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Literature Poetry Term Paper

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) wrote his 1913 poem "We Wear the Mask" in open defiance of the commonly accepted fallacy of his day that African-Americans were happy in the subservient roles they were forced to assume in the face of white racism. D Continue Reading...

Goal Weather Underground Research Paper

SLA and the WUOThe Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and Weather Underground Organization (WUO) were terror groups that impacted the US consciousness in the 1960s and 1970s. Their activities were violent and oriented towards changing the government an Continue Reading...

Art Ideology Chicana Movement Essay

History of ChicanosThe history of the Chicano and Chicana movements in the U.S. is a history of self-assertion and self-esteem. The Chicano population gradually became alive to the fact that they had value in a society that always seemed to devalue t Continue Reading...

The Trump Travel Ban Essay

Not many things in recent history have brought as much controversy as the Trump Administration travel ban. Some have seen this ban as unfair and demonstrating the ugly side of the United States and its Government. There are reasons for this. The trav Continue Reading...

Recent American History and Pedagogy Essay

American history is an exercise in country branding and national identity construction. Through a careful editorializing and curating of historical documents, events, and places, historians contribute to the shaping of American identity, ideology, an Continue Reading...

Arguing Against Slavery Using Douglass Essay

rightly named: he was a cruel man. I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother's release. He seemed to take pleasure in manifesting hi Continue Reading...

Mexico and America Book Review

border control fiasco between the United States and Mexico is a direct extension of past policies and propaganda. Beginning with the Mexican-American War and the American victory at the Alamo, the relationship between the two countries has been stra Continue Reading...

Detroit House Flipping Capstone Project

Detroit House Flipping Detroit Housing Revamp Detroit is a city that is indeed behind the proverbial "eight ball" in a lot of ways. The nastier parts of Detroit are full of abandoned and burned houses, crimes go unreported or at least unanswered an Continue Reading...

Arizona SB 1070 Essay

Arizona SB 1070: Over Enforcement of Borderlands In an era where terrorism and international turmoil continues to plague the news, it is no wonder that so many Americans would be scared enough into wanting to amp up border security. However, Arizona Continue Reading...

American Slavery in the 1800s Research Paper

American Slavery in the 1800s Any discussion of 19th century American history that omits slavery is incomplete, because slavery was such a significant fact of life during that time period that it impacted all people, whether slave or free, and wheth Continue Reading...

New Spain, Mexico The Culture of New Thesis

New Spain, Mexico The Culture of New Spain: the Rise and Fall of Mexico The conquest of New Spain defined contemporary Mexican culture to a great degree. But that conquest has been ongoing and did not stop with the conquistadors and the implementat Continue Reading...

Lincoln The Civil War Was Essay

It appeared almost as if the South might win, and many of Lincoln's advisers "said that there was no way to win the war and he might need to compromise on slavery," (Moreton, 2008). However, Lincoln would not budge. It would have certainly been the Continue Reading...

Discrimination and Affirmative Action Essay

Discrimination and Affirmative Action Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) prohibits private and state and local government employers with 15 or more employees from Continue Reading...

Media Coverage of the 2012 Term Paper

One can be certain that many millions of dollars will flow through the hands of right wing fundraisers like Karl Rove into attack ads against Obama's reform legislation, called "Obamacare" by many who oppose it and even by some who have embraced it. Continue Reading...

Challenges Europe Faced After WWII Essay

Europe Faced After World War II The objective of this work in writing is to examine the challenges that Europe faced following World War II. This work will examine the fall of communism in 1991 and answer the question of how Europe has managed to t Continue Reading...