“Blue Against White” Jeannette C. Armstrong This intense‚ short story contains flashbacks of a woman named Lena’s childhood. She was constantly embarrassed of her culture and family. She yearned for assimilation and could not handle the pressure of being different all her life. Lena finally decides to leave the reserve and pursue her life journey in the city‚ where she would also be schooled. Not only does Lena find out that the city is not the greatest destination‚ she realizes that again‚ she
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For decades‚ Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was the major African-American spokesman in the eyes of white America. Born a slave in Virginia‚ Washington was educated at Hampton Institute‚ Norfolk‚ Virginia. He began to work at the Tuskegee Institute in 1881 and built it into a center of learning and industrial and agricultural training. A handsome man and a forceful speaker‚ Washington was skilled at politics. Powerful and influential in both the black and white communities‚ Washington was a confidential
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strong vocabulary” (Washington 17). Static character Name of character: Washington’s Mother 21). Although Washington’s mother passes away relatively early in the story nothing about her compassion for her children and love for work changes about her. 22). “While attending my mother’s funeral‚ I will never forget how she was always open to change but I always told her I love you just the way you are” (Washington 43). Dynamic character Name of dynamic character: Booker T. Washington 23). All things
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The Supremacy of EU law The Lisbon Treaty is silent about the principle of the supremacy of the European Union law over national law. However‚ Declaration number 17 was attached to the aforementioned Treaty to this effect. There can be seen a very unambiguous perspective on the issue of supremacy of European Union law over disagreeing national law: ‘under the principle of supremacy‚ precedence must always be given to Community law over conflicting national law however framed and including national
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dominant leader during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ for the African American community‚ and is still an inspiration today. He is Booker T. Washington. Born in Franklin County‚ Virginia‚ Booker T. Washington was born a slave. Booker worked on a plantation‚ owned by James Burrough‚ with his mother. His father was an unknown white man predicted to be
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In the story “Blue against White”‚ the author‚ Jeannette C. Armstrong‚ writes about a native girl coming home to her reserve after spending time in the city. The topic of memories is very apparent throughout the story as the main character‚ Lena‚ is reminiscing through most of it. Whether we like it or not‚ life always goes on and sometimes‚ there are things we don’t really pay attention to until it’s too late. Memories can help to keep the past alive and get us through some pretty tough situations
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Chapter 4 is titled “Helping Others”. It begins at the end of Booker T. Washington’s first year at Hampton University. At this point‚ the school year was coming to a close‚ and students were getting ready for their summer vacation. However‚ Booker did not have any money to go back to his home‚ which caused him to find a summer job in a town close to Hampton. Even though Booker was on summer break and working‚ he still managed to find time to study and read. Nevertheless‚ during the last week of work
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praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done”‚ quoted from Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery. My mom was from the heart of Belize and my father was born in Brooklyn‚ New York. On both sides of my family‚ my heritage goes way back. Booker T. Washington didn’t know much about his fathers heritage because he said his dad was white and he had no intention of getting to know Booker. I know that I’m a special child because not only do I come from a presidential line of
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Black Supremacy Throughout history‚ white anglo-saxons have been notorious for mistreating all races other than it ’s own. Malcolm X felt "the white man had been actually nothing but a piratical opportunist who used Faustian machinations to make his own Christianity his initial wedge in criminal conquests"(563). The earth is burdened by the white man! That is the true meaning of what Malcolm X is stating; the words Faustian machinations‚ meaning evil plotting‚ implies the whole white population
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Throughout history there has been an ever present struggle for the equality and justice of all men‚ more specifically‚ the equivalence of African-Americans to the White Men and abolition of slavery. To help these movements‚ speeches‚ essays‚ and stories have been published making huge strides in the brawl for equal opportunity for African-Americans for hundreds of years. Among these writings‚ include pieces that have gone down in history as being extremely controversial‚ inspirational‚ and powerful
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