Boy Scouts of America

Ever since America was founded in the late 1700’s, it has always been racist towards any other people that have come to it. However, in the 1930’s the northern part of the country wasn’t completely racial, but the south still followed its old ways. In To Kill a Mockingbird…

hitting evidence that not everything is so equal and it will explain the connections between two different situations but the same injustice within the black community. The Scottsboro Boys case is about nine young boys who were riding the rails looking for work, but they were illegally riding the trains. These nine boys, Charlie Weems, Ozie Powell,…

this is something that I carry out every day in my life. This theme applies well to my experiences in the Boy Scouts of America, where the preservation of nature is a critical tenant of the Boy Scout code. The idea of “Leave No Trace” is a fundamental Boy Scout code that states that a scout should dispose of waste properly, leave nature as found, and respect wildlife. I was in the boy scouts for 7 years, and this code of respecting nature connects well with Pope Francis’…

To Kill a Mockingbird The evolution of race relations in our country has progressed largely at the expense of all minorities but especially the African-American population. When the United States of America was founded racial inequality was considered to be the norm. There were definite differences in the lives and customs between “whites or caucasians” and “African-Americans”. This was especially true in the southern states of our country. Although it was evident everywhere it was very blatant…

adversity countless times, leading themselves and others to question their ethics while trying to study the world and make it a better place. However, one sociologist has risen from a blue collar working family, and has stood up against mainstream America, questioning what is real and what people want you to believe. His books tackled micro problems such as the closing of factories in his home town to a macro level crisis involving the worst terrorist attack in history. He is not one to sit down…

Martin Luther King Jr. put together a very valuable profile in less than 13 years. During that time, he had played a salient role for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and had done more for racial equality in the United States of America than the past 350 years! Martin Luther King Jr. is most known for his iconic speeches, such as I Have a Dream and Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Thousands of people would gather to hear Dr. King’s speeches and it influenced the audience of mostly…

Zach Wahls argues that his values nor morals were negatively affected by the sexuality of his parents because he was raised just like any other Iowan. For the most part, Wahls’ uses effective persuasive strategies. In the very beginning of the book, he builds an emotional connection with the audience by using an example of a conversation he had with a nurse. The opposing side of his argument is also shown right away in the preface with the nurse. The preface of the conversation Wahls’ had with…

offences, the most frequent—criminal—offences were theft of $5,000 and under, mischief, and common assault (Allen and Superle, 2014). Scouting is the solution to juvenile delinquency that will be studied in this essay. In a study funded by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), it was found that “three-fourths of youth who are or have been in scouting say Scouting teaches them to always be honest” (Harris Interactive,…

born August 5, 1930 Wapakoneta OH and died in August 25, 2012 Cincinnati OH. Neil had 3 children Karen, Mark, and Eric Armstrong. He married Janet Shearon but divorced after some time. He served in U.S Navy from 1949, 1952. Armstrong was an eagle scout and had his pilot license before his driver’s license. He earned a navy scholarship to Purdue. His…

day. As Brigadier Stark’s militia was held up in Bennington, their scout elements probably wouldn’t go much farther than a few miles…