Ever since July 4th 1776, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, there has been a belief in the minds,and hearts of all Americans. This belief has taken people farther than they could ever imagine and has made America a place for everyone. This belief has turned people from rags to rich...
Equality for All Since the birth of the United States, African-Americans have continued the fight for equality in America. From 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified to the 1965 passage of the Voting Rights Act, African-Americans have seen an increase in their legal rights; but the laws ...
The rise and fall of Power of Lyndon B. Johnson The 36th president of the United States was the first president to take the oath of office in an airplane. This president is known as Lyndon B. Johnson. LBJ was born on August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales ...
Conspiracy Forty years ago, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was slain in Dallas, Texas. Within hours the government had arrested their man, Lee Harvey Oswald, and there was no doubt he was guilty; he was convicted immediately in the court of public opinion. For decades after the public has been only told that he was the lone assassin and that every detail is withheld for "national security". Not until a few years ago has anyone been able to uncover why and what really happened to President Kennedy. ...
Washington founded Tuskegee Institute and theorized how African-Americans could reach political equality; "Sojourner Truth proved [an] excellent [lecturer] against slavery (Boyer et al. 324)"; Thurgood Marshall headed the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the NAACP; the founders of the Ku Klux Klan sparked...
The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American as...
JFK and the Conspiracy Theory Friday, November 22nd, 1963 began like any other day in the United States. However, by the end of this day, the United States would change forever. At 12:30pm, while making a routine appearance in Dallas, Texas, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while riding down E...