Essays on History

On August 28, 1963, at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC Martin Luther King delivered the speech “I have a dream “which he is famously known for. It was the culmination of the March to Washington protest. It gave the Civil rights movement in the United States a boost in their quest...

Education and Democracy: A Timeless Connection Since the founding of America, education has been heralded as an American Value. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and other states, colonists became cognizant of their collective role in educating children. Like in the ancient times, such agents created policies that both children from wealthy or poor...

The Evolution of American Protest Music The American protest music has historical underpinnings and characterized the historical transition of the nation from one era to another. The analysis of the use of rhetoric from the time of Yankee Doodle to Kendrick Lamar shows how the revolution and social change undertones embedded...

In spite of the fact that colonialism in Africa officially came to an end, the effects it left behind are still intact (Harry, 2017). The persistence of colonialism takes deeper roots with examples of the events that surrounded the death of Muammar Gaddafi and the recent deaths of African migrants in...

During the 1936 Olympics, Hitler’s propaganda was at its finest, and it denoted to be an engine in propelling international influence for the Nazi regime. The International Olympic Committee in 1931 agreed that Berlin would host the Summer Olympics in 1936. Thus, the choice signified the reunite of Germany to...

In various countries, body art and tribal tattoos have a different meaning, and in the current society, tattoos are performed on a daily basis. In Samoa which is a small tribal country, tattoos are considered sacred and they symbolic. In every tattoo, there is a history behind and it takes...

The neutral colors and implied texture The neutral colors (white, gray, and black), in the photograph titled ‘Migration of drought refugees to California’ by Dorothea Lange taken in the year 1935 (https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/images/wcf089.jpg), functions perfectly within the work of art by not only telling us the level of technological advancement in photography...

One moment in life can project a virtually unknown person into worldwide fame, and never has this statement been truer than for the lone young man who stood in front of oncoming tanks, blocking their path, until they came to a halt. Time Magazine snapped the photograph, and the man...

The Origins of the Taotie The taotie consists of designs that are found on the bronze vessels used by the Chinese communities in carrying out diverse rituals. The first pattern of the taotie was identified on bronze wares, which was in the dynasty of the early Shang, and its popularity has...

The Ancient Egyptians' Funeral Practices The ancient Egyptians had a well-developed set of funeral practices that had developed over the generations. The Egyptians were firm believers in life after death and therefore they believed it was vital to ensure immortality after someone died. They, therefore, conducted different rituals before burying their...

The Maya are the aboriginal dwellers of Central America and Mexico. Their present day population covers areas like Campeche, Tabasco, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala (Mark, 2012). The emergence of Maya Civilization took different stages in different eras like the Archaic Period, the Olmec Period,...

The history of Greek dates back to 776 BC an era commonly referred to as an age of heroes. Since then the archaeologists have attempted to prove the existence of the Age of Heroes. The archaeologists have contributed to the recovery as well as the interpretation of the...