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- 231: Langston Hughes
- ... in the sky for Langston Hughes. The most interesting poem that I have read by Langston Hughes was NEGRO. I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. Ive been a slave: Ceasar told me to keep his door-steps clean. I brushed the boots of Washington. Ive been a worker: under my hand the pyramids arose. I made mortar for the Woolworth Building. Ive been a singer: All the way from Africa to Georgia I carried my sorrow songs. I made ragtime. Ive been a Victim: The Belgians cut off my hands in the Congo. Thet lynch me still in Mississippi. I am a Negro: Black as the nights is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. In this poem he is talking about the life of black people. Presenting not just their suffering, but also their accomplishments, and he mention the pride in being black. Most of his poems dealt ...
- 232: The Slave Trade
- ... said that it this economic motive was the reason a sense of racism towards blacks was first unleashed. Although many like to think that the slave trade began with the Europeans capturing different tribesman of Africa and sending them to America, (as depicted in some modern day motion pictures), in reality the slave trade had been carrying on many years before that. Slavery has been recorded all through human history. The ... otherwise known as the dark ages. Meanwhile trade was picking up and long overseas voyages were beginning with the discovery of the New World. The Portuguese were the first to establish commercial ties with West Africa. They began by serving as middlemen between the Arabs and Europe. They saw that these Islamic traders were making money in the African trade. In 1492 the Moors were kicked out of Spain. The Portuguese ... made, but there was now something that they did not have before: a source of cheap labor. From the fourteenth century until the seventeenth century, ports of call and established slavery structures were apparent throughout Africa and many parts of Europe. These were soon copied by the Dutch at the end of the seventeenth century, who had a massive trading organization called the Dutch West Indie Trading Company. Again the ...
- 233: Hitler
- ... of starvation, bombing raids, massacres, epidemics and other war-related causes. The battlegrounds spread to nearly every part of the world. Troops fought in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, in the deserts of northern Africa and on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Battles were waged on frozen fields in the Soviet Union, below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and in the streets of many European cities. World War 2 ... Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and France. By June 1940, Great Britain stood alone against Hitler. That same month, Italy joined the war on Germany's side. The fighting soon spread to Greece and northern Africa. June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Japan attacked the United States military bases at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, bringing the U.S. into the war. By mid 1942, Japanese forces ... Soviet Union were the major powers fighting the Axis. They were called the Allies. The Allies totalled 50 nations by the end of the war. During 1942, the Allies stopped the Axis advance in northern Africa, the Soviet Union, and the Pacific. Allied forces landed in Italy in 1943 and in France in 1944. In 1945, the Allies drove into Germany from the east and the west. A series of ...
- 234: Benito Mussolini and His Impact on World War 2
- ... a German alliance. The name of this alliance was the anti Comntern Pact. On April 13, 1937, Benito Mussolini annexed Albania. He then told the British ambassador that not even the brief France and North Africa would keep him neutral. The British ambassador was appalled and dismayed. On May28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Rivera across the Maritime. On September13, 1937, he opened an ... to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa. Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable why this was the case, since this scheme included the gaining of Tunis, Corsica, and Nice from France. Hitler then hurried home to his house in Berlin to ...
- 235: Adolf Hitler
- ... of starvation, bombing raids, massacres, epidemics and other war-related causes. The battlegrounds spread to nearly every part of the world. Troops fought in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, in the deserts of northern Africa and on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Battles were waged on frozen fields in the Soviet Union, below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and in the streets of many European cities. World War 2 ... Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and France. By June 1940, Great Britain stood alone against Hitler. That same month, Italy joined the war on Germany's side. The fighting soon spread to Greece and northern Africa. June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Japan attacked the United States military bases at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, bringing the U.S. into the war. By mid 1942, Japanese forces ... Soviet Union were the major powers fighting the Axis. They were called the Allies. The Allies totalled 50 nations by the end of the war. During 1942, the Allies stopped the Axis advance in northern Africa, the Soviet Union, and the Pacific. Allied forces landed in Italy in 1943 and in France in 1944. In 1945, the Allies drove into Germany from the east and the west. A series of ...
- 236: The Truth Is Out There, Do We
- ... of society are taken away. Kurtz lived and found sustenance in that reality, when it vanished and was replaced by another, darker world, he folded. In our society, we live by restraint. For Kurtz in Africa, all the restraints were removed and he was allowed to have as much candy as he wished, even before dinner. This proved to be too much for him, he went to an extreme and was ... her continue to believe her white truths about him. This let her begin healing, and it showed Marlow a new depth within himself, a depth that might have gone unrealized without experiencing the blackness of Africa. Kurtzs Intended and his Mistress had no desire to know the truth, they were satisfied with what they knew. Kurtzs Intended desperately felt she needed to know his last words, but the truth ... and of Kurtz. He knew what he was getting into, knew all that was going on around him in the ivory business and in the African world. Perhaps it showed that, until his journey into Africa, he didnt wholly comprehend the darkness within the ivory business, and within life itself. Mostly, it seemed to show that we end up destroying what we profess to enlighten; because we go about ...
- 237: Benito Mussolini
- ... German alliance. The name of this alliance was the Anti Comntern Pact. On April 13, 1937 Benito Mussolini annexed Albania. He then told the British ambassador that not even the bribe of France and North Africa would keep him neutral.2 The British ambassador was appalled and dismayed. On May 28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Riviera across the Maritime. On September 13, 1937 ... to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa.4 Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable why this was the case, since this scheme included the gaining of Tunis, Corsica, and Nice (annexed by Napoleon III in 1860) from France. Hitler then hurried ...
- 238: Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power
- ... German alliance. The name of this alliance was the Anti Comntern Pact. On April 13, 1937 Benito Mussolini annexed Albania. He then told the British ambassador that not even the bribe of France and North Africa would keep him neutral."2 The British ambassador was appalled and dismayed. On May 28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Riviera across the Maritime. "On September 13, 1937 ... to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa".4 Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable why this was the case, since this scheme included the gaining of Tunis, Corsica, and Nice (annexed by Napoleon III in 1860) from France. Hitler then hurried ...
- 239: Ebola Virus 2
- ... Ebola, like HIV, is said to be spread to humans from monkeys, but no one knows exactly what the virus started from in the beginning. The Ebola virus is named for a river in Zaire , Africa where it was first detected. It first appeared in in 1976 in Zaire, followed by an out break in western Sudan almost immediately afterwards. The third out break in Sudan in 1979 was smaller with ... the disposal of their personal affects. Cases of Ebola have been reported all across the United States, but only in small numbers. Most of the U.S. cases have developed in patients after returning from Africa. Many other cases have been reported in monkeys that have been imported from Africa and the Philippines. Some large shipments have contained monkeys that have already died from the disease, leaving many more infected. In cases like this, all the animals must be destroyed, along with the cages ...
- 240: Imperialism In Nigeria And
- ... which they had complete authority to block other imports would be a profitable market. These actions taken by the British were the start of Imperialism. Two countries that were immense economic profits for England were Africa and China. Examining these two countries will demonstrate how imperialism in Nigeria compared to imperialism in China. In Africa, many of the chieftains signed several treaties, which gave control over African land and resources to England. The Royal Niger Company treaty, which was commissioned by Queen Victoria, gave the right to exercise political authority in the regions in Africa. These great numbers of treaties served as the basis for the Niger Districts Protectorate, which in turn became the British colony of Nigeria. These treaties were used throughout the region and one only needed ...
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