Studs Terkel

America is an improbable idea, a mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, itis held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorst in wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet

is the monster in their town that never leaves his house and is 6 feet tall and all that goes away when she realizes that he is a nice man. In Stud Terkel’s book American Dreams: Lost and Found, C. P. Ellis loses his innocence when he joins the KKK. “Boy, that was an opportunity I really looked forward to! To be part of somethin'. I joined the Klan,”(Terkel 1) Ellis loses his innocence because he’s worked hard all his life and he has never been a part of anything. So he joined the KKK so he’d have

African American male playwrights historically have had a powerful voice in American theatre. In the 1930s, Langston Hughes’s Mulatto (1935) was the longest running play by an African American playwright on Broadway. In 1941, Richard Wright adapted his widely known novel Native Son (1941) for the stage. In 1970, Charles Gordone’s No Place to be Somebody was the first play by an African American dramatist to receive a Pulitzer, and in 1981 Charles Fuller’s Soldier’s play also won this prestigious

Jimmiela Bruessard October 24, 2017 English 11 Smith American Dream Accessibility The American Dream is only a dream. In reality, most people would say that this dream is not accessible unless you are white and a citizen of this country. Throughout this unit, many stories and speeches were presented to shows the images and voices of the United States of America. All the evidence points to one possible answer, the American Dream is nothing but a dream to most. The reasons why are that throughout the

Section 1 “Why I Quit the Klan” is a non-fiction story written by Studs Terkel, which talks about former Ku Klux Klan leader, C.P. Ellis. Ellis was invited, as a Klansman, to join a committee on how to solve racial problems in the school system. This committee included people of all different ethical backgrounds, including African Americans. He reluctantly accepted, however after a few short meetings, he was elected co-chair of the committee, along side of Ann Atwater, an African American woman

Throughout history the lives of the people in the working class have not always been easy. People always work hard to earn money and support their families; however, people don’t always work in a suitable working area. The term “Blue Collar” is jobs that require manual labor from people. The problem with these kinds of jobs is that the places the people work in can be extremely unsanitary and may cause a bad working environment for the people in it. Blue collar work is also the work most people

The "glass ceiling" has held women back from certain positions and opportunities in the workplace. Women are stereotyped as part-time, lower-grade workers with limited opportunities for training and advancement because of this "glass ceiling". How have women managed their careers when confronted by this glass ceiling? It has been difficult; American women have struggled for their role in society since 1848. Women’s roles have changed significantly throughout the past centuries

this interpretation much as we look back upon George Orwell's, “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, nothing more then a coincidental prediction, that became such a powerful signal resonating through popular music. Dylan confirmed this in a radio interview with Studs Terkel in 1963, "No, it's not atomic rain, it's just a hard rain. It isn't the fallout rain. I mean some sort of end that's just gotta happen... In the last verse, when I say, 'the pellets of poison are flooding the waters', that means all the lies

FDR: The Greatest President Who was the greatest president of the United States? There have been many great presidents in the history of the U.S. Many presidents have led our country through very trying times. Some people believe Lincoln was the greatest president. However, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led our country at times when a great leader was needed. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the greatest president of the United States because of his New Deal, his great leadership skills, and his

his great leadership, Roosevelt is believed as the greatest president of all time. Another reason Roosevelt was the greatest president was he was loved by the people of the U.S. Most people who had never even seen or met Roosevelt loved him. Studs Terkel, a person who lived during the time of Roosevelt’s death, remembers, “I’m walking south along Michigan Boulevard and I can’t stop crying. Everybody is crying” (Baker 1). This shows the mutual sadness all people in the U.S. felt when President Roosevelt