He never surrendered and continued the struggle. "I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world, a better place to live," he said in 2005 ("Historian John Hope Franklin Dies at age 94"). Five pages cannot do any justice to the remarkable life and career of John Franklin Hope. He has done so many things in his life that we are forever indebted to him and his struggles. He is an inspiration to African-Americans -- and not only. He championed the rights of African-Americans all his life. Thanks to Franklin and activists like him, we have better understanding of African-American history. Thanks to him, we have African-American Studies across our country. And...
From Slavery to Freedom: a History of American Negroes. New York: Alfred a. Knopfs, 1947. Print.
John F. Kennedy In contemporary times, John F. Kennedy is known for many things; winning a Pulitzer Prize, however, is not one of them (Coleman). Kennedy's awarding of the Pulitzer in 1957 -- a full four years before he was elected president of the United States -- for the biographical Profiles in Courage was one of his few achievements that he made prior to his election that did not directly involve
Franklin Delaney Roosevelt's attitude towards the Jewish problem during the War. I have read and heard such contradictory accounts spanning from Jews who congratulate for his involvement to some scholars and others who criticize him for an alleged anti-Semitism. Being that this is a famous personality that we are talking about and a prominent President of the U.S.A.; I felt that enlightenment on the subject was important. I wanted
He also related how his small group of friends played tricks with their unwitting neighbors. His friends would set fire on alcohol, rekindled candles blown out, imitate lightning flashes or by touching or kissing and make an artificial spider move (Bellis). Using the Leyden jar, Benjamin made an electrical batter, roasted a fowl on a spit fired with electricity, ignited alcohol by electricity through water, fired gunpowder and shocked wine
Public Administration Review, 47, 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1987): 17-25. Question 3 All three of the works described by Bertelli and Lynn focus on the separation of responsibility among the branches of government. John Mabry Matthews asserted that "the work of government can be divided into the formulation and execution of public policy" (p. 35). He was a strong advocate of transparent government and believed that public administration should not be treated as
Grapes of Wrath When John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was published on March 14, 1939, it created a national sensation by focusing on the devastating effects of the Great Depression. Beyond the setting, though, which is important in and of itself, The Grapes of Wrath is compelling in its focus on society, human nature, and the hierarchical vision of "class," in a supposedly classless society. The Grapes of Wrath
Inclusion Exclusion Blassingame, John W. 1979. The slave community: plantation life in the antebellum South. New York: Oxford University Press. The most overt explanation of the author's research problem is when he states: "To argue, as some scholars have, that the first slaves suffered greatly from the enslavement process because it contradicted their 'heroic' warrior tradition, or that it was easier for them because Africans were docile in nature and submissive, is
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