Essays on History

Many of us do not know that we are surrounded by history, whether we study it or not. Our holidays and ceremonies, our religious beliefs and practices, our social tradition, even our political and legal systems are many examples of history living around us. No one needs to be qualified to study history every one…

Wesley Cook was born in 1954. While he was protesting at a George Wallace for president rally in 1968, several white men attacked him. He claims that two men grabbed him. One kicked his face and skull, while the other kicked him in the groin. As the beating progressed, “he looked up and saw the…

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of history and the lives of over 3 million enslaved African Americans by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, an accordance that freed slaves in states waging war against the union. Years of being enslaved by the white man oppressed the voice of millions of…

Philanthropy Theory This theory explains that individual’s give because they want to gain some private advantages; thus, a donation is the mode to fulfill a donor’s ego instead of the public. It is an action people or organizations do on the foundation of altruistic aspiration to enhance human well-being. The well-off people at times create…

Police brutality has played a major role and has left a big impact on today’s society. For example, on September 16, 2016, nearby recordings of Officer Betty Jo Shelby clearly shows her firing an unexpected gunshot at Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man, ultimately striking him in the chest. Sadly, Mr. Crutcher later died from…

Asteroids, throughout human history, have received mixed reactions. Primitive peoples regarded its counterpart within the Earth’s atmosphere, meteors, as the herald of catastrophes; others regard it as a promise of better things to come. They were also once mistaken for planets. Their very names misrepresents their composition, as well as classification. Asteroids have also inspired…

The Philippines connected to the internet in 1994 via the Philippine Internet Foundation (PHNet), the first internet service provider in the country. Penetration increased slowly until 2005, when Executive Order 109 was enacted calling for the expansion of telecommunication services to underserved areas, which in turn promoted competition in the information and communications technology (ICT)…

An Analysis of the Indians by Jane Tompkins Jane Tompkins discusses how she prepared to teach class on colonial American literature in her essay Indians: Textualism, Morality, and the problem of History. The essay is told the first person. It’s basically a personal account of what has happened. Like any other personal journals, the essay…

BCM movements aimed to help black people in South Africa become proud of their own identity. The BCM was formed because many of the countries ANC leaders at the time were either in exile or in prison. The fight against apartheid had slowed down after the banning of the ANC. Steve Biko created the BCM…

Thomas Alva Edison was a man who changed the entire landscape of the world through his amazing inventions. He discovered electric light bulb, the system of street lights, the phonograph and even the motion picture projector. Without the inventions of Edison, electricity and telephone would have remained as primitive discoveries with a lot of potential….