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Many Americans had their own opinions of Hitler in the beginning stages of the Olympics. Some thought very highly of him, such as Karl von Wiegand, a Hearst correspondent who was the first American journalist to interview Hitler in 1922. Wiegand reports that he was struck by Hitler’s skill with words, and his ability to…

The media’s role in shaping social norms, fashion trends, and the status quo is crucial. However, the absence of representation in today’s media perpetuates misrepresentations, posing a significant problem. In her work “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor,” hooks explores class misrepresentation, while Siering tackles gender misrepresentation in “Taking a Bite out of Twilight.”…

After the establishment, the French Republic, leaders of revolutionary France chose to do away with the Gregorian calendar created by the Catholic Church centuries earlier in favor of adopting a new one. They eliminated most religious holidays, changed the length of the seven-day week to ten days, renamed the months in accordance with the seasons,…

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a social activist and Baptist minister who was born on January 19, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He played a crucial role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. His goal was to peacefully protest and work towards equality and human rights for African…

The Hunter and Gatherer era triggered the use of gender roles in our society today. This is because when the Hunter and Gatherer society first developed it created the power of gender roles; symbolizing that men have more power than woman. This was a negative effect on our world today because this has carried throughout…

Reconstruction is undoubtedly one of America’s most significant periods throughout US. history, So much of what occurred during the Reconstruction period contributed to shaping what we know the United States to be today. Written by Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 delves into the topics surrounding Reconstruction and their causes. Foner explains in the…

Coming onge in Mississippi is a memoir written by Anne Moody, the book spans from the story other early life in 19405 to her mid-life in the 19605 during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. This time period was synonymous with discriminative, racist, and bigoted ideals being perpetuated throughout America, primarily the South. This…

There are a plethora of reasons as to why the nation of America was founded. One chief reason was to promote religious tolerance and religious freedoms, something that was not allowed in England. Many of the colonies, like Roger Penn’s Pennsylvania, were founded exclusively to protect specific religious groups. To safeguard potential threats to the…

On a normal morning, three days after prom, gunshots were discharged at Columbine High School. By the end of the day, twelve students and a teacher were dead, numerous had been injured, two gunmen had shot themselves, and an entire community was traumatized, The novel Columbine by Dave Cullen told the story empowering story of…

“What is Black History Month?” When tackled with this question, we often answer by saying that it is the month when we remember famous black Canadians for their achievements and helping blacks around the world attain freedom. This is a reasonable answer but is this all there is to black history month? What we all…