Racism in US History: Tracing the Injustice From Jim Crow to James Byrd, Jr.

Racism and bigotry is among the most unsavory of realities in United States history. The injury inflicted on America’s soul will forever be a slowly healing wound as a result of the acts of violence and persecution minorities and homosexual communities alike have endured both in the past and present day. In Jasper, Texas a … Read more

Racial relations

In the previous chapter, the reader has been familiarised with race relations after the end of the Civil War. Certainly, it was shown that in the post-war years, racial prejudice against African Americans was a serious problem. Apart from segregation, many acts of discrimination could be enumerated. For instance, in 1943, the blacks who wanted … Read more

The History of Taekwondo

Taekwondo has been practice around the world for hundreds of years, but it was invented approximately at 50 B.C (2,000 years ago). Korea at the time was divided into three kingdoms, the Silla kingdom which was found in the Kyongju plains in 57 B.C, the Koguryo kingdom which was founded in the Yalu River Valley … Read more

Ella Jane Fitzgerald

Dubbed ‘The First Lady of Song,’ Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century

Rise Of The Orient

In the decades following World War 2, Asian States saw a surge in wealth and industrialization that many other nations with similar economic / industrial standing did not

Fall Of The Roman Empire

Three major contributions that led to the collapse of the once great empire were: the heavy military spending in order to expand the Empire, the over-reliance on slave labour which led to an increase in unemployment

George Washington

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British colony of Virginia, to Augustine Washington

Significant Kings In British History

There are many significant kings in British history, one being Henry VII. Founder of the Tudor dynasty, he was a somewhat shadowy figure; a cautious, rigid man who paid constant attention to the administration and the input of the royal funds