"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners, will then be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream..." Martin Luther King Jr. This quote is from King's most famous speech that was given in o...

On June 13, 1866, Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the House of Representatives and the nation\'s most prominent Radical Republican, addressed his congressional colleagues on the issue of the Fourteenth Amendment. The purpose of this amendment was to secure the fruits of Union victory in the Civil Wa...

The Civil War was arguably the darkest moment in the history of America. For the first time brother fought brother and The Union had to fight to stay whole. Southern states believed in their right to own slaves and though Lincoln formally addressed that he would not interfere with that right, the s...

IntroductionAmerican slaves struggled a lot by the hands of their white masters. Theirancestors in the present world are fighting and struggling to getreparation. People around the world are in conflict whether to providecompensation to slaves or not.The Issue: * To Determine...

Kim BennettMrs. DeJongEnglish IV7 January 2001Inequality in the United States' Legal SystemIn the United States, true equality has never existed. From theDeclaration of Independence to modern times, the US legal system has failed atany attempt at equality. '...all men are created equal...' may be ...