A.) Where were you when you heard the news of the President Kennedy assassination? Interviewee- I was in Punjab, India at that time. Describe the first thoughts that went through your mind when you heard of the news. Interviewer- I was in shock that I heard the President had been killed, I was working on our fields when I came home and heard the tragic incident.
He was believed to have been killed by his best friend. This Huge story can affect all of our lives because it is the first murder in this town in 26 years! I believe that this story has rocked us all quite steady.
But, just because a few Muslim extremists committed a heinous crime the name Muslim has been forever tainted. Polls have shown that 93% of Muslims don’t support extremist views on terrorism and a rising number of Muslims have been actively speaking out against terrorism – something our media fails to mention. The thing is, we didn't really give Muslims a second thought until a select few deeply affected us. Now the reputation of all Muslims is forever negative because a few ill-minded people happened to be born
Tom Robinson had been accused of raping a white woman in the town of Maycomb. Due to Tom Robinson being a black male, he was found guilty of crime despite the fact that he was actually physically unable to do it because of his crippled left arm. Atticus had been very disappointed in losing the case, even though he knew that it was going to happen because of the racism. Malcolm X stood up for social injustice against the black community. He chose to join a religious group that was made up of men who were against the whites.
His assassination is looked upon not only as a significant event in the history of the United States, but also as completely changing the perspective of how the country, and the world, viewed, and would continue to view, Abraham Lincoln as a person and as a President (Hall, 1865). It is a fact that assassination changed the status of Abraham Lincoln into a sacred symbol of his society, changed from what he had been known as a controversial president. His assassination was only the first chapter of this transformation, as the amount of work and the attention that he received after his death on his funeral and the events that followed made him into even more of a hero than ever before. Many Americans had condemned Lincoln at the time and most of them had criticized his wartime policies and reconstruction plans. This is why it was so much more interesting to see that many people acted so differently upon his death even though they felt completely different about the man and his presidency.
Brooke McDaniel “Is 9/11 a Conspiracy?” September 11, 2001 was unquestionably a tragic day for America and the world. While the 3,000-plus deaths in American caused support and tears from around the world, now many worldwide citizens resent or even hate the country that deepened up the War on Terror. But for many in the country, and an astounding number of foreign citizens, the truth about what really took place on September 11, 2001 remains under relentless scrutiny and doubt. The mainstream media and politicians love to pass these claims off as "conspiracy theories" (the threat of being a social outcast can get the best of us), but the facts tell a much different story. A few months after the attack, a group of skeptics established
Cousin Francis yelled, “He`s nothing` but a nigger-lover!” (Lee pg83). Just because Atticus was doing the right and noble thing, Cousin Francis thought that he loved black people but he did not know Tom. Although, Jem stated that, “Atticus says cheatin` a coloured man is ten times worse than cheatin` a white man.” (Lee pg201) It is worse because it is like killing a mockingbird, which is a sin, coloured men do not really bother anybody. And then Atticus explained that, “...You’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, ...whenever a white man does that to a black man, ... that white man is trash.” (Lee pg220). He explained that white men always win and cheat, so the white men are the victors but the white man is always a bad man.
In the hours following the disaster there were feelings of confusion, disbelief and terror. When the cleared from all of the media buzz and reports surfaced, they placed the blame on Islamic extremists and explained their motives behind the attack. Now, 10 years after this historic event and a thorough amount of research questions arise about how these events actually transpired. Oswald Mosley once said “Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy….“. Yet, according to a Scripps-Howard poll 36% of those asked believe that the American government performed the 9/11 attacks themselves.
Saagar Patel 3/13/12 Research rough draft Malcolm X “The Ballot or The Bullet” Freedom, this was the ideal that that America founded on, yet only half a century ago America was one of the most oppressive nations of the time. During that time few civil rights activists were as influential and as crucial to the civil rights movement as Malcolm X. due to his first hand exposure to poverty and violence along with the fact that his father had been killed by a white supremacy group, further fueled his hate for “whites.” His speech, The Ballot or the Bullet, is a well-crafted argument and call to arms against any government that is oppressive to law-abiding citizens. Born May 19, 1925, to Earl Little and Louise Norton
Islam 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 practice their faith. I believe in Islam primarily because it was what I was brought up on, but that is not the only reason.