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Benjamin Franklin’s Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America is about the people of North America and their way of life. The title of this piece may be considered an irony due to the fact that when one reads the essay, what one will find is not a tale of savagery, but rather of civility….

Franklin, born on January 17, 1706, and died on April 17, 1790, was a versatile individual who excelled in various fields. He was known as an author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician,inventor, satirist,civic activist, statesman,and diplomat. His contributions to the American Enlightenment and physics made him a prominent scientist. Franklin’s inventions included the…

  Does Media Influence Public’s Voting Behavior in Elections?Nevertheless, elections are the reflection of democracy in any society. It is the only way of communication between the government and the general public by which the policies of the government are propagated and public prestige is assured. The media has always played a vital role during the…

Nervous Conditions is concerned with women who live in a traditional African society in Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia), who struggle to find their place in the patriarchal system and who search for their independence. Each female protagonist in the novel finds her own way of dealing with her situation; however, this essay focuses on two characters-Tambu…

Dr. Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X Marin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were very significant during the Civil Rights Movement. Both men were excellent speakers and shared one common goal but had two different ways of resolving it. Martin Luther King Jr. chose to resolve the issues by using non-violence to create equality…

Most of us learn to read through various outlets such as television, books, movies, etc. Becoming literate is essential to functioning in society. Looking back at one of the most influential figures of the 1960’s, it is hard to imagine that at age 21 Malcolm X tried to start a letter with “Look, daddy, let…

How significant was Martin Luther King Jr. to the black civil rights movement? There are variations in the exact dates of when the black civil rights movement took place, however an agreement has been made upon 1948-1968. This movement was the result of years of tension between black and white Americans and the rights denied…

In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton delivered the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions at the Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention was influenced by the experience Stanton had during the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. In 1920 the Constitution was ratified to give women voting rights. The Declaration of Sentiments addresses the importance of…

When in the course of education, it becomes necessary for students to end or discontinue a relationship with their teachers and to become more independent, the students must elucidate why they need and deserve to be independent to the world and especially schools. This requisites us, the students, to write our own Declaration of Independence…

My First Conk Malcom X and his article titled “My First Conk” say that black men conked their hairs to unify their existence in the society of white people. This was never done to truly satisfy a personal desire. Conking was a popular procedure done in black males to straighten their hair in 1940’s. The…