West Indies Federation

breath, wondering if a war was to begin. Unfortunately, the tensions between East Berlin and West Berlin had been building for years until finally it was forced to come to a head. The confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie was unavoidable because the Soviets had been trying to push the Allies out of Germany since the end of World War II, the East Germans were losing important portions of their population to West Berlin, and the Allies continued to push for their right to unrestricted access to all…

during his speech in Rathaus Schӧneberg the city hall of West Berlin would shape history. Those words that would later name the speech, may have prevented the Soviet Union from becoming stronger and maybe start a war that would have killed millions of people, those words have encouraged the West Berliners to keep fighting for freedom. The speech was made three years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, the wall separated West Berlin and West Berliners from the Western society: the free…

credibility. Cornel West is a critically acclaimed author and critic for The Guardian, an online publication website; he is a civil rights activist, active member of the Democratic Socialists of America, class of 1943 graduate, and professor at Princeton University. West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University and received his Masters of Arts and Ph. D in Philosophy at Princeton University. Among his twenty novels, West is best known for Race Matters, Democracy Matters, and Brother…

The Exam Dream was an interesting and insightful read. It delves into the insecurities that all of us even those who have made it to incredible levels in their professional careers have. The worry that you are not good enough or not prepared enough for the tasks one has undertaken. I think all of us have had the exam dream in one form or another not just about school but like Benjamin B. Dunlap, who according to the essay never doubted his scholastic abilities but had major doubts about other…

Tran-Saharan Trade Question Essay The Tran-Saharan trade based in the Savannah Belt or Western Sudan, as it is sometimes referred to as, helped North and South Africa trade with one another. The need for trade in these areas and the long distances that would often be traveled, brought forth the use of what is now called “caravan trade.” or rather, simply the use of camels to bring the traders where they needed to go quicker than they could walk. Not only was this a pragmatic event, it also…

“The Problem is Palestinian Rejectionism,” by Yosef Kuperwasser and Shalom Lipner and “Israel’s Bunker Mentality,” by Ronald Krebs attempt to dissect and solve one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts in recent human history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yosef Kuperwasser and Shalom Lipner discuss that the one thing that’s stopping this conflict from being resolved is Palestinian reluctance to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. On the other hand, Ronald Krebs argues that it’s in…

(Harrison 53). Due to economic, political, and social consequences, the Berlin Wall divided Berlin into two very distinctively different cities. East Berlin was ruled under a Soviet communist regime, while West Berlin was ruled under the influence of the Western World. The division between East Germany and West Germany is what Winston Churchill called the “Iron Curtain” that fell across Europe, isolating its…

‘They’ll keep right on no matter how much coal that boy loads’” (Giardina, 20). The job of the coal company was to produce as much as possible and they cared nothing about who worked for them. People were expendable, it’s much like the philosophy the West has with 3rd world countries in the present. No one cares that Bangladeshis are dying in clothing factory fires as long as we all get out three-dollar t-shirts. In Chapter 8, the killing of Johnson was an example of the complete control the…

experiences a personal reawakening. Maya Angelou’s personal identity, history, and experiences facilitate the realization of the goal of acceptance into Ghanaian society. Ms. Angelou moved to Ghana because she believed that she was a descendent of West African tribes. She thought that the instant the she arrived she would be welcomed with wide open arms by the natives. Unfortunately, when she arrived in Africa she came to find that the natives paid little attention to the Black Americans and…

I never imagined that going back to school would make me feel so alive. New stories, facts, and references feed my mind and my voice, bringing confidence and clarity to my life. In Spain, where I grew up, women were not recognized or encouraged to continue their education or have a voice. Out of ignorance, my father and brothers crashed any impulse that I had as a young girl to let my opinions and my voice out; however, I found alternative ways to express myself through dance, paint and…