"Television," Billy Graham writes, "is the most powerful tool of communication ever devised by man. ... By making religion entertaining, man can destroy its sacredness and purity. ... "Capitalism has a deity: the "invisible hand" that keeps the world moving in accordance with the inviolate rules of the sacred "market". ... Man has completely given in to notion of Capitalism, as if it was the forbidden fruit. ...
It is a fact that the food that is processed like chicken, beef, and pork inside schools "have been made by a worker earning twenty cents an hour, not in a faraway country, but by a member of an invisible American workforce: prisoners" (Elk and Sloan, 2011). ... "There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man get depends on the amount of money he has....
I. A Booming Economy A. The Automobile Drives Prosperity 1. Ford Pioneers Mass Production a. Ford did not originate the ideas of mass production b. Early in the century, only city dwellers could afford cars. c. Ransom Olds had introduced a less expensive car, the Oldsmobile in 1901. d. Ford hired...
This conglomeration of ideals to form an authentic African-American spirituality with Christian and African overtones has been described as the "invisible institution"4, as even small, private gatherings for worship among slaves was forbidden. ... The blood of her murdered ones cries to heaven for vengeance against Thee You may kill, tyrannize, and oppress as much as you choose, until cry shall come up before the throne of God; for I am firmly persuaded, that he will not suffer you to quell the proud, fearless and undaunted spirits of the Africans forever; for in his own time, he is able to p...
Contemporary American historians write about almost everything that has affected nearly everybody. They write about agriculture, housework, illness, leisure, banking systems, sever systems, etc. Their new history touches many Americans and invites each to make a personal interpretation of history....
