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Poverty in America has changed from the time of Reconstruction to the 1930s and is ever changing in American society. There was a shift in wealth from the South to the North during Reconstruction, followed by an almost destitute country around the time of the First World War. Then, even after the economic boom in…

Emma Goldman once argued that “No real change has ever been brought about without a revolution… revolution is but a thought carried into action.” The thought of freedom allowed America to rebel against Great Britain and become what is today the United States of America. Rebellions prior to 1850 gave rise to new social and…

In 1964, his controversial drama “Blues for Mister Charlie” about the most horrible crimes of the Civil rights movement, ran for 150 performances on Broadway. Baldwin brought to American the discussion about race, especially in his earlier novels and essays an understanding of the turmoil’s psychological nuances and its consequences. His complicated sense of himself…

Call them Superstars or call them super heroes, yes, woman soldier in which Mexicans call them Soldaderas. Previous history of opposite gender defending the homeland has gone down in history as successful and educational for other world countries which fight battle with women. Beside the heavy thing they carried on their back they had really…

For as long as I can remember, the world has had various of remarkable kindhearted people, but there is no such thing as a perfect world. Therefore, it has also been several evil people in the world. A person that has made a huge positive impact on the equality in the world today is Rosa…

Or the Guerre de la Conquête as the French Canadians call it, was a battle between the French and Brits (the British). It is considered to be the cause of a bigger war between the European countries, which started two years after The French And Indian War. It lasted seven years which made most in…

Slaves constituted about one-third of the southern population in the United States during the 1790s to 1860s and most slaves are bought to work on large plantations to help their masters on the sugar and cotton plantation which requires a lot of manual work and hard labor. Slave owners made their slaves completely dependent on…

Mahatma is a Sanskrit term of reverence ‘mahatman’ meaning ‘one of great soul’. –  Gandhi was recognized as India’s Father of the Nation” because he was one of the most charismatic leaders who fought for the freedom of the country with ahimsa (non-violence) and satyagraha (way of truth) as his only weapons. BIOGRAPHY Mohandas Karamchand…

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to one.” These words, written in 1520 by the theologian Martin Luther, would later reverberate in the ears of the desperate German peasants. What happens when people start to break away from the entity that bound civilizations for thousands of years? How does one go…

More than enough people are still terrified that the world is in danger when it comes to dealing with terrorists and their threats. Today people make it seem like we’re in harm’s way and that authorities aren’t doing anything to protect us. When it comes to 9/11 the people that were younger back then are…