Latinx as a racial category

Broadly, the purpose of this paper is to engage with the ongoing debate surrounding Latinx as a racial category. Since the completion of the 1980 U.S. Census, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has flirted with the idea of adding “Hispanic” to the question “What is your race?” on the decennial census, which would … Read more

Black feminism and black music

Black Feminism emerged in the late 1960s in response to the alienation that black women faced in their fight for equality. Social movements like the Women’s Rights Movement, which was mostly led by middle-class women, as well as the Black Power Movement, primarily advocated by black men, failed to be inclusive towards black women. According … Read more

Nihon Buyo – Japanese dance

In Japanese classical dances, a dancer interprets the song being played as well dancing along to the music. Nihon Buyo is a form of Japanese dance consisting of theatrical performances. It combines elements from many other Japanese dance forms. For many centuries this dance had been enhanced. It gives the opportunity for the audience to … Read more

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson was an important figure in American history. He was President of the United States from 1963 to early 1969. He is mostly known for his taking over as President when John F. Kennedy was assassinated and bringing the U.S. into the Vietnam War. He is an interesting person to study as he … Read more

Carbon Nanotubes – One of the Greatest Nanotech innovations

Abstract : The paper contains information on carbon nanotubes: their origin, structure, manufacturing techniques, properties, applications(both current and future). Structure: Various structures of carbon nanotubes, the carbon carbon bonding and the geometry of the bonds, and some additional information about bond energy, bond length etc. Manufacturing techniques: Regarding different methods of production of both single-walled … Read more

The Dartmouth – Princeton Football Game – November 23, 1951

On November 23, 1951, a Saturday afternoon, the Dartmouth – Princeton Football Game took place at Princeton’s Palmer Stadium. This game was the last of the season for both teams, and Princeton was eager to keep its winning streak going. Princeton’s start player Dick Kazmaier was playing his last game, shortly after being mentioned as … Read more

The Life of Jacob Stroyer

Slave narratives are the personal accounts by black slaves as well as exslaves about their experiences of slavery and the struggles to obtain freedom. The slave narratives offer chronological incidents into an individual’s experiences and they provide the audience with an understanding into the writer’s mind and the structure of the slave society. Ex Slaves, … Read more

Henry Ford: Admired or Criticized?

Henry Ford was adored by Charles W. Carey and Ian C. Friedman, the authors of American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries. They described him as the leading individual who did more “to bring America out of the 19th century and into the 20th.”  Thomas Cornell wrote about Henry Ford as one who “best symbolized the … Read more

Women’s rights through American history

Throughout the American history, women have been fighting to achieve the same basic liberties that men have always had. Feminists ultimately desire to gain the political, social, and physical freedoms that should have been self-evident since birth. Suffrage, or the right to vote, was arguably the first major accomplishment for all U.S. women. Not long … Read more

American history questions: Four Freedoms/Conflicts

Question 1: Did American society after 1945 fulfill the promise of FDR’s Four Freedoms? In 1945, America’s president at the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, gave a speech entitled “Four Freedoms”. His speech consisted of FDR saying that not only were American’s warranted to these certain four freedoms, but all countries are. These basic four freedoms, … Read more

Sojourner Truth’s speech

In Akron, Ohio, in 1851, Sojourner Truth gave a speech that ignited her audience in a way that was both liberating and thought-provoking. In this speech, Truth scrutinizes the treatment of African Americans and women, using herself as the main example. Truth’s powerful delivery and personal experience allow her to connect with those who listen; … Read more

Feminism in the fashion industry (introduction)

FEMINISM: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English “Movement for recognition of the claims of women for rights (legal, political, etc) equal to those possessed by men” [1] English Oxford Living Dictionaries Online “The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of equality of the sexes” [2] English Oxford Living Dictionaries Online “The theory of … Read more

Dispossession

Dispossession has created overwhelmingly detrimental and lasting impacts that have adversely and negatively affected Aboriginal spiritualties. Dispossession is the expulsion of a person or group from land, through the process of law. This notion of dispossession and its detrimental effects on the Indigenous people was demonstrated in the dispossession of Aboriginal people from their land … Read more