… orator, skilled politician, and charismatic woman that spent her career helping Texas and the Austin community. Jordan showed that one person can be an influential voice, even against the most powerful people. She was not only influential but also…

… 8, 1999 The Battle for Gun Control The United States of America has the highest rate of gun-related deaths of any nations in the world, and yet has some of the most liberal policies of gun control. Very few laws exist that limit the…

… was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and University College, London. He worked in London with his father where he taught the deaf to talk. In 1870 he went to Canada and in 1871 he gave lectures to the…

… camp used in the Holocaust also know as Auschwitz. I chose this particular topic because, I thought it would be interesting to learn about the concentration camps used in the Holocaust. The two sources i used for my presentation is an internet…

… Death papers = Imagine yourself alone on a street corner, coughing up bloody mucous each time you exhale. You are gasping for a full breath of air, but realizing that is not possible, you give up your fight to stay alive. You're thinking,…

… case of negative impact: Bob White v. Texas After reading this article, I was surprised that this injustice happened in the United States not to long ago. Bob White had many of his civil rights violated. He spent seven days in jail with no charges…

… 1899-1902, to crush the Boers, a pioneering people who tried to build an independent nation for themselves in South Africa. The Dutch, Huguenot and German ancestors of the Boers first settled the Cape of South Africa in 1652. After several earlier…

… several themes. The first theme is the failure of the settlers to acknowledge the fact that the Indians had a whole society set up before they got there. Many settlers came to the New World, not wanting to blend in with the culture that was already…

… whose likeness appeared on a United States postage stamp. Washington also was thus honored a quarter century after his death. In 1946 he also became the first black with his image on a coin, a 50-cent piece. The Tuskegee Institute, which Washington…

… the Boston Massacre. I will be looking at the Boston Massacre from three different perspectives. These perspectives are from such people as Boston colonists Samuel Adams; Tom Hutchinson, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor in 1770; and Captain…