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Author Archives: Bogdan
Posts: 6 (archived below)
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Freedmen
This youtube clip examplifies the period of recontruction covered in my movie script proposal.
Posted in 1865-1877, Final Exam Component, Social History
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, freedmen, reconstruction
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The Bonus Army March 1932
This picture was taken by Veteran Army Signal Corps photographer Theodor Horydczak in June 1932. Picture location – American Treasures of the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm203.html
According to Wikipedia.org, this event was a gathering of approximately 43,000 marchers comprised of 17,000 World War I veterans and their families who protested in Washington, D.C., in summer of 1932. The war veterans demanded their cash bonuses which were granted to them eight years earlier via the Adjusted Service Certificate Law of 1924. Each of these certificates was issued only to qualified soldiers and had a face value equal to the soldier’s promised payment, plus compound interest. The issue was that the certificates, just like bonds, matured twenty years from the date of original issuance. In other words, the veterans could not receive their money until 1945.
Most of the Bonus Army camped in a Hooverville on the Anacostia Flats, a muddy area across the Anacostia River from the federal core of Washington. In July, 1932, President Hoover ordered the Army to forcibly remove the veterans. They were forced back to their camp sites. During this time hundreds of veterans were injured and several killed.
Posted in 1920-1932, Economic History, June 28 assignment, Political history, Social History
Tagged Bonus Army, cash bonus, President Hoover, veterans
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Identity Politics
Identity politics happens when members of an explicit subgroup get together in order to affect political or social change. Identity politics is not limited to the major racial or gender divisions, but extends into sexual orientation, ethnicity, citizenship status and other instances where a specific group feels persecuted. Homosexuals could organize political rallies to have stronger hate crime laws created or allow same-sex partners to qualify for marital benefits.
By identifying himself or herself as an African-American or a homosexual or a feminist, a person could focus his or her energy on a specific political cause. Under the focused umbrella of identity politics, such a compromise would have been much more difficult to achieve. This is why many organized minority political groups have largely abandoned the identity politics model for a more comprehensive approach to common goals.
Image source: http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/B/3/2/politics-yin-yang-sac0407bc.jpg
Posted in 1960-1968, Cultural History, June 21 assignment, Midterm Exam Review, Political history, Social History
Tagged feminist, gender division, homosexuals, political groups
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Supreme Court orders school desegregation
From my point of view, the most significant change that took place between 1953 and1960 in United States of America was the decision to prohibit school segregation. It all began with Brown vs. Board of Education, a judicial case where the Supreme Court decided that laws separating children by race in different schools contravened the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1955).
This case was the apogee of a decades-long struggle by African Americans against segregation and other discriminatory laws. This was the beginning of a brand new American society where people were equal no matter what color their skin was.
Overall, I am confident to say that the Supreme Court made an excellent decision by banning segregation in public schools. There is no doubt in my mind that this important event changed United States of America forever and made it a better country to leave in where all the people have equal rights.
This picture was taken from: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/brownvboard/brownnews.jpg
NASA spacecraft lands on Mars (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuGFx7m5XNc
I found this video on www.youtube.com. It was an original BBC news cast. NASA sent this spacecraft to Mars in order to search for life (water). The mission carried a series of scientific devices to analyze the Martian atmosphere, climate, and the composition of its rocks and soil. One of the scientific purposes of the mission was to examine whether Mars could once have supported microbial life forms. The mission was successful and an amazing discovery. Knowing that other planets besides Earth can sustain life is very encouraging for our future.
Posted in 1989-2000, June 8 assignment, Social History
Tagged amazing discovery, life search, Mars landing
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The March on Washington of 1963
This picture was taken from this website.
The picture was taken in August 28, 1963, when Martin Luther King, Jr. had his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech at the huge political rally which took place in Washington DC. The March on Washington of 1963 is regarded as one of the most definitive moments in American history, which went on to shape the Civil Rights of the people of the United States of America.
Posted in 1960-1968, Cultural History, June 7 assignment, Political history, Social History
Tagged "I Have a Dream", civil rights, Freedom
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