The American Scholar

the various problems and tribulations the African American scholars faced when developing the various programs for Black Studies. The articles examines the progression and creation of African studies starting from before World War II to the 1960s. Gershenhorn suggests that before the Montreal dispute of 1969, it was mainly white scholars who studied the field of African Studies. For him, this created a conflict of interest because White Scholars could not fully understand and comprehend the challenges

America for about 176 years which ultimately led to prosper European cultures. Although America became an independent nation, European culture was still playing its role. Therefore, American writers namely Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau presented an idea about American Identity. Emerson in The American Scholar and Thoreau in Walden represents the idea

students in American academic institutions Mallika Mahanandi Wilmington University Challenges faced by international students in American academic institutions In the article “Academic culture shock” author Godwin A. Kara discuss about the American academic institutions and the culture shock faced by the international students and scholars in the academic system. In the opening lines the author states “There is a gradual increase in the number of international students and scholars every year

All histories are an important subject to teach in every academic levels; however, African American history is a vital part of the United States. America would not be the country she is today without the accomplishments of the slaves and founding African American scholars. Slavery brought about incredible trials and established perseverance with the African American population that future generations need to know about and learn from. History teaches us our errors and our successes; furthermore,

This ongoing bias is prevalent when discussing the topic of human rights throughout the past few centuries. For both gender and racial inequality, scholars have failed to record accurate accounts of the history. Instead, they wrote accounts which made society view women to be inferior to men and for African- Americans to be inferior to European-Americans.

The aftermath of the September 11 attacks created a dichotomy between the American people and people of Arabic heritage, specifically the Muslims and those who “appear Arab”. How do the aftermaths of these tragedy portray and place a great emphasis on a divide between the “us” and the “them”? My paper will examine the aftermath of the tragics events that occurred in the September 11 Attacks, through the works of scholars and authors to investigate the portrayal and emphasis on the “us” and “them”

Ralph Waldo Emerson in “The American Scholar” calls for libration of the dormant genius, or scholar, within each American. Nature, books, and action are three most important influences upon the scholar, because depending on an individual's exposure, or lack of exposure, to the influence determines what type of scholar will emerge. Emerson explores the two distinct scholars: Man Thinking and the bookworm. Although Emerson values all parts of mankind, of the two types of scholars, he reasons that Man Thinking

details on African American male in general and within community colleges. Expert reviewer two stated that Chapter One identified the importance of the problem. Expert reviewer three agreed that the problem is research well in the Chapter one and he also added additional models to explore when exploring solutions to the problem. Significance of the problem The average rating given for the significance of the problem was 5.0. All three reviewers agreed that the success of African American male students

era, there was a period of literary creativity in New England circles that became known as Transcendentalism. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two important American writers and leaders of the Transcendentalist movement near Boston. Emerson outlined the Transcendalist basic philosophies in The American Scholar, which was originally written as a speech for Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Thoreau elaborated on living a simple transcendental life in his book On Walden Pond.

(C-SPAN)Emerson was graduated from Harvard and so was the Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau was young poet of only 20 years old and Emerson was older than him. Thoreau wrote Walden in 1854 and Emerson wrote American scholar in 1837 not only that they have written many articles which was anti government such as ‘American scholar, ‘Walden’ and many more. Emerson and Thoreau have more of comparison than contrast because both the characters have similar perspective but at the certain point different from each other.