Black History Month Black History Month celebrates the notable impact on society and contributions made to the world by those African descendants that made a difference. Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926‚ first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month". I am going to talk about Afro-American life over history and then about some people who made a difference in society‚ especially‚ from the Afro- American community. During colonial times‚ the treatment
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ANGELOU 11 An Important Historical Figure: Maya Angelou Name Institution Date Introduction Born on the 4th of April‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ civil rights activist and writer Maya Angelou is popular for her memoir titled “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”‚ which made the literary milestone as the first non-fiction best-seller by a woman of an African-American background
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Peter Sterns says that we need to study history and here are a few reasons why we should study history: History Helps Us Understand People and Societies- We can use history from the past to explain why we act the way we do. We can also use the past to formulate laws or theories about human behavior. History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live in came to be- we can use history to understand why things occur and history shows us a trend we can see what made a trend rise or fall and
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Why Study History? The introductions for the topic “what is history”‚ one written by Edwin Fenton and the other by Peter N. Stearns each depicts why history is something essential and worth studying and the significance of history as how events from the past impacts the behaviour of individuals and changes in society. From the point of view of the introduction written by Peter N. Stearns on the importance of history‚ he demonstrates examples such as how history allows us to understand
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protest and arrest. The consequences of the Bus Boycott is the involvement and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision of desegregating all of America ‚ and also another consequence that is important to the event is the grand boost in the Civil Rights movement campaign. I will justify why the Bus Boycott an important event to the Civil Rights Movement by the showing evidence of the racial discrimination‚ Rosa Parks arrest‚ involvement and the impact of the Supreme court‚ and also the boost in the civil
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In feminist theory intersectionality has become more and more important. It is understood that the oppression of women isn’t a singular process but a process in which multiple factors coincide. These factors include race‚ gender‚ class‚ sexuality‚ ability and religious beliefs. It would be naïve to assume that all women are persecuted the same way because of their gender or sex alone. Feminism simply cannot achieve its goals without being intersectional‚ if it excludes women of colour and other marginalised
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The question of why history should be studied is often asked‚ and many have worked to bring to light their opinion of how this question should be answered. History offers information about how societies behave‚ and people need to have some sense of how societies function to run their own lives. One can grasp how societies change‚ what causes the changes‚ and what elements of society endure despite them. Another perspective on human life is promoted through history. A student of history can test his
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The Civil War was an very important historical event because it shows that the world can be a cruel place at some moments and this war shows that we need to come together and not have arguments because this war had many more deaths than all the U.S wars all together. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman were very important appliances in the war and also the technology for the war. The cap bullet was a very important part of the war and including the telegrapher‚ photography and the railroads were
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Most everyone understands what slavery is and many can agree it was a terrible time in history‚ but only few realize that slavery was a stepping-stone to freedom. We hear the history of slavery through whispers and shadows because people don’t want to bring attention to a sensitive subject‚ but it is important to understand the hardships African Americans went through and how they overcame it. As we look at the two essays‚ Slavery and Freedom‚ we see that slavery was a leading factor to freedom
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World War II has been the most important historical event ever. The plot of the war is humongous‚ but there are key ideas that make the war so important and significant. To start off‚ the first atomic bombs were used during this war. Devastating damage was caused by such explosives. Secondly‚ Adolf Hitler committed suicide. People may wonder‚ well there were so many casualties‚ so why is this one person’s death important to history. Read on and the truth of Adolf Hitler will be revealed. Lastly‚
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