… a former American slave and an aggressive abolitionist, gave his famous speech "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery" on July 4th, 1852 to a crowd of abolitionists at Rochester, New York. The speech delivered by Douglas heavily criticized the nation's…

… of the famous speech to Washington Governor Stevens upon his arrival to Seattle in 1854. However, many doubt Chief Seattle's speech to have taken place. There is little credible evidence available to back up the existence of the speech with the…

… Days" is about one of the most chilling events in the history of the world. The story is of the Cuban Missile Crisis, an event that took place in thirteen days during October, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union…

… writer in the Globe and Mail, the "Quiet Revolution" was a period spanning throughout 1960 into 1966 in which Quebec spearheaded a movement throughout Canada of radical social, political and cultural change. Quebec's outlook plummeted from one of…

… are more painful to Americans than the Civil War, fought between the North and the South. This biography, Great American Generals - Robert E. Lee, by Ian Hogg, takes the reader through the life of one of the greatest heroes of that war, Robert E.…

… descended from the indigenous people who once lived 'peacefully' in North American before the Europeans invaded? Is this all that being a Native American means? As a 'minority ,' there is far more for a Native American to search for than just their…

… Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy were in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. On his way to a lunch in a place in downtown Dallas, Kennedy and his wife sat in an open convertible at the head of a motorcade. Lyndon Johnson was two cars behind the president.…

… Superstition seems to be a prominent theme in Dorit Rabinyan's novel Persian Brides, which is told with magical realism, and has much impact on the characters' lives. Throughout the book, many events are explained using superstition, and some…

… court case of 1954 in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously declared that it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. The Brown ruling ranks as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions…

… marked a new beginning in the history of America. After a daunting war for independence, the United States emerged as a new power in the world, rapidly growing and gaining strength. The task for the Americans now was to successfully create and enforce…