The American Embassy

Jimmy Carter "God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must." Good morning, I am Luke McKenzie and for the next few minutes I will be telling you about the life of Jimmy Carter and why he is someone we should all strive to be like. America’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter came from a small country town from a humble family and life and fought his way to the top by beating racism out of…

college-prep school. He was one of six black students at the school, and attended the school until he graduated high school. During his time at Punahou School, he meets Ray, who also happens to be biracial. Ray introduces Obama to the African-American community. (82) During this time Obama earned for a sense of belonging. He was confused as to what race he felt more comfortable with. “I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds, understanding that each possessed its own…

indication of a transformed American people; it was a positive sign that indicated the end of segregation, slavery, etc. in the United States. The Obama’s victory was celebrated around the world, American people reputation painted a positive picture; the land was admired by leaders around the world over the great decision they made. The victory was recognized by the then outgoing President George Bush, and Bush related the victory to a triumph of the story of America; which Americans can be…

One hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation was wrote, African Americans were still battling for equal rights in their everyday life. The first real victory of this movement did not happen until the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954 which was shadowed by many boycotts and protests. The biggest of these protests, the March on Washington, happened on August 28, 1963 “for jobs and freedom”. A vast amount of groundwork went into the event to accommodate the hundreds of…

King Peggy is the king of Otuam, a small village in Ghana. She works as a Secretary at the US Embassy. She is the first female king of Otuam. (“The American Secretary Who Became King: A Woman’s Journey to Royalty,” 2013). She chose a golden chicken to be put on her to let the people of her village know she means them no harm, instead she wants to help. She faced a lot of challenges…

James Baldwin, an African-American author, had encouraged her to start writing with her feelings and tell her story. First, she wrote, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969, which was the autobiography that I read. In it, she tells the story of her childhood and how she…

written in 2009 in New York City, NY. It analyzes how as Muslims immigrated to North America and as they tried to indulge in the culture, they were judged with prejudice and bias. Because the book was published in 2009,a historian studying post 9/11 American can learn that the author had many years…

dates back to the 17th century when police officials were allowed to stop and detain Negroes. The practice has continued since that time despite the abolishment of slavery and American ideology of liberty and equal rights. In the modern age, several ethnic minority groups are victims of racial profiling including African Americans and Latinos. However, the latest and currently the biggest victims of racial profiling are the Middle-Easterners/Muslims. In the post 9/11 era, the word Muslim has…

Howells. Those were just a few of the many wise words that author William D. Howells had said. William Dean Howells was the most influential 19th-20th century novelist, author, editor, literary critic, and playwright. He was an American realist, and was nicknamed, “The Dean of American Letters". Howells is well known for authoring stories, such as "Christmas Every Day", and novels like The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, among many others. His interest in literature started at…

Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…