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1945 through 1968 was a prominent period of time in United States history as it saw the rise of civil rights movements and an era of more progressive presidents. The federal government was partly in sync with the ideals of civil rights activists as both sides wanted the discriminated, which mostly included African Americans and women, to be officially recognized as equal and eliminate any segregation acts. While the government acted with a plan to gradually do so, activists wanted immediate…

The environment is the world in which we live. My environment is Owensboro, Kentucky specifically. According to dictionary.com, there are four definitions basically summed up to the world around you. The environmental movement however wasn’t the happiest news for businesses. As people became more environmentally conscious words like biodegradable and recycling became household phrases. The environmentally friendly products became popular and coveted. Books like Silent Springs and Burning Rivers…

further activity to be noticed by white governments. X himself was raised in a black ghetto in harlem which lead to further crime and his arrestment in 1946. In jail, the library became his sanctuary where he read vigorously, educating himself in not only literature but political affairs. This method X used extremely successfully, was due to his insistence on African Americans to educate themselves, and not to fill white stereotypes. This created a more equal fighting board against the whites,…

Women are being oppressed in much of the world but many are turning a blind eye to the situation. In the poorest, most poverty stricken countries of the world girls are seen as worthless. They are given no maternal or health care and little to no education because they are not perceived to be equivalent to men. These problems could be solved or greatly improved if they received the attention that they deserve. The oppression of women has been occurring for centuries but slowly women 's rights…

revision of the American Dream. In the early 1920s, the American Dream was of a divergent view. There was a common disposition which urged the people of that day and age to display themselves as part of a “modern” nation. Because of World War I, Americans only wanted to return home, back to their lives. However,…

Whether you want to admit it or not, at some point everyone will have to follow with the green movement. Despite the statistic to decide to build green--or sustainable--has voluminous benefits, there will be disadvantages that need to be considered. Concerns such as rate, capital, and measureable readiness and whereabouts constraints are taken into account when choosing to build green. What we need to realize is we have almost reached a point where we can no longer sustain ourselves as a…

“green envelope” or updating their website. Rosenthal is truly an inspiration, and, all in all, this is a great example of how one person can strongly affect our planet by creating a sustainable product, and how a small idea can start an environmental movement. Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all - Paul Hawken…

Throughout the civil Rights movements, protestors used song to expressed their rights. Civil Rights leader Marthin Luther King Jr. and his fellow Negro brothers and sisters used songs so their cries could be heard. As a Bapstist minister King could not sing any music, because certain musics were considered as the “ devil songs” (Wright 155). Some songs that were part of the movement were, “ We shall over come “ , “ Oh freedom “, “ we shall not be moved”…

Social movements can be defined as a grouping of individuals or organizations which focus on political and social issues. Abraham Lincoln, in 1863, drafted and passed the Emancipation Proclamation which changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million slaves in the south from “slave” to “free, which was monumental for the African-American people. Fast forward about a century later racism was alive and well and prosed an issue for the social justice of African-Americans. The 1960’s were a…

In the book Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson the thesis was that pesticides were harming the environment and wildlife, especially birds. Carson focused her attention on the pesticide DDT, which was first made in 1874. DDT was used heavily during World War II to try and control the diseases typhus and malaria. So she presented research that pesticides can cause cancers, other ill effects and how they can gather in animals bodies through a process called bioaccumulation. Rachel Carson was a…