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The Salem Witch Trials were the most famous, most deadly, and most studied witch trials in the British colonies according to author Brian Pavlac. (138) What started out as innocent child’s play ended with 19 deaths and one killed by being pressed to death with stones. The events were gruesome, tragic, and filled with irrational…

Who is Great?In history there are few people who can be termed Great and even fewer who deserve to be called so. Alexander, the son of King Phillip of the Macedonians, was one of these truly Great people. He not merely ruled the largest know empire, was declared a God, lead his troops in battle,…

The people who ran concentration camps in Bosnia and forced prisoners to kill each other by biting each other’s genitals off, they’re not like us, are they? They’re fiends, demons, madmen. Like the Hutus who hacked to death their neighbours in Rwanda. Or the Nazis. Ordinary people couldn’t do that. Could they? They could. They…

On December 7, 1941, one of the biggest disasters in United States history occurred. Truthfully, this was and is, “‘A date which will live in infamy. ‘”(Costello 1), but not for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but for the trickery and the confusion used by the Government and Franklin D. Roosevelt. To him, this was…

Martin Luther King and Malcom X are two African Americans fighting for the same cause but believe in fighting in two totally different ways. King believes the non-violence approach is the best way to fight discrimination and Malcolm believes to do whatever it takes. In Kings speech to the public, he wants everyone to take…

On January 1st, 1959 Sudan finally became its own independent country, and it looked as if it’s history of conflict would soon come to an end. But this was not to be, throughout most of Sudan’s independent status as a country it has been in constant turmoil. For the first thirteen years, 1959-1969, an elected…

In African American history throughout the Americas, they have been through a lot from being taken away from their native homelands, brought up as slave workers, treated badly based on their skin color, and given unfair opportunities in many occasions. Yet they have overcome and kept on living even with adopting a several religions taught…

Slavery began in the late 16th century to early 18th century. Africans were brought to American colonies by white masters to come and work on their plantations in the South. They were treated harshly with no payments for all their hard work. In addition, they lived under harsh living conditions, and this led to their…

This research paper will discuss the exhibits of both Detroit Historical Museum (DHM)  and the Wright Museum of African American History (WM) and interpret the experience  as a first time visitor (myself but with some knowledge from the course) with no prior knowledge of Underground Railroad (UGRR). This critical analysis will evaluate the DHM and…

Just a few months ago, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors to the public displaying collections dating back to the 1800s. This was a momentous step for black Americans in revealing the parts of American history that are left out of textbooks. While this is a great event in…