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Imagine yourself in the stands of a baseball game on a spring day. The crowd cheers and the smell of popcorn in the air. The year is 1947 In the city of Brooklyn. New York and youre about to see history in the making, For the first time in histoiy a black man takes the…

Starting in the year 1787, James Wilson, a delegate from Pennsylvania proposed to the United States Congress a direct system of voting. However, James Madison argued the opposite. Madison believed that a direct system of voting would hurt the Southern state’s chances of winning an election due to the skewed population numbers between the North…

Social influence is based on the social norms theory which states that ‘our behavior is influenced by incorrect perceptions of how other members of our social groups think and act’ (Berkowitz, 2004, p. 5). College students do not want to behave or think out of the norm due to the fact that everyone is trying…

Mary Dog, in her essay “Civilize Them With a Stick,” reflects on her upbringing at a catholic boarding school. The aim of the white race in America, beginning in 1879, was to integrate Native Americans into the cultural standards and principles of white society. This involved forcefully separating Native American children from their homes and…

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…

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 is written in an informal voice. The words…

John Brown was a misguided fanatic. He was admired by many abolitionists for standing up for the rights. However, was seen outrageous in the eyes of many Southerners. He has went far beyond outrageous and carried out a killing spree in order to prove slavery was wrong. He had a plan, however stirred in a…

My favorite two places to live United States and Dominican Republic are two extremely different countries. I have being living in United States since 2011 and before that I use to live in Dominican Republic, where I burn. United State bring the economic security that Dominican Republic maybe never will and my country give me…

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and maybe even before then, religious congregations have been struggling to maintain relevance. And although the United States may statistically be a predominantly Christian affiliated nation, there is no national religion. With the emergence of mega churches and television evangelists in the 1970s and 1980s, it may be…

“Why I chose to attend a HBCU School. ” I believe my college experience will be both exciting and life-changing. Choosing to attend a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) is equally as important as going to college. I believe all Americans can gain a sense of heritage, and culture at an HBCU. African Americans…