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    The sources stated that the media play major role during the civil right movement. They expose human atrocity in the South to all citizens of United States and because of that, reporter were often targets for assault by a klan or other racist groups. The sources also gave some major reports that the media covered during the civil right movement. The first major report that media cover was in december 1, 1955, it was on the mass boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. This happened when James F. Blake,…

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    a person's beliefs by what has influenced the person. It does affect a person's belief because Rosa Parks actions have changed the idea of segregation on the buses. In the article, it says “They also show her raw anger at the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, less than four months before Parks arrest." Rosa Parks was harassed verbally for a murder that she had nothing to…

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    Which is more powerful love or hate. Some people think love can overcome anything in life but it really cannot love is not that strong. Loathe is one of the most powerful things in the world it drives people to overcome their fears and weaknesses. Hate can be one of the things that make you do what you need to do. In the book “Warrior for Peace” the white people have crazy hate for the black people and try to take all of theirs rights away. In the book the whites would walk into places that…

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    Race-Based Slave Practices

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    Abrupt crashing from side to side, months of swaying with no sign of land in sight, traveling in the early 14 and 1500 's was a rough venture that few partook voluntarily. Throughout that time explorers of Spanish and Portuguese descent began scavenging the southern shores of America and the Caribbean 's in search of new riches. The first group of outsiders to meet the explorers, and merely get abolished by racism, were the “red skin” natives that inhabited the land prior. They wanted to stay…

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    We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand.” “Of course, we certainly won’t encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway,” Laurent stated with a laugh. We’ll show you the way if you run with us- Emmett and Alice, you can go with Edward and Bella to get to the Jeep,” Jessie could tell Carlisle was trying to distract them from something. Her eyes moved to the one named Bella, at the mention of the girl’s name. Jessie started at the girl and now was…

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    Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan moves to Forks, a small town on the Washington coast, to live with her father, Charlie. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, and they are often traveling. Bella is quickly befriended by many students at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school; he seems repulsed by her, much to Bella's confusion, though…

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    The Civil Rights Movement that began in the mid-1950s was highly controversial within both the African American and White communities. It attracted public attention to leaders and supporters who pushed for equality. Among the many leaders was an African American woman, known as Anne Moody, who organized and participated in a variety of non-violent tactics. Moody’s past experiences of struggling to get by in an unequal world influenced her decision to partake in non-violent sit-ins, rallies, and…

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    1791 1. The Whiskey Rebellion After the Revolutionary War, government tried to procure a steady source of revenue through taxing whiskey. In response, the government faced a small-scale revolution by some of its own citizens. Most of the country felt negatively toward taxing in general, much less taxing on whiskey. In 1974, a tax inspectors home was attacked by a group of whiskey rebels. The actions of the rebels turned head and the presence of the Whiskey Rebellion threatened to expand to…

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    With her pretty-in-pink clothes and artfully styled blond hair, Elle Woods stands out from the other students at Harvard Law School. But who says looking fabulous and solving a murder case have to be mutually exclusive? Full of energetic musical numbers and myriad diverse characters, Sunny Hills High School’s fantastic production of “Legally Blonde” tells a story of female empowerment and overcoming life’s obstacles. Tessa Githens stars as Elle, a stylish sorority girl who leaves Malibu to…

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    Define diversity-diversity refers to all of the ways in which people are different. In recent years, the term diversity has grown in use. The term regularly appears in the popular media, professional magazines, trade books, and scholarly literature. Never- the less, there is no single, agreed upon definition of diversity. To some it means tolerance, acceptance, or perhaps an attitude. To others, diversity may mean inclusion, numbers, or racial and gender differences. Still others see diversity…

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