causative factors like uncontrolled urban sprawl, loss of natural drainage, the inadequacy of the storm water drainage system, lack of maintenance of existing systems, increase in impervious surfaces and lack of coordination between stakeholders…

Growing up in Harlem in 1972 is not easy as an African American, not to mention a woman as well. “The Lesson” is a short story written by Toni Bambara that retells her adolescent years of growing up in Harlem and spending her summers learning from Miss Moore, the only woman to attend college in the neighborhood. Because Miss Moore attended college, the parents of the children see it fit for her to watch over them during the summer. She teaches the children an array of subjects, but in the story…

Inside the Workings of Mr. Rogaum Theodore Dreiser’s “Butcher Rogaum’s Door” is a short story detailing the accounts of a protective father and his young daughter in New York’s rougher part of town. Butcher Rogaum is dissected emotionally at the climax of the story. The synopsis is that even the hardest candy shell of a person can be melted down or broken from heart- wrenching experiences that affect our closest loved ones through life lessons. The main character, Rogaum’s tough love in the end…

Water is dripping from the corner of the tent and people are trying to get warm in the slum. Who wants their family sleeping in these conditions? “Camping for Their Lives” by Scott Bransford points out that the tent city is a good community for homeless people but they need better facilities. He uses appeal to emotion effectively, techniques to persuade the reader and interviews to support his argument, but he does not provide enough information about maintenance the weaker side. This article…

The American Dream is freedom given to every person in America, no matter their race, gender, culture, religion, or beliefs and an equal chance at prosperity. The Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, is an African American family living in the 20th century in a cramped apartment, dealing with racial prejudice and discrimination. My knowledge of federal housing policies and real estate practices throughout the 20th century enhances my understanding of the Younger family’s…