1968 deaths

All men are equal, but their circumstances are not. America bears an ugly history of racial segregation in cities, mostly due to the practice of redlining. Lending companies and banks withhold mortgages and other loans from people who live in neighborhoods of certain ethnic makeups. In a perfect world, arbitrary factors such as race would not affect someone’s ability to buy a home. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Even in our supposedly “progressive” nation, prejudice against…

One important issue facing our country is housing discrimination. The main reason why we still need to fight housing discrimination and it is such of an unfair problem is that the people being discriminated against can’t have the same opportunities as everyone else because they can’t live where they want to based on something they have no say in, like the color of their skin or which country they were born in. To put a permanent end to it, we need to ensure that all people are protected under…

Prevention Act was intended to prevent the purchasing of firearms to convicted felons, but failed to recognize other avenues, and failed to establish an accurate background system. The Brady act was created as an Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. It instituted a five day waiting period and required that every business in each state, which has a license to sale firearms, to conduct a background check on each individual prior to a sale. It also established the creation of a national…

against racial discrimination, Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand that many viewed as black power radicalism. While standing on the 1968 Mexico City Olympic podium, during the National Anthem, the two men quietly bowed their heads and each raised their black glove colored fist. Immediately, this action raised awareness towards black rights. By the time of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the United States had gone through years of upheaval and anger. The country was embroiled in…

to define the term death, many would say the end of life, but what exactly qualifies as the end of life? This is what author John Fortunato (2013) discusses in his article “‘Irreversibility’ and the Modern Understanding of Death”. He demonstrates how death is a very confusing and cryptic subject, but thanks to scientific advancements in medical technology we are coming closer to answering that question. In his article, Fortunato questions the role ethics has in defining death. Ethics should not…

Furthermore, an even more critical deficiency of the Brady Bill is that it simply involves officially authorized retail sales. However, criminals develop various methods in obtaining weapons short of going through the procedure delegated by the Brady Bill, which declares that anyone desiring to obtain a firearm be required to wait five days for a background check to be concluded. By signifying through definition, a criminal is someone who breaks the law. Two obvious examples are theft and black…

fugitives from justice” (Ludwig 350). The Gun Control Act of 1968 also makes it so that people under the age of 21 are not permitted to purchase a handgun, you must be 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and finally, this act “limits the importation of certain firearms deemed not suitable for “sporting purposes” (Ludwig 350). This law was enacted in 1968 and since then additional gun laws have been amendments to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Ludwig 350). During President Ronald Regan’s presidency…

“I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And, yes, I did. You know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president.” Hillary Clinton said during the first presidential debate. The election of 2016 will not be forgotten anytime soon. With a surprising turn of events of Donald Trump somehow winning. Millions of American citizens are in anguish with these results. The Best Man by Gore Vidal, November by David Mamet, All the Way by Robert Schenkkan, and Crucible by…

barriers to their fair housing rights. For many families, discrimination in housing was brought to the forefront in the 1960s. In the United States before 1968, laws were not established to protect minorities from inequality and discrimination that occurred when attempting to purchase a house, or apartment. Thus, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, also referred to as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act, was created to combat the racial disparities when it came to renting, or purchasing…

Gun Control: Killer or Savior? In 2013, firearms committed 69% of all homicides according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime report “Crime in the United States 2013: Expanded Homicide Data Table 9.” Most Americans respond to this fact with the same reaction, rage, but two vastly different solutions are suggested to fix this problem. Some suggest that there be greater restrictions on gun ownership and that gun availability should be lessened. However, others are convinced gun…