William B. Sandys

racists and segregationists to court for restriction of equal rights that were given to other people. The african americans gained popular following by a majority of the united states and caused the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be signed by LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson). The events here gave way to many court cases that shaped the way they would be handled in the future. Before the act was signed, many people fought to make this happen. Most notable was Martin Luther King and his famous “I Have a…

and military. One of the chapters of American history is the Vietnam War where many critics viewed the war as a waste and opened the debate that America should police other nation’s affairs. One of the strongest critics on this war was Senator J. William Fulbright, he expressed his sentiment by writing the “On the Arrogance of Power”. The article’s aim is to catch the hearts and minds of the readers by using both emotions and logic in order to have a strong claim against the Vietnam War. Senator…

Caitlin Thomas The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. If someone were to ask me what I thought was one of the biggest issues in the United States today, I would automatically answer with the issue of racism. Many famous individuals in years past have made large contributions to the Civil Rights movements, but none have compared to Martin Luther King Jr., the man who put civil rights movements into the spotlight nearly sixty years before the Black Lives Matter movement ever took the focus…

public? All over national Tv, newspaper and word of mouth. That’s what happened to one of our former presidents William Jefferson Clinton, he was a good president who made poor choices concerning his private life, and instead of being honest he lied about his actions which resulted in major consequences. Former president Bill Clinton was born August 19th, 1946, in Hope Arkansas. William Jefferson Blythe Clinton’s father died three months before he was born. His mother Virginia Cassidy Blythe…

The authors purpose behind the reading; On the Arrogance of Power, 1966, is to depict the United States and its failure to spread Democracy due to its “arrogance of power” (Fulbright, 2012). More specifically, this article discusses the failure to spread democracy during the Vietnam conflict. The author begins his writing with an argumentative thesis: “The dilemmas involved are preeminently American dilemmas, not because America has weaknesses that others do not have but because America is…

1) In The Passionate Journey Friedan describes the first wave of feminism during the late 1800’s into the early 1900’s. She talks of the fire that these women felt for their cause and wonders what happened in the to the mind set of those born after the 1920’s; social pressure is what, I feel, caused the change in behavior of women. 2) While reading these chapter I began to see the pattern that is often seen in history if one pay close enough attention. The slow start of an idea, like trying to…

Civil disobedience has been practiced time and time again throughout, not solely American history, but the history of a variety of nations. Civil disobedience, the act of peacefully rejecting a subjectively unjust law, has proven to not only solve crucial issues, but alter the cultures of entire countries. In a free society, one where individuals make a difference by fulfilling their own potential, not limited by higher powers, citizens are able to make an impact which can better the lives of…

Looking back at the JFK assassination, with regards to news media of the past and present, there are many differences to how the terrible event would have been covered today. Back in 1963, before hundreds of cable channels, before smart phones, before social media, and decades before the invention of the Internet, there were more limited sources of information and the media had more time to compose their stories. Kennedy was shot during a presidential motorcade through Dallas, Texas. Many news…

Finally, on July 2, 1964, that goal was realized, as President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law was intended to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin and has often called the most important U.S. law on civil rights since Reconstruction (1865–77). Though near-universally…

war, we would lose.” (Santow, 2013). Unfortunately, Kennedy would not live to see the increase of advisors evolving into a full blown escalation due to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Without Kennedy to deescalate tensions, then President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to use the incident to escalate “The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the…