Essays on Legacy

Jessie Fauset and Dorothy West were ahead of their time and empowering in many ways. More specifically, they were ambitious advocates to women and to African Americans. Jessie Fauset and Dorothy West were prominent leaders during the Harlem Renaissance. Education, writing (magazines, novels, and short...

That is the word that comes to mind whenever anyone hears the names Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens or J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). A plane crash that cut three brilliant careers too short, at the end of a tour that was truly insensitive and...

“There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad, I play the good kind. ” ~ Louis Armstrong One of the arts that transcends culture is the art of music. Louis Armstrong was an individual who took the art of music, specifically jazz,...

Through history we learn about great heroes or an enlightenment figure of a certain time. I have chosen an enlightenment figure from 1759- 1797. Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist writer and a very intellectual woman. She has an impact on women and this is why...

This essay is meek analysis of the presentation of the legacy brought from the writings of the famous journalist known as Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine was a man who could write with wisdom and with reason. He was a very intelligent and influential man back...

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician renowned for his principles of physics. His most famous work published in 1687 is called the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. It has been called “the most influential book on physics”. His three laws of motion resulted...

“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. ” – Michael J. Jackson The world wasn’t ready for what they were about to witness. Michael Jackson...

Mother Teresa was a diligent and hard-working woman whose love for the Lord aided her in sharing the gospel throughout her missions. She continuously worked to selflessly serve the Lord and help others learn about him as well. Through every trial she endured, Mother Teresa...

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...

Very rarely does a figure enter the stage who becomes as renowned as Napoleon Bonaparte. Along with the likes of Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror, Napoleon has secured his place in history as a man who, for better or for worse, radically altered its...