Veterans' Bill of Rights

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, is written by Lorraine Hansberry, and premiered on Broadway in 1959. Hansberry was motivated by a poem written by Langston Hughes. Active in civil rights, Hansberry’s play addresses the racial conflicts for equality and human rights felt by African Americans and Lorraine Hansberry herself. Racial segregation was still strongly being enforced at this time. Each character in the play has a dream. Race, class and gender, all shape these individual’s identity; through…

five years; who are in school, high school graduates, or military veterans; and who have clean criminal records” (DREAM Act). Unfortunately the DREAM Act has had major opposition and criticism. The main arguments stems from the fact that people believe that with the type of immigration issues that are being discussed about now will give incentive for more illegal immigrants to try to cross the borders. They also have said that this bill would not do anything for such things as border security…

paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. in 1928 proudly showing their faces. The re-emergence of a racist group, such as the KKK, the widespread impact of the Red Scare well beyond the early 1920s. The Red Scare also stunted workers rights throughout the 1920s. The American government called for a plan to forbit mandatory union membership and limit strikes. In the beginning of the decade, about 20 percent of workers belonged to a union. By the end of the 1920s, that number…

president. However, when handling domestic issues, John F. Kennedy possessed both strengths and weaknesses. A strength Kennedy is often recognized for in regards to domestic issues is supporting and advocating for Civil Rights. For example, when Martin Luther King Jr., a major civil rights leader, was sent to Birmingham Jail, Kennedy called Mrs. King to see if she needed any assistance and to explain that he was going to attempt to release Mr. King from jail. In conjunction with directly…

their families, get a steady-earning job, and have a typical white picket-fenced house. (love money) states that the American dream during this period was to rebuild the country, one of the main things that happened was the President passing the G.I. bill that helped and supported the soldiers coming back from war. Another American dream during this period was to industrialize America post-war. With the end of WW2, lots of new technology was forced into use. Interactive, The People vs America…

In the United States, homelessness is becoming a major problem in America that affects millions of lives when it is least expected. For instance, according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR), this report stated that on a single night in January of 2015, approximately 564,708 people were homeless in the United States (Henry et al. 8). However, homelessness does not just affect one set of individuals, in fact, homelessness affects people of all ages, races, cultural…

As a child of a US Military veteran, I was fortunate enough to travel and live in different countries since my father was frequently stationed from one place to another. Over time I grew accustomed to moving from one country to another, however, the biggest struggle I faced was when I moved to the Philippines for high school once my father retired from the Navy. Despite being a Filipino-American, I was still faced with discrimination, which I struggled with for years. Another struggle I faced…

1930s is a tough decade for America. The Black Tuesday in 1929 and the bank failure hit American economy, that lead U.S. to the Great Depression. People suffer under poverty. Also, this is the first time government try to create a large number of jobs to help people. The most important event shaped 1930s are Great Depression, New Deal program, and the entertainment during 1930s. The stock crash in 1929 seems marked the end of the roaring twenties. Thousands of people lost their working capital.…

In the 1980’s American was going through a number of large changes. President Jimmy Carter signed a bill requiring 19 and 20 year old males to register for the military draft. AIDS is announced as a new plague, and finally street gangs begin growing rapidly and terrorizing the streets of America. Not just any street gang had as much notoriety as the Crips. The Crips, a gang of young men that specialized in a wide array of crimes. They would steal everything, terrorize neighborhoods and kill…

Problem Homelessness caused by mental illness is a big concern in the world, but especially right here in the Ozarks. More than eight hundred people are homeless in the Springfield area (Community Partnership of the Ozarks, 2013). Among those eight hundred homeless individuals 38.7% report having a chronic illness such as, heart disease and cancer (Community Partnership of the Ozarks’, 2013). Another 25% of homeless individuals reported having a physical disability (Community Partnership of…