Their First Slave

the Eastern Block in the late twentieth century. Even if there is no doubt that Democracy is considered a base to protect individual liberties in a country, we can ask ourselves about the limits that carry its institutional implementation. In the first part of this essay, I will show how Democracy is the essential political system to protect individual liberties. In the second part, I will demonstrate how individual liberties often work alongside democracy with interests in common although democracy

up her place to a white in Montgomery's bus and is called by the police. It is to refuse this established fact that the black personalities of Montgomery issue an appeal to the boycott of the company of buses of the city. That very evening of this first day of action, an organization is created and Martin Luther King is elected in the head. During almost one year, the boycott will continue in spite of the attempts of intimidation concentrated on Luther King: attack against his place of residence,

of the atlantic) lasted 4 to 8 weeks. The slaves were tightly packed. * The first ship with slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. * A slave is someone who is fored to work, who has no right to vocation, to wages, to property. * in 1860, there were 4 million African slaves. * The slaves developed an independent culture. Folk tales explained their aspiration for a better life. * Their religion blended Christianity with African belief, to endure oppression * Sometimes

the fact that, perhaps he made the creature, but he did not do what this one feels. In consequences, he cannot control its feelings, its emotions. It is exactly how is the world today: always searching the best, the bigger; But sometimes their goals become their only objective and they are able to go too much further, to see what they are really able to do. And finally, they make mistakes. Besides, sometimes those are so huge mistakes that they cannot make any step backward to correct it, so they

Morrison? TONI MORRISON, 78 years old, alias Chloe Anthony Wolford, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature, returns to the issue of slavery in her new novel: A Mercy. Novelist, literature professor and American editor, Toni Morrison is the first black woman and finally the one afro-American author to win this prize. As an editor, Morrison played an important role in bringing black literature into the mainstream. For example, she edited books by authors such as Toni Cade Bambara, Angela Davis

after the signature, the interpreter swears that he had faithfully translated the motives of the colonists without falsifying them. The same is true for the Natives. At the first sight, we could say that this is a honest treaty. But, this is THE example of the colonists perfidy. Indeed, by presenting a text which seems first to be perfect, well written, easy to understand, it in fact reveals a time trial for colonization on two levels. 1. A time trial which reflects in the text itself:“Don't judge

Luther King Day, a U.S. holiday, was established in his honor.  King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history

while he bonds with Jefferson. This chapter is the final chapter and so the day of Jefferson’s execution. To show their respect for Jefferson, the people of the black community have decided not to work on that day and Grant asks his pupils to kneel and pray for him. Then Paul, the white deputy, arrives to tell that the execution is over, which is the passage I’m going to present. First I’ll analyse the way Jefferson’s death is announced in this chapter, then the impact this death has and will have

notary's new practices and especially new computerized procedures. The first document announces us a highlight of the computing revolution as regards signature of the instrument (acte authentique?) in France. In fact, the document focuses on the October 28th, 2008, the day of the first computing signature of a notary instrument by the Attorney General. It's a great day for notaries, because with this computing procedure, their trade will be easier,faster, increasingly safe and less expensive than

citizens of different states” : NY has some laws involving drinking and driving but New Jersey has not the same laws. If I have taken my car from NY and after have had an accident in New Jersey, the federal court will decide and will have to. But in first time the lower courts will be competent ( there are 11 ): therefore the supreme court will also be competent but only if it involves a constitutional issue. For example if it’s a question of humans being, the supreme court will be concerned : about