George P. Shultz

In 1996, Bobby Seale alongside Huey Newton became one of two co-founders of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) in Oakland, California. The FBI presented the group as a terrorist or hate group, and made part of the mission of the organization to destroy the BPP, even though the BPP was nowhere near being as violent a threat. In his book Seize the Time, Seale wrote of the group’s victories and downfalls, including how the FBI exaggerated the nefariousness of the group and deceived the…

“Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing” by Mina Shaughnessy In this article, Shaughnessy argues that educators need to start examining their own teaching and learning processes and the complex and contextual needs of their students, instead of focusing on what students can be doing differently. She points out that basic writing students are not behind and need to “catch up” to any particular level, but there must been a more effective means of communication needs to be established between…

I’m glad to hear you’re doing well at your university. We’ve covered a lot of new material in my Dimensions of Culture class since I last wrote you. One topic emphasized recently has been the concept of counter-hegemony, which, intuitively, is defined as opposing the existing hegemony. In layman 's terms, a hegemony simply refers to the status quo engrained into the constructs of a society. Many of the standards which we label to be “common-sense” or “normal” are truly just hegemony in…

In the 60s the black panthers were one of the historic groups in the 60s. The black panthers were founded in October 1966 the black panthers were founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The group was basically form for self- defense and spread the word of what they believed that was right at the time. The black panthers effect our live through what they did by spreading or sending a message that effect the community, what clothing style that the black panthers wore and finally what the black…

“With five feeble senses we pretend to comprehend the boundlessly complex cosmos...” (From Beyond). Howard Phillips Lovecraft first authored these words in November of 1920 in the short story From Beyond, words that would come to resound throughout the rest of his writing career centered around his “weird fiction”. Lovecraft’s influence on the genre of horror would end up being comparable only to Edgar Allan Poe. The Cthulhu Mythos, the most famous of his creations, would contain stories that…

Trump By Trump winning the presidential election does not make nor indicate that the U.S. is a racist country dominated by white people and that are hostile to people of color by the outcome. That issue has been going on long before Trump was elected and will continue after he leaves office. It is brought to our mention more often than before thanks to the media. The media spreads awareness of options and alternatives in products, services, “rights,” institutions, and lifestyles, but they…

Aretha, David. "Black Power (Civil Rights Movement)" Morgan Reynolds Pub. 2011. Print The information is about the Civil Rights Movement and the role that the Black Panthers Party had in starting the movement. Benson, Larry. "Hilliard, David, ed.: The Black Panther Party: Service to the People Programs." International Social Science Review 84.3-4 (2009): 184+. World History in Context. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.0 The summary of this article is it talks about the various programs within the Black…

the community by educating, organizing, and setting up community programs. This organization was one of many that brought awareness to the unjust towards the black community by arming themselves with the same weapons that was destroying them. Huey P. Newton was born…

Bristol Meyers Squibb is a pharmaceutical company, with a very rich tradition. This analysis will begin with a few historical highlights. Edward Squibb was a doctor in the Navy, who was unimpressed by the medicine that the Navy was using during the Mexican War, he was so dissatisfied that he threw all of the unfit medicine overboard. On 1858, when he returned, he went on to start his own company in Brooklyn, New York, with the goal of having pure medicine for the people. Squibb’s medicine was…

What happened prior and subsequent to Briggs v. Elliott (South Carolina) or Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County [Virginia]? Prior, a protest took place and subsequent, a group of people filed a lawsuit. Now we will critically analyze and compare the sequence of the two situations to today’s conditions. Since the civil rights movement people of color have rallied, protested, and rioted to influence social and constitutional change. What did their efforts change? Modjeska…