Essays on Contemporary History

Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro

The aftermath following the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2016 was met with mixed reactions. While President-elect Donald Trump celebrated Castro’s death, calling him “a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades,” Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, had a drastically different opinion. He wrote that “while...
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The Role Of Central Asia In Prehistoric Appearance Of The Silk Road

The author of this study has explored how Central Asia played a major role in the prehistoric appearance of the Silk Road and its dispersal of foods through processes similar to modern globalization. The central question being explored asks how humanity has manipulated ecosystems so drastically that it has changed the way resources are distributed...
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Popular Culture In The Roaring Twenties

The 1920’s were a decade of dramatic social change and political realignment. Forms of mass media were shaping popular culture by spreading information and bringing new ideas to the table. This new era of free-spirited popular culture, known as the “Roaring Twenties”, kicked off with the creation of a dance called the Charleston. Young people...
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The Unseen Benefits Of Apartheid Kosar Aziz

Imagine living in a society where the color of your skin determines the quality of your life; whether the quality of life is determined by the education you receive, the money you are paid, or the social class you are classified by. This was a harsh reality for the colored people of South Africa in...
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Book Review: Life During Apartheid

Trevor Noah is a well-known comedian from South Africa, he shares his story chronologically from his traumatic childhood. As Noah goes into detail from his childhood struggle in the New York Times Bestseller, “Born a Crime,” he goes into depth from the period of apartheid in South Africa. Noah was born into apartheid, which is...
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Jack The Ripper Murders

Five people were mutilated in the span of three years from 1888 to 1891 when the case was closed. Jack the Ripper killed those five people in Whitechapel, London. The Ripper affected society by changing its view on serial killers. In the late nineteenth century five women were found dead. “In each homicide, the victim...
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Suspected To Be A Jack The Ripper

Throughout history, there have been many cases dealing with serial killers. Cases that may be closed but will never be forgotten. These killers kill for the fun for the thrill. They do this to also try to satisfy their own wicked pleasure. Some of them even do these things in hopes of not get caught....
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Colors In The Twenties

The Roaring Twenties, the era of vivacious dancers, jazz music, extravagant parties, and living the American – dream. All of these things are well represented by bright and vibrant colors, all being associated with a different time and object. In the 1924 modernist novel, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, color is used...
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Turning Africa Green: The First Wave Of The Green Revolution

The impacts of the first wave of the green revolution are still being felt in the modern-day. Global yields of grains have been on a steady increase. Agriculturalists are producing more on the same amount of land. This has allowed many millions of acres of land to be spared, or kept out of production. Norman...
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