In this day and age, newspapers rarely print fiction. Of course, there is the occasional magical story written by a third grade class that appears every once a week in the Arts and Entertainment section of the paper, but for the most part, fictional stories of real substance are not published in newspapers anymore. This was not the case in the 1800's. Appearing in The Valley Star each week was...
The Day After, a made-for-television movie directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Edward Hume, aired November 20, 1983, on the ABC Television Network. The film dramatized the aftermath of a nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The movie took place in Kansas City, Missouri and included cities such as Lawrence, Kansas. The Day After explored the...
Karl Lerchenmuller suffered from nightmares and flashbacks and would often disappear into the woods with his firearm for days at a time. Prior to his psychiatric ward suicide, Lerchenmuller had attempted to take his life four times. It was believed that the effects of the war could alter brain chemistry and allow for the onset of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Lerchenmuller resided in a...
In the late 1800s, Francis Galton developed the concept of eugenics, the science of improving a population through selective breeding among ideal specimens. By the 1920s, eugenics had been popularized to mean promoting breeding among the “fit” and restricting reproduction among the “unfit.” Many Eugenicists in the early 1900s had parents or grandparents that lived during a time of slavery,...
Through looking at the June 1921 Greenville County Economic and Social Directory it becomes clear that there has always been inequality even in small areas within Greenville. The Economic and Social directory, compiled by Guy A. Gullick we see that Greenville County represented many different socio-economic areas. In one section entitled “Facts About the Folks” there is a clear picture painting...
After the end of World War II, there was much to be done to improve the Indiana University Medical Center for the better. As can be seen from the document written in 1945, postwar plans were drawn out to improve the administrative, educational, research set-up, and curriculum for postgraduate study and to incorporate the creation of new buildings in preparation for the arrival of the armed forces....
The large amount of social change that occurred within the mid-20th century arose from the push toward equality between the groups of people urging the nation for integration. These groups pushed for the basic rights for people of any gender, race, or sexual-orientation. This desire to change the nation led to many government and social acts to protect and provide these oppressed...
Milwaukee Public Schools used “intact busing” which required black students to go from one school to another when their home school was in disrepair or overpopulated. These students did not attend classes with white children. So even when these black students were attending primarily white schools, this form of “invisible” segregation was in use. Many bussed students were even required...
With fine fabrics and linens that were “soft and sunswept”, Leedy’s on Park Avenue had clothes for “discriminating girls of all ages”[1]. This advertisement reflects the changes in women’s fashion in the 1970s. After the 1960s, known as a decade of peaceful, nonviolent reform movements, the 1970s brought changes in gender roles. Many women demanded equal rights and advocated for careers...
Following the riveting decade of 1960s, African Americans started to act upon the social and political equality that they were granted by the Civil Right Movements. Some of these freedoms include the desegregation of schools and public areas and African American assimilation into society. This great shift allowed women such as Eleanor Mitchell teach in private universities such as Rollins College....