Copyright laws were first created so that artists, inventors, and musicians after publishing a work of art could have a way to claim it as their own. Copyright protected these creators from having their work claimed by someone else as their own. It was made a law in the United States so that all citizens […]
After completing my preliminary research, I have eliminated two possible topics for my final project, I have decided to look more in to segregation and then eventually integration in schools in Washington DC. Just in my preliminary research I found an ample amount of information on this topic. I will continue my research on this […]
As I begin my final project, I first begin by starting to look for possible topics. My first idea is to study the differences between schools in various parts of Washington D.C. Primarily focusing on comparing areas with higher income against those with lower incomes. I would like in my research to discover if there […]
Each primary source that I evaluated reveals a little about the past of Washington DC. By analyzing these two documents I hoped not only to gain insight about the capital’s past, but also practice on how to analyze a primary source. The first source I analyzed was a newspaper from 1914. This newspaper was entitled […]
I first evaluated the website The Black Past. This website is topical, it deals specifically with African American history. This website is interesting because it serves several purposes. For example, it offers tabs with links to other similar websites, it offers information specifically on the history of the African American race, and finally it offers tools […]
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