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had to do to ensure their survival? What about your lineage? There are always many surprises in this one, irrespective of your current looks. Black becomes free, White goes to war, and Olive skin becomes Melungeon, in The Drifters by Tonya Holmes Shook. Harriet Holmes has just been married to Canady – a shanty-boat man. They both hail from mixed racial origins. Canady impregnated her during their short courtship. Harriet has to quickly adjust to her new life aboard the cramped houseboat. The shanty-boat

Flooding every major media outlet making headlines across the country are school shootings, it shook the nation when twenty, first graders and six adults were killed by Adam Lanza, a twenty year old man who shot his mother in the head before taking her car and driving to Sandy Hook Elementary. Other school shooting have occurred since then and it brought up the issue of gun control, some politicians even supported the idea of giving teachers guns to have in the classroom. I am against allowing teachers

People don’t always get what they sometimes want in life you have to settle for second best. This statement could be a theme for the child in “Tight Times.” By Barbara Shook Hazen is faced with in the story. The story starts with a child whose name nor age is ever listed during the whole book wanting a pet dog and keeps asking why he can’t have a dog and then his dad explains they are going through tight times and couldn't afford a dog. After a while the parents have to talk, so they sent the kid

The Disaster In California, That Shook The U.S. A tragedy that struck California that will change history forever, happened the Monday of February 2, 2025. After a major earthquake, approximately 47% of California is now floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is removed from the United States. A week has past since this tragic and horrifying moment happened. About 200,000 people are still left on the now what is called “The Floating Island.” Thousands of lives were lost during this earthquake

James Berik Frolov Professor Constance Eichenlaub HUM 101 Final Project 5/5/2017 Those That Shook the World Throughout history, there have been a few individuals that stood out from the great masses of humanity and effected profound change on the whole of human kind. These individuals are remembered years, and in some cases centuries after their deaths because of the effects of their actions. Their actions may have been military in nature, or political, or even literary. In this writing, we will

Baldwin My Dungeon Shook Questions 1) The Emancipation Proclamation was a statement issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that stated that all slaves is the southern states are and will be free. Baldwin is writing this piece in 1963, 100 years after the issue of the Emancipation Proclamation. Around this time, racial tensions are still very high, and most white people are still uncomfortable around people of color. Jim crow laws are still in place, and segregation is very evident in everyday life. Institutional

Turning 50: What it was like -

A zero year birthday plus the added distinction of being a half century old may bring a depressing realization of how much time has past and the sudden recognition of mortality - hence the unofficial color of 50, black.

I took a different approach to the year. Turning 50 means I am just that much closer to retirement and is the beginning of “senior citizen” discounts. AARP did not forget either. I received two invitations to join.

This birthday brought a different

from all around the globe became enamored with Elvis and how his music made them feel. This new sound caused Elvis to rise to the top of the charts, as he began destroying records for music at the time. The songs, written by Elvis himself, like, “All Shook Up”, “Don’t Be

My Dungeon Shook Change begins within yourself. In My Dungeon Shook, James Baldwin writes a letter to his nephews about the horrors of being a black man here in America but more-so Harlem. He tells the tale of integration and how life on paper should be better for blacks than ever before. He informs his nephew that this narrative is what the world will tell him but it is not the truth. He will only be free of his chains once the white community becomes free of theirs. The idea of racism being like

My Dungeon Shook In the text, My Dungeon Shook, James Baldwin paints a powerful picture to readers, one that takes the breath of anyone intelligent enough to understand it. The text is labeled as a letter to Baldwin’s nephew, which it may very well be, but more importantly, it is a message to all parties involved in racial discrimination, on either side. In the letter, Baldwin manages to deliver two important messages to two different races, that should in fact not be two races, but one: