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- 1901: Elvis Presley
- ... the "Comeback Special". It was the biggest television hits of the year. Elvis took his crown back as "The King of Rock and Roll". You have to remember Elvis comeback during the time of Vietnam War and hippie movement, and Elvis had all things that were not popular. Elvis was against the hippie movement and the Vietnam War. He liked President Richard M. Nixon. During July 31 - August 28, 1969, Elvis was booked for a four-week engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, which was just built, has the largest showroom ... is called his "Vegas" period. January 1973, Elvis makes television and entertainment industry history with his " Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Via Satellite Special ". It was the concert by a performer to be broadcast around the world by satellite. Elvis performed for free to help benefit for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund. Elvis was not know for his charitable events, but Elvis helped local organizations and pay off people's bill ...
- 1902: All Quiet On The Western Front
- By: Linz ll Quiet on the Western Front tells what happens to a group of German teenagers during World War I. The narrator is Paul Baumer. He and his classmates had patriotically marched off for recruitment, by the slogans of their teacher, Kantorek. But they find no glory in war. As the movie opens, 80 men have just returned from two weeks at the front. Seventy of their comrades may be dead or wounded, but their empty bellies concern them more. They nearly riot ...
- 1903: The Meaning of Society
- ... his revolutionary activities he did set a great influence on all communist literature. The situation of the banishment of Marx was very similar to what one of the characters in the book of, “Brave New World”, Bernard Marx, had to experience. This certain character is similar to Karl Marx because of the way in which he didn’t agree with the system that already existed. This caused the World Controller to decide that it was best to sent him away in order to prevent him from putting ideas in the minds of other individuals of the society. In the case of Karl Marx the character, World Controller, could be associated with the Belgian government, who was the one fearful that the revolutionary activities undertaken by Marx, could influence people to be against their system. Both of them had to be ...
- 1904: Peoples Temple Settlement In Guyana
- ... made to look very masculine and thin and was also dressed in the same manner. Not only were appearances very different but the followers of Jim Jones also had very different roles in his Utopian world. The group had a very small hierarchy with Jones being at the head and certain followers of his having specialized jobs underneath him, unlike Heaven's Gate where even though there was a defined leader ... people were drawn to the People's Temple as well as why Jonestown ended up being a terrifying reality. The United States was going through a transitional period around this time. In 1978 the Vietnam war had been over with but there was still much unrest. There was rampant fear of nuclear destruction in the wake of WWII and the eruption of the Cold War; the civil rights movement in all its appearances was beginning and mature capitalism vastly differentiated income distribution. Many people were looking for alternative lifestyles, different ways of thinking and unique ideas to lead them ...
- 1905: America
- ... the country against England. Salutary Neglect was the cause of all American problems. It was the precursor to all the troubles. Salutary Neglect was the negligence of England toward the colonies for reasons such as war or distance. Letting the America's live one way for decades, then becoming strict on them, did not work for either the colonies or Britain. In 1754, a meeting in Albany, NY, of commissioners representing seven British colonies in North America to form a treaty with the Iroquois, chiefly because war with France, impended. A treaty was concluded, but the Native Americans of Pennsylvania were resentful of a land purchase made by that colony at Albany and allied themselves with the French in the ensuing French and Indian War. The meeting was notable as an example of cooperation among the colonies, but Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union (Document A) for the colonies, though voted upon favorably at Albany, was refused by the ...
- 1906: Feminist Backlash: The Unconscious Undermining of Genuine Equality
- ... Lucretia Mott, the “Declaration of Principles” was produced. It paraphrased the Declaration of Independence with emphasis on women. Before 1848, vocal feminists had raised their voices within the Abolitionist Movement. Major concerns of pre-Civil War feminists were: property rights for women, custody of their children in cases of divorce, the right to their earnings, the ability to sign contracts and serve on juries, equal higher education opportunities, and equal opportunities in the workplace . The latter phase of the movement came after the Civil War. The feminists had now formed associations and groups primarily concerned with getting the vote. The American Women's Suffrage Association associated with a more conservative group, including Elizabeth Blackwell, the first women doctor, as a ... because discrimination does not allow them to get ahead: their shame and diminishing self-esteem causes them to rule over those who are physically weaker. White American males are caught in a emotional tug-of-war; the messages of society, family, and religion (if part of his psyche) can jumble a man's perception of his identity. Judy Mann, author of The Difference: Growing up Female in America (1994), mentions ...
- 1907: Black Boy
- ... against brother in one of its bloodiest battles of all time over black slavery. Racism survives not simply as an intangible historic fable but as a real modern problem, also. In current civilization Arab Palestinians war with Israelis to find a homeland; the Ku Klux Klan draws its biggest membership influx in over 20 years; and in the U.S. where freedom reigns, Americans have never to date voted a person ... national companies accused of extolling racism in this "apartheid America." Although less subtle in the lives of Americans then, racism also thrived in the souls of people living during the 1920's. Even though the war on slavery was over in the battle fields, white racists were blood thirsty lions at heart, as was demonstrated in the book Black Boy. The setting of Black Boy is in the deep south of ... more he was hurt. In Black Boy, Richard is abused by whites because he reminds the whites of their lack of identity and failure to meet society's expectations. Their lives became bland and their world became, "bleak and undeniable." (193) The largeness, the coldness, and squalor of the world to the white racists then and now are mountains of pain that the racists can not scale. Like a motherless ...
- 1908: Diane Arbus
- ... on a secret affair with him against her parent's wishes. They were married less than a month after her eighteenth birthday. He was nineteen. It was Allan Arbus, who introduced Diane to photography. During World War II, he was trained at the Signal Corps photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Each night when he returned home, he would teach Diane what he had learned in a makeshift darkroom set up in their bathroom. After the war and sampling other careers, they both worked in the fashion industry as photographers. Their first account was for Diane's father's store. They went on to become a successful photographic team for almost ...
- 1909: Islam More Than A Religion
- Islam More Than A Religion Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States, Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam, they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort to consider this religious tradition on its own terms, without bothering to become acquainted with its teaching and the ways in which Muslims ... in Arabia, in the 7th century A.D. The term Islam virtually means “surrender”. Within Islam the believer (called a Muslim) use the Arabic word for God, Allah, to refer to the creator of the world and of all life within it. Allah is viewed as the sole God----creator, sustained, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which man must submit, is made known through the ...
- 1910: A Seperate Peace
- ... it A Separate Peace. A Separate Peace is a story about Gene Forrester, the protagonist of the story, and his constant struggle with the underlying emotional conflicts present in him. He has to fight a war within his own mind that every man has to fight for himself. His battles eventually uproot underlying emotions emotions of jealousy, envy, and subdued hatred that he feels for people that he had undying loyalty for, and an equally strong trust. These emotions then set off a series of events that change his life forever, and he has to fight more for peace amidst a world of chaos. He experiences new feelings fear, frustration, pity, and undeniable guilt. From his experiences in his last year of school at Devon, he emerges with greater strength, greater understanding, maturity, and he finds the ... constant control of himself. It is this unending flow that not only hints at his peace, but also proves he is the human manifestation of it. Don t be a sap...there isn t any war. After his return to Devon, Finny thinks up a conspiracy theory that denounces that there was a war going on. With this, John Knowles blatantly reveals his metaphor of a separate peace, because it ...
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