The American Scholar

of the textbooks used in American Studies at NCSSM is The Heath Anthology of American Literature. An anthology is defined as a published collection of poems or other bits of writing. In this case, the collection is meant to be “American literature”, meaning it is supposed to represent the history and culture of America as it developed over the years. When a work is included, it is chosen by the scholars designing the anthology. It is chosen for what it reveals about American history or culture…

Through out time there have been some great writers no doubt but one of the best to ever lay a pen to paper has to be James Cooper. The Leather stocking era that was established by Cooper has been honored by authors for ages. Cooper tries to focus on American Politician throughout these novels. Upon reading the story you will find the mention of land, law, and redefining unity that is established throughout the novel. These novels describe the difficulties that the Indians and early settlers…

Angela Davis, a magnificent activist, educator, scholar, author, and politician who advocates for the oppressed – Superwomen if you ask me. Davis is one of the impressive philosophers. What distinguishes her basic critical theory from a significant number of the other Frankfurt school scholars is a logic cultivated around issues that influence her as an African American women and the bigger diverse group of those who are oppressed around the world. Her philosophical approach extends to human…

(Demas, 2011) He was also the first Black All-American College Football player. After graduating from Harvard Law School (where he also played successfully) Lewis was named assistant coach, also a first for a black man. Lewis’s popularity, helped him join Roosevelt’s inner circle—a group of Harvard graduates and future “Rough Riders” in the Spanish-American War. According to historian Harold Ward, when Lewis was chosen to deliver the graduation address…

Due to some statistics data such as 42% of all Asian American adults have at least a college degree, Asian Americans are frequently portrayed as a model example of hard work and patience among other minority groups in the U.S. So called model minority stereotype. Many people take the stereotype further and argue that since Asian Americans are doing well, they no longer experience any kind of discrimination so no longer need services such as bilingual government documents and public assistance.…

the truth of our people of color around the world. The information is discussed through scholars, historians, and social commentators who know the amazing facts of our history. The facts given through this documentary had me questioning everything I have ever learned in a normal history class. For example I was taught “Christopher Columbus discovered America”. When America was already inhabited by Native Americans long before the Europeans arrival. The video made me question the textbooks…

Locke, is known as the philosopher who was responsible for shaping the government into a democracy. Without his brilliant thoughts, the federal system wouldn’t be the same today. Growing up, John Locke was gifted with the honor of being a King’s Scholar, a privilege that granted him a superlative education. Locke later enrolled at the University of Oxford where he spent his years studying logic, metaphysics, and philosophy. While attending Oxford, he befriended a man known as Anthony Ashley…

saying, “There is nothing to writing, all you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” This author is none other than Ernest Miller Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway was an American writer that began his career at the age of seventeen. He was in World War I, and after he came back, he became a reporter for both American and Canadian newspapers. His writing was mostly during the post-war Depression Era. Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, in a Chicago suburb. In his early life, his father…

Critiquing those who label the preservation of African American knowledge and culture as racist, he reiterates his commitment to the struggle for black liberation on the basis of equality, not assimilation that he believes would jeopardize the survival of African Americans—their cultural and historical forms of expression, and their distinct physical African features. Du Bois is concerned that the race would commit “racial suicide” by working narrowly toward integration and assimilation. The…

Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 2012,it caused an effect that would soon change america. The black lives matter movement is trying to put a stop to gun violence and the killing of innocents americans. Not just that but they also seek out equal rights. The official Black Lives Matter Movement website states “Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally…